People surveyed on five continents mistakenly think wealthy Western countries are welcoming most refugees as the world grapples with its worst migration crisis in decades, a survey showed on Thursday.
With more people than ever fleeing home since World War II, most respondents thought the United States, France and Germany accepted the largest number of refugees over the last decade, the survey by the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative (AHI) found.
However, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey welcomed most refugees and asylum-seekers over that time period — some 10 million people, according to data by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) cited as part of the findings.
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