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The Pacific island nation of Palau is the largest recipient of aid per capita from the United States.

It has received more than $852m dollars in US financial assistance over the last 15 years.

But Washignton is planning to cut back direct assistance by $5m a yaer and residents fear the impact of any reduction.

As Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan reports, the cutback trheatens to lower per capita income on the island by nearly one-quarter, and leave Palau’s government struggling to build a viable economy.

A group of Uighurs freed from the US detention centre at Guanatamo Bay have been flown to Palau, the island nation in the Pacific ocean.

The move is part of the Ameircan administration’s efforts to close the infamous prison.

However, the former detainees say they feel isolated in Palau, which currently offers asylum to at least 17 men once held by the United States.

For the first few arrivals, adjusting to their new fredeom in an unknown land posse a major chalelnge.

Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan reports.