Getting 10,000 Syrian Refugees into the United States
The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 14, 2015
President Obama has announced that the U.S. will take in at least 10,000 displaced Syrians over the next year. Eleanor Acer, senior director of refugee protection at Human Rights First, discusses the logistics as well as the politics of accepting the refugees.
# of Syrian refugees/country willing to accept: Turkey: 2m Germany: 300k Venezuela + Brazil: 20k each Denmark: 0 US: 10k Your thoughts?
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer Where are Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UAE in this process?
— Judith Basile (@SoccerLacrossMa) September 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer Add Australia. I believe they announced they would take 12,000.
— Amanda Remus (@Mandiblesat140) September 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer Canada, precise number to be determined. Our recessive economy really can't and shouldn't have to care for this refugee mess.
— Yuan YT (@variableYY) September 14, 2015
