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Canada took in more refugees last year than the United States. Canada accepted 28,100 refugees, more than any other nation, a UN report says. The US resettled 22,900 refugees, the second-most.
I couldn't use that link to get the information but this one works:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48696974
Basically, it comes down to what the definition of a refugee is and what the definition of an asylum seeker is.......the end result is the same for them and the country that takes them in(legally)::
"Another group is 3.5 million asylum seekers. These are people outside their country of birth who are under international protection, but are yet to be granted refugee status.
The US is the world's major recipient of new asylum applications, registering 254,300 applications in 2018.
Canada was ninth on the list of new asylum claims with 55,400 registered in 2018, behind the US, Peru, Germany, France, Turkey, Brazil, Greece and Spain.
An influx of asylum seekers crossing at the US-Canada border has become a political issue after approximately 40,000 people "irregularly" crossed into Canada between 2017 and 2018.
Canada currently is struggling with a backlog of almost 74,000 asylum claims with applicants waiting almost two years for a hearing."
Wow, a 2 year backlog of 74,000 asylum claims in Canada is a huge problem for them, the US has had many more than that illegally crossing our southern border..............every month.
During the Obama years (2008-2016), asylum was granted to an average of 25,000 seekers each year.
As I recall from a previous post, there were five requirements that had to be meet, and being unemployed was not one of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_in_the_United_States
"Asylum has two basic requirements. First, an asylum applicant must establish that he or she fears persecution in their home country.[4] Second, the applicant must prove that he or she would be persecuted on account of one of five protected grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or particular social group."
United States recognizes the right of asylum for individuals as specified by international and federal law.[1] A specified number of legally definedrefugees who either apply for asylum from inside the U.S. or apply for refugee status from outside the U.S., are admitted annually. Refugees compose about one-tenth of the total annual immigration to the United States, though some large refugee populations are very prominent.
Annual Refugee Admissions to the United States by Fiscal Year, 1975 to mid-2018-above
Annual Asylum Grants in the United States by Fiscal Year, 1990-2016-above
Refugee resettlement to the United States by region, 1990–2005 (Source: Migration Policy Institute)