The growing and complex turmoil in Syria is provoking an unusually partisan response in Washington – something that used to be rare in foreign policy, particularly amid humanitarian crises.
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Bob Krebs, spokesman for the Diocese of Wilmington, said that the church has a long history of support and aid for those fleeing from persecution and trouble in other countries.
The United States has taken in 1,500 refugees since the start of the Syrian war in 2011, and President Barack Obama has committed to accepting 10,000 more over the coming year. Even more are in Jordan (543,000), a country that 10 years ago was inundated by refugees from fighting in Iraq.
People may “talk” politics, but they feel, in their guts, the plight of others. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. That’s more like it. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, to his credit, said some would be welcome in Connecticut.
Almost two thirds of that 40mn pounds will be spent in Lebanon, which is hosting more than 1.1mn refugees in addition to its own population of 4mn citizens. It typically takes 18 to 24 months for someone who has been referred from UNHCR to be admitted to the USA , due to an intensive screening process and the large numbers of referrals.
We have a moral responsibility to help these refugees. “Someone has to help these people“, Ellison said.
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz didn’t want to commit to a number, but he said the tragedy “tears at your heart”.
“It’s such a question mark all of the time”, Savini said. “For what reason, I don’t know”. Germany, for example, has estimated 800,000 asylum-seekers will arrive this year. About one million refugees are expected in Germany alone, according to worldwide reports.
Fleming, with the UNHCR, says in the beginning, the refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey were a good option for Syrians fleeing the war.
Minnesota’s delegation is increasingly getting public pressure to act. Who are we going to ask about a Syrian refugee, the Damascus police department?
“They either eat less or they’re resorting to cheaper food, which does not give them the necessary nutrition”, she says. You may have let’s say two percent [of refugees] that could be radicals. “The USA needs to be much more deliberate in dealing with this issue”.
What hasn’t changed, she said, is that “Lancaster is a welcoming community”. “That’s part of what our leadership should be about”.
“The images from Europe this month reminded the world that more than four million Syrians have been made refugees”.
It is, of course, not a simple solution, for the US or for other nations: Resettling such a large number of refugees presents a hard problem.
Emmer said he’s anxious that the additional people be thoroughly screened so that Americans remain safe. If more funds to speed this up is the answer, Congress should make that happen.
Additionally, a group of U.S. Senators – including Sen.
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Portland isn’t such a city, but because of its hospitality and living conditions, it should expect at least 100 Syrians next year, said Terry Abeles, Director of Refugee Resettlement of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, which the government partners with to resettle refugees.
