Kerry: USA will take in more refugees

Meanwhile, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the United States will contribute almost US$419 million (AU$ 592 million) in humanitarian aid to help Syrian refugees. Part of the funding will go towardmedical care, including vaccination against measles and polio, safe drinking waterand food and shelter for the 12.2 million Syriansmore than half the populationin need of humanitarian assistance, the USAID said.

“And, that will become more specific in the next days”, said Kerry.

The decision may disappoint those who want a stronger response to the Syrian refugee crisis and anger those who fear it could open the nation up to terrorist attacks.

The state secretary outlined that that after the 9/11 tragedy, the government has set up new laws and new requirements involving security background checks of refugees that the U.S.is taking. He also said the total would rise to 100,000 in 2017.

He has made it clear those brought to Britain are the most vulnerable of the four million displaced Syrians living in UN-registered refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan.

US President Barack Obama recently announced that at least 10,000 Syrians will be accepted to the USA over the coming year due to the war and violence in Syria. The U.S. has since taken in only about 1,500 Syrian refugees, which was way below the targeted number for 2016 and 2017, and way too small compared to the hundreds of thousands that Germany had and will continue to accept.

The United States is increasing the number of worldwide migrants it takes in as Western leaders scramble to address the Syrian refugee crisis, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday. That case prompted legal changes to the US refugee program, which has significantly slowed down the process for asylum-seekers desperate for Washington’s approval for settlement status.

Kerry has also outlined the country’s tough stance to eliminate the root cause of the sudden in flux of refugees – the ISIS.

The proposed resettling of the 10,000 would be allocated out of a U.S. quota of 75,000 refugee admissions slated for next fiscal year, beginning October 1, according to an Obama administration official.

Some Republicans have voiced opposition to the acceptance of Syrian refugees, pointing to a case of two Iraqi refugees in Kentucky who in 2011 were found guilty of terrorism after their fingerprints were tracked to roadside bombs in Iraq. “The administration has essentially given the American people a ‘trust me.’ That isn’t good enough”, they said.

This is up from the 70-thousand the US took in past year.