MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Minnesota will be allowed to take in about 2,500 refugees next year. The U.S. State Department recently told Minnesota officials the number the state can take in during the 2017 federal fiscal year.

KARE 11 reported that according to state data, from 2003 through Oct. 31, 2016, Minnesota has taken about 39,500 refugees from numerous countries. Most refugees who have resettled over the last decade in Minnesota have been from Africa, East Asia, and Near East and South Asia. About 40 percent of the refugees came from Somalia and roughly 20 percent are from Burma.



The federal government has the authority to place refugees anywhere in the country. State governments do not have the power to refuse refugees, CNN reported.