U.S. to increase number of refugees admitted

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 Obama administration does not need to obtain approval from Congress for the increased number of accepted migrants.

“The fiscal year that will end at the end of [September], the United States is on track to take in about 1,500 Syrian refugees”, Earnest said.

Kerry did not say how numerous additional refugees would be from Syria but pledged that the US was ready to help.

He also called for the U.S.to take a greater role in helping Syrian refugees. The United States will give $419¬ million more in humanitarian aid to assist Syrian refugees and the countries that are hosting them, administration officials said Monday. Further, the number will be increased to 100,000 in 2017. But many others will come from war zones in Africa, including from Democratic Republic of the Congo.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, who represents Florida’s 1st Congressional District and serves on the House Intelligence Committee, concedes that the crisis in Syria is a serious humanitarian problem. “It is terrifying that on the one hand there is more and more impunity for those starting conflicts, and on the other there is seeming utter inability of the worldwide community to work together to stop wars and build and preserve peace”, Guterres stressed.

For children like 12-year-old Hadija, life in a refugee camp in Lebanon, just miles from the Syrian border, is the new normal.

Congress could also use the power of the purse to influence the administration’s refugee policy.

The announcement marks the first step to fulfilling David Cameron’s promise to resettle 20,000 Syrians over the next four-and-a-half years by expanding the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme.

As the protests evolved into armed rebellion, the USA has faced increased pressure to develop a strategy of involvement in order to help almost
4 million refugees. “But it’s a very different place, different time, different set of challenges than what we faced bringing boat people in from Vietnam”, he said. Last week, Hungary put the finishing touches on a 13-foot-high fence with Serbia, leaving thousands of desperate migrants in a no-man’s-land between the two countries.

We’re doing what we know we can manage immediately, what we feel we can do by working within the system we have and within the challenges that we have budget-wise.