Trump’s America resettled more refugees than the EU and UK combined last year

The United States under Donald Trump took in more vetted refugees last year than all 27 EU member states and the UK combined.

This comes even as president Trump scaled back by almost 90 percent the number of refugees the US is willing to host, in a process known as resettlement.

The Americans took in 11,500, compared to 7,800 throughout the EU and the UK. Most of the Europe-bound refugees went to France, followed by Germany, Netherlands and the UK.

“We need Europe to do more,” said Kelly Clements, the deputy head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), noting that almost three million need to be resettled.

Speaking to EUobserver on Wednesday (10 June) in Brussels, Clements said resettled refugees often contribute to their host communities and become productive members of society.