The United States, to welcome 110,000 refugees in 2017 ?

U.S. Nilgun Salim
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Barack Obama stated during the UN General Assembly debate that dozens of countries committed to welcome around 360,000 refugees in 2017.

The American UN Ambassador Samantha Power revealed this is ‘just a fraction’ regarding the crisis’ magnitude, given that UN evaluated that more than 1, 2 million refugees must be relocated.

During the summit, the American president highlighted that the refugee crisis represents a ‘test for our international system, where all nations must share collective responsibilities given the majority of the refugees are welcomed in 10 countries.’

‘We must admit that these refugees are a symptom generated by large failures, whether is about a war or ethical tensions or persecution’, added the state leader.

Obama said more than 50 states and international organizations attending the summit increased their contribution in the humanitarian area.

‘As we have seen in the past, countries have a bad habit of promising things during conferences and not fulfilling them’, said Samantha Power.

‘We must do better this time’ added the Ambassador.

Between 2015 and 2016, the United States welcomed 10,000 Syrian refugees. This figure is considered insufficient by the humanitarian organizations, who accused their lack of reaction regarding this migratory crisis.

For 2017, Washington committed to receiving 110,000 refugees. More than half of them are still living in Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, and Pakistan.

World leaders will accept 360,000 refugees from war-torn areas over the course of 2017, with Germany and Canada among the countries accepting the most.

While Syrian refugees are in the news lately, the vast majority of refugees the U.S. accepted between October 2015 and May 2016 have come from Burma, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia.