Carson maintains opposition to Syrian refugees

His comments reflected a rudimentary understanding of the scope of the Syrian refugee crisis, Nezer said.

Carson has faced scrutiny in the wake of the Paris attacks for his lack of foreign policy experience and has struggled with some questions about related issues in interviews.

“There’s nothing that will turn the momentum off more than if people want to help, and they get no answer at the other end of the phone or they don’t know who to phone”, said McCallum.

“I did not detect any great desire for them to come to the United States”, he told reporters.

Colyer, a plastic surgeon in Johnson County, is a volunteer with the group International Medical Corps, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization that provides medical care in areas ravaged by war and natural disasters.

Carson also called for increased US aid for regional refugee efforts.

Carson questioned, “Why create more problems?”

The Government of Canada will invest up to $678 million over six years toward expediting the resettlement and ensuring integration support for these Syrian refugees.

“That is not going to have an impact on what’s going on in that situation”, Colyer said. Journalists were not invited to join Carson, one of the leading contenders for the Republican nomination in the November 2016 presidential election.

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson tells TODAY’s Matt Lauer that bringing in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to the USA “exposes us to danger”.

Not only that, Colyer maintains that Gov. Sam Brownback and more than 30 other states’ governors have a legitimate security concern.

“This is a defining moment for Canada, a defining moment for all of us”, Johnston said. He indicated that, with world-wide assistance, the Syrian refugees could stay there until they can return to their own country. And they’ve made that clear. “I wish I could give them all a big kiss between their eyes!”

“The point is this”, he said.

“Millions of refugees have now been waiting years for the end of the war to come in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey”. “Until it is safe for them to return home, Jordan is a safe place for them to wait”, Carson said. “They want help where they are”.

The last census of 2014 placed population at 5.1 million but the figure is believed to have reached 8 million by 2015 including 2.5 million foreigners.

The ministers attended the opening of the new Syrian refugee processing centre in Amman where they met with both refugees and Canadian officials responsible for processing refugees, and reviewed the interview and screening process.

As part of the project, 20 refugees from the camp will be trained to operate and maintain the solar farm, providing them with employment and new skills. So they’re making tremendous sacrifices. Also gone are most of his family’s possessions as they left with little more than their clothes. We can do more to really help people.