Thousands of refugees return to Syria from Jordan

The “Solidarity with Syrians” report analyzed aid and resettlement opportunities for Syrian refugees provided by more than 28 countries, and said only a “handful” had been providing their fair share.

“More than 10 % of the Jordanian population is made up of Syrian refugees”. “They see the situation as increasingly desperate”. “We must balance a very real threat with the potential propaganda value here”. Who can blame the Syrian refugees?

Learn about the refugee resettlement business on the blog Refugee Resettlement Watch. Staff and management of the hundreds of taxpayer supported USA contractors are largely refugees or immigrants whose goal is to gain entry for more refugees, usually for their co-ethnics. But the war in Syria, almost five years old, has displaced more than 12 million people. Since the start of the crisis four and a half years ago, millions of Syria’s children have been forced to flee their homes. Therefore, because the refugees are fleeing from a different type of violence than the one explicitly described in the convention, countries aren’t technically obliged to take them in.

But that’s easier said than done. It requires the secretary of state to submit a report on the proposed uses of funds, and to describe and assess the security vetting processes used for the resettlement of refugees.

The Liberals have called for the government to do more, and pledged to contribute $100 million to the UN High Commission for Refugees if elected, which would put Canada in the same company. These two developing countries simply can not help these refugees on their own.

“What happens in Syria concerns Europe, what happens there will determine the balance of the whole region for a long time”, he said.

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The administration’s argument it can not do more because it’s hamstrung by national security obligations plays directly into politics.

LePage has been reforming the welfare system in his state by actually enforcing standards set by law for those seeking benefits.

“Every year we’ve learned more from what we should have done and what we can do better”, UNHCR spokesman Bathoul Ahmed told The WorldPost. Later, Holstead said the department couldn’t release the information without a Freedom of Information Act request.

The United Nations refugee office did not respond to a request for comment on the Jordan-Syria border.

In lieu of data, the DHS official ultimately gave this assessment: “We are not aware of any trends in general or with respect to Syrians”. Until he reached Germany, el-Hassan said, he encountered mostly hostility, from the Hungarian guards who beat and detained him to the Serbians who refused to provide lodging and other assistance.

Wanting to do more for the refugees would seem to cut across the aisle. “There will be no end to the suffering of the people from Syria until action is taken on all these issues”.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., asked rhetorically, “Do we have a reason to look at Syrians and say they’ve been involved in terrorism?” There is no evidence of that happening yet, however, he acknowledged. The need for support for the humanitarian effort, and for a renewed political and diplomatic drive to end the war, has never been more urgent. That includes four million refugees who have fled the country since 2011.

The politicization of the crisis has carried over to the 2016 campaign trail.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Sen.

When I told Khalil the myth about the flag had no truth to it, he shrugged.

As she headed to a recent meeting with European ambassadors to discuss the refugee crisis, Sen. But they didn’t keep it. I say to them: “if Britain can keep her promises, so should you”.

Adopt a Revolution spokesman Elias Perabo said that the results show clearly that Syrians want to return – although the essential precondition was the removal of dictator Bashar al-Assad. But for many, it may be wishful thinking, or even denial.

“It is unclear how many people are returning to Syria to travel onward to Turkey and Europe”, said Catherine Osborn, protection adviser at the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), which estimates there are about 630,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan.