The US places a strict, but not immoveable, ceiling on the number of refugees it admits annually. The president, in consultation with Congress, sets a global limit, which is then broken down by region. For 2015, the US will accept 70,000 refugees from across the globe; 33,000 of those spots are reserved for refugees from the Near East and south Asia. The US will not create a separate refugee programme for Syrians, as it did for Iraqi refugees.