US meets its goal of hosting 85,000 refugees, including 12,500 Syrians


USA REFUGEES

4:07 pm Sept. 27, 2016


United States said today that this week will meet its goal of hosting 85,000 refugees this fiscal year, including some 12,500
Syrians, and announced 364 million dollars in humanitarian aid for those affected by the war in Syria. EFE / FILE

Washington, 27 Sep (EFEUSA) -. United States said this week meet its goal of hosting 85,000 refugees this fiscal year, including some 12,500 Syrians, and announced 364 million dollars in humanitarian aid for those affected by the war in Syria. The Obama administration has exceeded the target host until October to 10,000 Syrian refugees, as they have so far arrived in the country "about 12,500" said Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Anne Richard, in a conference press.

The next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, the objective is to welcome "still more" Syrian refugees, he added, although that will depend partly on the intentions of the next US president, who will come to power in January.

"At the end of this week, we will have fulfilled our goal to welcome more refugees than in the past fifteen years. We are proud to provide a fresh start to almost 85,000 of the world's most vulnerable people," said Richard.

The government announced this month that has risen to 110,000 the maximum number of refugees worldwide, which may include in fiscal 2017, an increase of 57% over 2015.

Richard and other members of the Administration met two weeks ago with several members of Congress to inform them of this new goal, and she acknowledged today that some of them were not happy with that idea.

"The United States has the capacity to accommodate many, many, many refugees," said Richard, by ensuring that the only "limit" is the "careful system" of scrutiny to which the US government submitted to asylum seekers.

Richard said that, so far, refugees have settled in 180 US cities and is expected "that list to grow" even if municipalities "where there are not many jobs or where housing is expensive" are left.

Refugees who have arrived in the US in recent years not only come from Syria and Iraq, but also from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Ukraine, among other countries.

The official also announced today the award of $ 364 million more in humanitarian assistance to those affected by the war in Syria, bringing to 5,900 billion aid such provided by the US since the beginning of the Syrian conflict more than five years.

However, Richard acknowledged that "bring aid to people who need it desperately needs access" and that the regime of Bashar al-Assad and Russia should allow that assistance to reach needy populations, rather than "bombing humanitarian convoys, hospitals and emergency teams "in Syria.

"The regime denies humanitarian convoys safe passage, eliminates humanitarian supplies deliveries UN and restricts the total amount of aid. This is unacceptable," said Richard.

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