The findings were released as part of the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) annual Global Trends Report, which found that mor than 70 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence or persecution.
The UNHCR said that 92,400 refugees were formally resettled to 25 countries, according to official government statistics provided to the agency. Canada accepted 28,100, more than any other nation, while the United States resettled the second-most with 22,900.
The US has a population of about 329 million. About 37 million people call Canada home.
