As President Obama plans to increase the number of refugees admitted into the United States in 2017, new numbers reveal which cities in Upstate New York – and across the country – have accepted the most Syrian refugees in 2016.
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Majorities of voters of all party affiliations are concerned about the national security threat that arises from bringing in Middle Eastern refugees, but Republicans have the strongest concern.
“Terrorists have announced that they will infiltrate the refugee population and have successfully done so multiple times in Europe over the past year”, Session added. More specifically, “40,000 refugees would be authorized from the Near East/South Asia, which includes Syria, the most of any region”.
In the wake of terror attacks previous year, the administration also began screening the social media accounts of some Syrian refugee applicants.
Another 35,000, would be approved to arrive from Africa while 14,000 were marked as not allocated. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., a key supporter of Trump’s who has objected to resettlements absent more proof that potential terrorists aren’t allowed into the U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry briefed lawmakers on the goal on Tuesday.
According to a Military Times report, the 110,000 goal covers a 12-month period that will start this October. Each participant of the program is carefully selected from refugee camps.
At home, however, his refugee target is likely to renew controversy over the ability of the U.S.to absorb newcomers, particularly from countries where vetting is not easy and where terrorist networks have said they want to insert operatives into the refugee stream.
Jennifer Quigley, an advocacy strategist for nonprofit refugee protection group Human Rights First, said that, with the increased quota of refugee acceptance, the Obama administration is sending a message to other countries to accept more refugees as well.
The Obama administration recently reached its goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, but it has not detailed how numerous 110,000 refugees to be allowed in next year should come from Syria.
At least 11 million people have fled Syria as the civil war marks its sixth year of social conflict. Some governors filed lawsuits to stop refugees from coming to their states; they lost.
The Obama administration is again saying it plans to admit more refugees – and presumably more Syrian refugees – which could have a direct impact in MI.
While he applauded the increase to 110,000, Doyle said the USA still has to do more the offset the strain elsewhere, especially in developing countries where most refugees and migrants are living.
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The announcement will be formally announced by President Obama at next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting during a summit on refugees. Majority ended up in refugee camps in Thailand and have been resettled in countries around the world, including the U.S. The organization has resettled 70 Syrian refugees so far this year. Concerns about refugees have played into the broader debate about immigration in Europe and were a major factor in Britain’s recent vote to leave the European Union. A Brookings Institution survey taken in May found that when asked an open-ended question about how many the US should resettle in 2017, the median answer among Democrats was 15,000, and the median answer among Republicans was just 10,000.
