More than a thousand US rabbis have signed a petition calling on the country's highest legislative body, Congress, to open America's doors to Syrian refugees. Reshet Bet reports this. The petition was initiated by one of the oldest Jewish organizations in the United States, the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). HIAS was founded...
Twenty-seven Chaldean Christians from Iraq, persecuted at home by al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, wonder why the US immigration authorities decided to deport them from the country at a time when President Obama is about to receive thousands of Muslim refugees from Syria ... This was reported by the ChristianToday agency with reference to Fox News. ...
The migration crisis, which has become one of the main topics of the year for Europe, has reached the United States. Back in September, Barack Obama's administration presented a plan to house 10 refugees from Syria in the country during 2016. However, after the terrorist attacks in Paris, governors of 31 states opposed the acceptance of refugees ...
Governors began to refuse to accept Syrian refugees in their states after a series of attacks in Paris. Already 18 governors have made such statements, most of them represent the Republican Party. In particular, the governors of Texas, Indiana and Illinois announced a temporary refusal to accommodate refugees. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he wanted to ...
After the Paris attacks, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said the state would not accept Syrian refugees. Reported by CNN. According to Bentley, he fears that dangerous elements may be among the migrants: “After what happened last weekend in ...
The current President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said that Russia's air strikes against moderate opposition in Syria are leading to an increase in the number of refugees seeking to Europe. Speaking at the G20 summit in Turkey, Tusk noted that military operations in Syria...
Donald Trump, a contender for the US presidential nomination from the Republican Party, said that if elected, he would expel thousands of Syrian refugees from the country. “I warn people who are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration. If I win...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to help the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provide refugee camps with internet access. It is one of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by consensus on Friday at a summit at United Nations headquarters with over 150 ...
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt rejected the offer of the wife of Angelina Jolie (actress, director and public figure) to adopt three Syrian orphans. This is reported by RadarOnline with reference to sources surrounded by the family. However, the couple, according to an insider, will still adopt one little refugee. ...
The United States is ready to host 2016 thousand refugees on its territory in 85 and increase their number by another 15 thousand people in 2017. According to The Washington Post, US Secretary of State John said this during his visit to Berlin ...