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Lüko Willms said: You looked up US-american organizations. They would perhaps react to the refugees dying at the US-border against Mexico, but why should they take a position on a European issue, the huge wave of refugees fleeing the Third World countries in Africa and Asia? Ken Hiebert replies: They could be demanding that the US accept more refugees. According to the article below, "The U.S. has admitted roughly 1,500 Syrian refugees since 2011 and says that it will resettle no more than 8,000 by the end of 2016. " http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/04/major-culprit-creating-crisis-us-rebuked-failing-refugees The aid group International Rescue Committee is circulating a petition for the the U.S. to resettle at least 65,000 Syrian refugees by 2016, and it has so far garnered nearly 12,000 signatures. And 14 Senate Democrats have joined in the call to "dramatically increase the number of Syrian refugees that we accept for resettlement." _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
