White House raises refugee target to 110,000

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Juliet Eilperin
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The Washington Post
Article date: 
14 September 2016
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National News
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refugee
President
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The Obama administration will seek to accept 110,000 refugees from around the world in fiscal 2017, officials announced Wednesday.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry briefed lawmakers Tuesday on the new goal, which is an increase from 85,000 in fiscal 2016 and 70,000 in the previous three years. It represents a 57 percent increase in refugee arrivals since 2015, as ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere have spurred an exodus of migrants seeking asylum ...

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called for the United States to accept more refugees from Syria ...

CAIRCO Research

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Refugee Agency welcomes arrival of 10,000th Syrian refugee resettled to United States, UN Refugee Agency, Sept. 1, 2016

Clinton Refugee Proposal Could Cost Over $400 Billion, The Daily Caller, June 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton urges US to take thousands of Syrian refugees,  Politico, Sept. 20, 2015

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