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    Refugee crisis: While some follow US as it disengages, others lead

    Jun 26, 2018 6 minutes

    Around the world, the number of refugees and internally displaced people continues to rise – now estimated at more than 68 million people, with more than a third of them refugees forced by conflict across international borders.

    In response, the United Nations’ member states are negotiating a new pact on migration that aims to improve the world’s response to the mounting crisis.

    All of the UN’s 193 members, that is, save one: the United States.

    The US under President Trump is sitting out the talks on an area of international policy where it long took the helm: It set an example as the largest resettler of refugees and largest donor of funds to meet the needs of the displaced, and as the world’s most powerful country it cajoled others to follow its lead and adopt its humanitarian values.

    The Trump administration announced in December that concerns over potential infringements on national sovereignty and

    'The world does feel very different'Conservative discordCanada provides a model

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