White House: Last of 10k Syrian refugees will arrive this week

As such, he set a goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year.

The announcement is a victory for the administration, which has said that by accepting more refugees, the USA would both help people fleeing the brutal Syrian civil war and gain credibility as it asked European partners to shoulder the burden of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the violence.

In December, Trump proposed a plan to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the USA, and most recently revised that plan to a temporary ban on “certain people” coming from countries with “tremendous terrorism”.

“We’d like to see these numbers increase really significantly”.

“On whether the 10,000 mark will be met Monday, the U.S. official said, it depends on how many arrivals they get”.

While the US has made significant monetary contributions to Middle Eastern countries who are bearing the heaviest burden, its own intake of refugees has been modest.

The United States accepted fewer than 1,700 Syrian refugees in fiscal year.

Rice said the summit in New York City will highlight the contributions the US and other nations have made to help refugees. Upon completion of security and medical screening, the Homeland Security officer may approve the refugee’s application for US resettlement.

The U.S. will reach its target this week of taking in 10,000 Syrian war refugees in a year-old resettlement program, the U.S. ambassador to Jordan said Sunday, after meeting families headed to California and Virginia.

For some, 10,000 is too many.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for a freeze on refugees and a ban on accepting any refugees from states that have produced terrorists, a revision from his previous call to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.

“The United States government is deeply committed to safeguarding the American public, just as we are committed to providing refuge to some of the world’s most vulnerable people”, Wells said.

There are now more than 4,800,000 Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations refugee agency.

“Senior law enforcement and intelligence officials have expressed concerns, and [Homeland Security] Secretary Jeh Johnson has said that ‘organizations such as [the Islamic State group] might like to try to exploit this program, ‘ ” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in defense of the bill, which was defeated. The top two destinations in the US for the Syrians are MI, which has always been a destination for Syrian immigrants, and California.

The White House has said it has instituted stringent controls in selecting refugee referrals from the United Nations refugee agency. The process typically takes 12 months to 18 months and includes in-person interviews and a review of biographical and biometric information.

Most struggle to survive in tough conditions in neighbouring countries. “The U.S. must do more to uphold its responsibility to do all it can to protect those fleeing human rights abuses”.