President Barack Obama announced last week that the United Sates is on track to accept 1,500 Syrian refugees by the end of this month. Obama also says he’s increasing the number of Syrian refugees the U.S. will accept next year from 8,000 to 10,000. But the International Rescue Committee (IRC) says the US has an obligation to do more to help the refugee crisis and is calling on the U.S. to accept 100,000 displaced Syrians in 2016. To put those numbers in context, Germany, which has seen more migrants arrive than any other European country, has accepted 800,000 Syrian refugees this year alone.

 

Joining us to talk about the United States’ moral and legal obligation to grant asylum to Syrians seeking refuge from war is Karen Ferguson, the Executive Director of the Northern California chapter of the IRC.

• NYTimes: Obama Directs Administration To Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees
• ABC 10: Sacramento-Area Groups Prepare For More Syrian Refugees
• IRC Art for Humanity Event description: www.Rescue.org/SacArt4Humanity

• Tickets: https://engage.rescue.org/events/sacramento-art-for-humanity-tickets