The United States and Hungary alone opposed the adoption on Monday in New York of a new global compact to strengthen international cooperation on large movements of refugees, help them thrive in exile, and ease the strain on major - often relatively poor - host countries.
This month sees the adoption of two historic agreements to share responsibility for refugees and cooperate on migration.
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