Refugee Resettlement Assistance and Canada Resettling

North American countries: The U.S. has pledged to accept 10,000 refugees in the next year while Canada has said it will welcome 25,000 by next March, according to CBC. Here how the two countries compare: Cost U.S.: The annual federal budget for refugee resettlement assistance is $950 million, almost $3 per American or $95,000 per refugee , according to the Migration Policy Institute. Although the goal of the two North American countries is the same — alleviating the plight of Syrians fleeing their war-torn country — the numbers and the resettlement process are not. But private resettlement agencies and other institutions are shouldering more than half of the financial load. Canada: Resettling one of the 25,000 Syrian refugees is estimated to cost Ottawa $35,000, or $900 million overall during the first year and $1.2 billion over the next six years. Two young Syrian refugee girls smiles for the camera in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, near the city of Mafraq, Jordan, on Nov. 29, 2015. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.