Government appoints Richard Harrington to work on refugee resettlement

PARIS (AP) – When Islamic State extremists lost control of a key crossroads town in northern Syria in June, some militants shed their jihadi garb and blended in with the flood of Syrians fleeing across the Turkish border.

Anne Richard, assistant secretary of state for population, refugee and migration, said the US was considering another increase in its Syrian resettlement numbers for fiscal 2017.

“You may have, let’s say, 2% that are radicals”, he said. So there is a danger of infiltration, this is true, ‘ he said during an interview with Radio Renascença, a Portuguese station.

However, just because boats are not washing up on US shores does not absolve this country of its moral responsibility to Syrian families. Refugees who are entering Europe by the thousands may be being infiltrated by members of ISIS.

Even Pope Francis urged caution.

Additionally, a group of U.S. Senators – including Sen.

Lebanon and Jordan have complained that their resources have been stretched to breaking point by the influx of refugees from Syria, and United Nations agencies have repeatedly appealed for aid from donors.

Get your risk-free, 30-Day FREE Trial Membership right now. Bethany’s refugee resettlement program partners with local churches, volunteers, and other support organizations to ensure that all refugees have a smooth transition to their new home. They have been called the “lost generation”.

And, in the long run, Syrian refugees could be attracted to Minnesota by the same things that drew the Somali, Hmong and Karen.

“President Obama has to decide what his legacy on this issue is going to be”, said O’Brien, echoing his colleagues in calling for “real moral leadership” to back up the diplomatic push for peace. That’s more like it. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, to his credit, said some would be welcome in Connecticut. Turkey is accommodating two million refugees. Now is the time for Americans, and persons of faith and conscience especially, to advocate for higher refugee admissions from all countries. His wife, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, will return to Syria temporarily with their sons, 5-year-old Hussein and 4-year-old Omar, to live with her parents. “But we must be aware others have a different outcome in mind, and that’s killing people“. “That underlines the importance of other countries supporting the refugee camps and supporting people who remain in Syria”. “They have absolutely no need of that to send people”.

In Syria, our key objectives have been to meet the needs of the most vulnerable groups including in hard-to-reach areas, and to build resilience at individual, community and institutional level, enabling people to cope in the short term and provide the foundation for a future political transition.

But the process of vetting potential asylum-seekers is complex, Allen said.

“There’s no way one can guarantee 100 percent that terrorists are not coming through”, Ranstorp said.

Both factors are likely contributing to the stark contrast on this chart.

‘I don’t have any information.

There is also a sense of urgency among the refugees, after several European countries re-imposed border checks in recent days to stem the flow of migrants. “And that is the main fear of our society”, he told AP. Germany has said Syrians have the best chance of gaining asylum. Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, refused to comment on the specifics offered by the Iraqi officials. Neither spokeswoman would be quoted by name.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pointed out that numerous Islamic State’s fighters are European.

“We know that traffickers in this part of the world are buying and selling women as commodities”.

El Deeb reported from Beirut; Abdul-Zahra from Baghdad.