Us Refugee People

The reality is that US has done comparatively little to place refugees given since it is geographically removed from the most pressing influxes faced by Syria’s neighbors. Proximity to the conflict has burdened these states immensely. Turkey has taken in over 2 million Syrians, Lebanon over 1 million, and Jordan over 600,000, and even ISIS-plagued Iraq has taken in over 200,000. Meanwhile, eastern and southern Europe’s political struggles over how to manage the refugees arriving on their shores and at their borders have been immense. Germany is expected to resettle 800,000 refugees by the end of 2015. Even France has committed to accept 30,000. While the US has provided $4 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria since the beginning of the war, the 1,682 refugees resettled by the US so far pale in comparison to international partners, and resettling 10,000 additional refugees will do very little to move the needle. The reality is that US has done comparatively little to place refugees given since it is geographically removed from the most pressing influxes faced by Syria’s neighbors. Proximity to the conflict has burdened these states immensely. Turkey has taken in over 2 million Syrians, Lebanon over 1 million, and Jordan over 600,000, and even ISIS-plagued Iraq has taken in over 200,000. Meanwhile, eastern and southern Europe’s political struggles over how to manage the refugees arriving on their shores and at their borders have been immense. Germany is expected to resettle 800,000 refugees by the end of 2015. Even France has committed to accept 30,000. While the US has provided $4 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria since the beginning of the war, the 1,682 refugees resettled by the US so far pale in comparison to international partners, and resettling 10,000 additional refugees will do very little to move the needle.

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