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While the United States deliberates about the threat of Syrian
refugees, its neighbor to the north, Canada, is following through on a
promise to resettle 25,000 refugees before the year ends.
Newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the promise while
campaigning in the recent elections with the Liberal Party and the
Huffington Post reported on Thursday that the Canadian government will need to resettle 500 people each day to fulfill the promise.
All of the attackers from Friday’s massacre in Paris so far have been
identified as European Union nationals, according to a top EU official.
The announcement further casts doubt on the validity of a Syrian
passport found near the bodies of a slain attacker.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Center for American Progress head Neera Tanden on Tuesday as part of his latest visit to the United States, during which he’s attempting toappeal to both conservatives and progressives. In a wide-ranging forum, the hawkish prime minister invoked several of his favorite claims about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
ThinkProgress, an editorially independent news site affiliated with the Center for American Progress, fact-checked his discussion with Tanden and found a number of false claims.
Faisal bin Ali Jaber asked for an apology. He didn’t even get an acknowledgment.
The 57-year-old has been on a quest for justice since his
brother-in-law and nephew were killed in a U.S. drone strike at a
village mosque in Khashamir, Yemen in 2012.
“Our family are not your enemy,” Jaber said in a statement. “In fact, the people you killed had strongly and publicly opposed al Qaeda.”
It has been a rough four and a half years for Syrians and Hungary
isn’t set to make it any easier after closing the Serbian border Tuesday
at midnight.
“If someone is a refugee, we will ask them whether they have
submitted an asylum request in Serbia,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a television station on Monday. “If they had not done so, given that Serbia is a safe country, they will be rejected.”
There’s been alottosay about the world’s humanitarian responsibility toward Syrian refugees this week. The global call to help Syrians has been heard loudly and many countries have recently altered their policies. Nonetheless, concerns remain over the impact of receiving so many new people into countries.
Eastern Japan was hit by widespread, dangerous flooding and more than 60 landslides this week after a tropical storm brought heavy rainfall and levees holding the Kinugawa River broke.
The flooding has forced more than 90,000 people to flee their homes, according to the BBC,
and rescue workers have been using helicopters and boats to rescue
people from the floodwaters. As of Thursday, in Osaki City, Japan, one
person was missing, 21 people were injured and 1,000 homes were damaged,
according to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Also in Osaki
City, CNN reports that three people have died. In Joso, Japan — which is north of Tokyo — more than 10,000 homes were likely damaged.
Pope Francis is asking every Catholic parish or religious community in Europe to take in refugee families fleeing from the war-torn Middle East, a direct appeal to assist with the region’s ongoing migrant crisis.
