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Republican frontrunner Donald Trump says he would drop out of the race for president if his polling dropped into the low single digits.

The reason? Trump said he’s anxious a few of the refugees – who have been fleeing Syria after years of civil war – could be members of the terrorist organization the Islamic State, or ISIS, in disguise.

Trump had said on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that the U.S. should not interfere with Islamic extremists trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “and then we pick up the remnants” of the battle.

‘If I win, they’re going back, ‘ he said Wednesday evening at a campaign event in New Hampshire, earning loud applause.

“This is a plan that doesn’t compromise on security and safety, the screening measures that Canadians rightly expect us to have for refugees … especially when they’re coming from a conflict zone with such large-scale terrorist organizations in them.”

Eastern European ministers are due to gather to once again voice their opposition to compulsory migrant quotas, as countries creaking under the strain of a steady stream of refugees struggle to agree on common action.

With an audience of several hundred Conservative supporters at the rally, Gretzky told Harper that “you’ve been an unreal prime minister and you’ve been wonderful to the whole country“, adding that “I know you have nothing but the country’s...

The policy change, which Kerry said would result in the Obama administration’s accepting 85,000 refugees next year – up from 70,000 – rising to 100,000 in 2017, comes as the refugee crisis in Europe threatens to explode into outright chaos.

One reason Syrian refugees are coming to Europe in greater numbers is that it's nearly impossible for them to work legally in neighbouring countries.

Their nationalities were not immediately known.

Even in peaceful, consensus-minded Switzerland, however, the issue of asylum seekers is proving politically sensitive and the country’s biggest party, the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP), remains strongly opposed to any measures that might encourage more...

Reps. John Conyers Jr. and Zoe Lofgren, who are the two top House Democrats on the committee dealing with immigration, also said the U.S. should take a total of 200,000 refugees, or almost three times the number accepted in 2014.

UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said: “This may be the last opportunity for a coherent European response to manage a crisis that is increasing suffering and exploitation of refugees and migrants and tension between countries”.

Ms Fleming said it is “essential” that the 120,000 additional places are approved this week for any relocation programme to be considered “credible” but claimed that any scheme can not be effectively implemented without the creation of “adequate...

The White House has already taken in 1,500 Syrian refugees since 2011, a small number critics say [Xinhua].