Canada Resettled More Refugees Than Any Other Country in 2018, UN Says

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) greets refugees fleeing from Syria as they arrive at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, on Dec. 11. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP

OTTAWA—The United Nations Refugee Agency says Canada admitted the largest number of resettled refugees last year and had the second highest rate of refugees who gained citizenship.

The UNHCR’s annual global trends report shows that Canada took in 28,100 of the 92,400 refugees who were resettled in 25 countries during 2018.