Over the past few years, the refugee resettlement program has come under increasing strain. This week, we saw Trump tell the UN General Assembly that host countries would now have to bare the burden of finding a solution, while floating the possibility of increased monetary aid (though how this fits in with his promise to slash the State Department's budget is unclear.) Basically, the US is not going to participate much in the resettlement program in the future and we certainly aren't going to step forward to take on our fair share of Syrian refugees or anyone else. People should get ready for that.
Worryingly, apparently Denmark has now suspended its program as well. The doors are closing on a global solution and it's not clear if there will be any increased funding for host countries. Lebanon and Bangladesh, you are on your own. What will be the result? Probably yet more conflict and more displacement.
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