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Refugees Flee North

Canada received 50,420 applications for political asylum in 2017, the highest number in decades, and more than double the 23,930 it received in 2016, according to the Canadian government and the Pew Research Center.

OTTAWA - Canada received 50,420 applications for political asylum in 2017, the highest number in decades, and more than double the 23,930 it received in 2016, according to the Canadian government and the Pew Research Center.

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