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<blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 1938837" data-attributes="member: 58700"><p>state department link on the refugee process , quote from that page follows the link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/" target="_blank">http://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/</a></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"According to UNHCR’s latest statistics, there are approximately 15.4 million refugees in the world. The vast majority of these refugees will receive support in the country to which they fled until they can voluntarily and safely return to their home country. A small number of refugees will be allowed to become citizens in the country to which they fled, and an even smaller number — primarily those who are at the highest risk — will be resettled in a third country. While UNHCR reports that less than 1 percent of all refugees are eventually resettled in third countries, the United States welcomes over half of these refugees, more than all other resettlement countries combined."</span></em></p><p></p><p>now while commendable that we want to help the worlds downtrodden why have we decided to take on such a disproportionate percentage of the total when a legitimate argument can be made that there are many current citizens who also require our help and resources?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="newfie, post: 1938837, member: 58700"] state department link on the refugee process , quote from that page follows the link: [URL]http://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/[/URL] [I][FONT=Times New Roman]"According to UNHCR’s latest statistics, there are approximately 15.4 million refugees in the world. The vast majority of these refugees will receive support in the country to which they fled until they can voluntarily and safely return to their home country. A small number of refugees will be allowed to become citizens in the country to which they fled, and an even smaller number — primarily those who are at the highest risk — will be resettled in a third country. While UNHCR reports that less than 1 percent of all refugees are eventually resettled in third countries, the United States welcomes over half of these refugees, more than all other resettlement countries combined."[/FONT][/I] now while commendable that we want to help the worlds downtrodden why have we decided to take on such a disproportionate percentage of the total when a legitimate argument can be made that there are many current citizens who also require our help and resources? [/QUOTE]
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