Resettlement Orgs Ask Obama for 100% Increase in FY17 Refugee/Related Admissions
Sep 1st 2016 @ 11:30 am EDT
A group of 41 “non-governmental organizations” that assist refugees worldwide, including four directly involved in U.S. refugee resettlement, urged President Obama to commit to accepting 200,000 refugee and humanitarian admissions in fiscal year (FY) 2017 – a 100 percent increase over the projected FY17 level he established last year. While the president has the authority to establish the yearly refugee target, Congress must decide whether to provide funds to resettle that or an alternative number.
On September 19th the UN General Assembly will host a summit to address the record-level worldwide movement of refugees and migrants, with the aim of developing a coordinated approach. Then on September 20th President Obama will host a Leaders’ Summit on Refugees at which governments will announce new commitments on refugee aid and resettlement. The 41 organizations wrote Obama to influence his policies going into these meetings.
The organizations urge Obama to:
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