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The groundbreaking decision, made at the ongoing UN summit in New York, saw scores of nations agree to take a percentage of 360,000 refugees earmarked for resettlement. This is double the number allowed to enter nations worldwide last year.

GETTY Barack Obama's plea saw 50 nations pledge to take a share of 360,000 refugees

Romania, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, France and Luxembourg agreed to take a staggering ten times the amount of refugees they accepted in 2015. Countries have also collectively granted £3.4billion in financial contributions to UN appeals and other humanitarian organisations.

GETTY Only 10 countries are currently taking the brunt of the migrant crisis

The international agreement came during a summit event hosted by Barack Obama in which he said every country had to take responsibility for the migrant crisis. National ambassadors could only attend Obama's speech if they promised to pledge their support in advance.

GETTY World leader at the UN summit have agreed the groundbreaking decision on the migration crisis

The US President said: "This is a test of our international system where all nations ought to share in our collective responsibilities, because the vast majority of refugees are hosted by just 10 countries. "We must recognise that refugees are a symptom of larger failures - be it war, ethnic tensions or persecution."

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