Posted on 08/25/2015 2:56:35 PM PDT by Theoria
Between 5,000 and 8,000 Syrian refugees will be welcomed into the U.S. next year, officials said Monday.
Calling the U.S. a "leader" in resettling refugees, State Department spokesman John Kirby said the U.N. refugee agency has referred 15,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S., according to AFP News Agency.
More than 4 million Syrians have become homeless since civil war broke out in the country in 2011. Though the U.S. has contributed $4 billion in humanitarian aid to help with refugee resettlement, as of June the country had taken in fewer than 1,000 Syrians.
Kirby said this work was "not the metric of success," instead focusing on how he says the U.S. is helping to bring about reform within Syria so refugees can return to their home country.
"What we're really committed to is helping to foster the kind of political transition inside Syria, so that it is a safe environment for Syrian people to return, including the millions that are seeking refuge in Turkey right now," he said.
In the meantime, though, Syrian refugees are desperate for stability.
NPR's Michele Kelemen reported in June on a Syrian family that made it to the United States in January.
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How about resettling all State Department employees in Syria instead?
All it takes to solve problems like the Apparatchik in DC is IMAGINATION.
Great! more hooka bars/rally points/FOB....
KYPD
Translated, that means 800,000.
Will they do the beheadings that Americans just won’t do? I guess we just Don’t have our Fair Share Of Death Cultists To Meet our progressive diversity Quota.
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