The Obama administration has proposed resettling 110,000 next year.
Trudeau's Liberal government has pledged to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February, but immigration minister John McCallum said on Wednesday that the government may not reach its target of resettling 10,000 by the end of the year.
However, recently elected prime minister Justin Trudeau has committed to resettling 25,000 Syrians by the end of the year.
The minister tasked with resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK has dismissed criticism from senior judges and lawyers that the scheme is inadequate.
Meanwhile, British prime minister David Cameron announced on Monday that the UK would be temporarily resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees over the course of this parliament.
The organisation wants each council to commit to resettling 50 refugees, convinced that getting local-authority support is more effective than getting political backing.
After a painstakingly slow start, the White House announced this week that it had achieved its goal of resettling 10,000 refugees by the end of this fiscal year.
Leaders are due to debate the plans, which include resettling 20 thousand migrants over five years, in next month's EU summit.
And the administration surpassed its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees.
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The administration successfully reached its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrians this fiscal year, but the debate over refugees is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
