These Countries Are Failing To Resettle Their ‘Fair Share’ Of Syrian Refugees

Wealthy Nations Urged To Increase Resettlement Of Syrian Refugees
Umit Bektas / Reuters

Last fall, President Barack Obama pledged to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. by September 2016. But according to Oxfam International, the U.S. should multiply that figure by 17 in order to meet the needs of Syrian refugees trapped in struggling nations like Lebanon and Jordan that can no longer afford to suport them.

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