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| Syrian Of Refuge |
Cyber Daily News - One family of Syrian refugees who have been accepted into the United
States have changed the placement of refuge after the Indiana governor
refused them entry into the country parts, authorities said, as quoted
by AFP.
An NGO had planned to send the family consists of three people, who have been selected in UN refugee camps in the Middle East and security services AS-- screening passes to start new lives in Indianapolis.
But after Mike Pence Indiana Governor joined with dozens of state leaders who refused to accept Syrian refugees for fear of being infiltrated by ISIS, the NGO refugee families reroute it to Connecticut.
Spokesman John Kirby said the US State Department's decision to respect the NGO in changing the route of the family, but insists the central government does not agree with the state government that impede the settlement of refugees.
"Obviously, we want to uphold our values as a nation of immigrants," said Kirby.Around 187 Syrians have been allowed in the United States since the beginning of the fiscal year October 1. This number is very small compared with the wishes of President Barack Obama to accept 10,000 refugees over a period of 12 months.
It is also a very small number compared to the total refugee resettlement programs in the US, but still the public concerned because they feared immigration Islamic world."The program has received 785,000 refugees in the 14 years since 9/11 (9 September 2001 terrorist attacks)," said Kirby.
"Of that number, only a dozen were detained or deported from the United States due to concerns of terrorism that existed before their resettlement in the United States. And none of them were Syrian," said Kirby told AFP.
An NGO had planned to send the family consists of three people, who have been selected in UN refugee camps in the Middle East and security services AS-- screening passes to start new lives in Indianapolis.
But after Mike Pence Indiana Governor joined with dozens of state leaders who refused to accept Syrian refugees for fear of being infiltrated by ISIS, the NGO refugee families reroute it to Connecticut.
Spokesman John Kirby said the US State Department's decision to respect the NGO in changing the route of the family, but insists the central government does not agree with the state government that impede the settlement of refugees.
"Obviously, we want to uphold our values as a nation of immigrants," said Kirby.Around 187 Syrians have been allowed in the United States since the beginning of the fiscal year October 1. This number is very small compared with the wishes of President Barack Obama to accept 10,000 refugees over a period of 12 months.
It is also a very small number compared to the total refugee resettlement programs in the US, but still the public concerned because they feared immigration Islamic world."The program has received 785,000 refugees in the 14 years since 9/11 (9 September 2001 terrorist attacks)," said Kirby.
"Of that number, only a dozen were detained or deported from the United States due to concerns of terrorism that existed before their resettlement in the United States. And none of them were Syrian," said Kirby told AFP.
