The move comes after President Barack Obama pledged in September to
admit an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, torn by four years
of
civil war and disorder. ~ Videos
The U.S. State Department confirmed the plans to open a refugee settlement processing centre in
Erbil, Iraq, before the end of 2015, and to resume refugee processing
in Lebanon in early 2016, said spokeswoman Danna Van Brandt.
The White House would not say
how many additional refugees it may take in beyond the 10,000, but two
senior administration officials said they are seeking ways to increase
the number.
“We want to be in a place where we can push out really ambitious
goals,” said one of the officials, who spoke to Reuters on the condition
of anonymity.
The State Department runs nine screening centres worldwide that serve
as meeting points for refugees and U.S. Department of Homeland Security
employees who have to decide who is suitable for resettlement in the
United States.
The additional centres will double the number available to refugees in the Middle East.
Most Syrians are now screened for potential U.S. resettlement at centres in Istanbul and Amman, Jordan. The new centres are designed to “increase the channels” the United States has for reaching Syrian refugees, the official said.
Amid a tide of refugees in Europe, some congressional Democrats and
refugee advocates say the United States should do more for Syrians who
often make dangerous journeys to lands where they have no home or means
of employment.
However, some Republicans have raised concerns that allowing more Syrians into the United States jeopardizes national security.
In another development, Anne Richard, U.S. assistant secretary of state, told C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program
on Friday that wealthy Gulf Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar
as well as the so-called BRICs emerging market nations should do more to
help Syrian refugee.
“I would like to see more aid come from the Gulf states that are in
the Middle East area and are relatively wealthy compared to Jordan and
Lebanon,” she said.
“We would also like to see more from the so-called
BRICs — Brazil, Russia, India, China and, to a lesser extent South
Africa,” she added. “These are the wealthy states that care about the
region that could and should be doing more on the humanitarian side.”
About 250,000 people have died and an estimated four million driven
abroad as refugees because of the Syrian conflict, which began in 2011
with protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which has
evolved into a full-blown civil war.
The majority of the refugees have
flowed into neighbouring nations such as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon but
hundreds of thousands have also made their way to Europe.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Even as the bullets were flying in
Paris yesterday during the horrific ISIS terror attack, Barack Obama was
ordering his administration to find ways to dramatically increase the
number of Muslim migrants he is legally allowed to let into the United
States.
It is his dream that what happened yesterday in France will soon
be happening here in America. He is very close to seeing that become a
reality thanks to you, the elected leaders of Congress, who allow him to
do it. ~ Geoffrey Grider Source
190 US Cities To Receive Syrian Refugees
Could the Syria ‘refugee’ event (consisting of thousands of healthy, strong looking young men and very few women, children and elderly.) be part of Obama’s huge plan to cancel the 2016 elections and H.J. Res. 15?
In the video below listen very carefully to what White House whistleblower Larry Nichols says about Obama’s third term, Joe Biden, Bill and Hillary then you decide.
November 15, 2015 – KnowTheLies
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