Ultimately. Syria must seek and achieve a resolution internally but. in the meantime. its neighbors have an obligation to do more. I applaud the Presidents announcement that the United States will resettle approximately 10.000 Syrian refugees within our borders next year. As my colleague from Illinois. Senator DURBIN. has said this step is certainly in the right direction. But increasing the number of refugees coming here is an insufficient response alone if we fail to provide the expanded capacity and services that are necessary to effectively resettle and bring to this country refugees fleeing their homeland. Our focus should be on devising an effective program so that candidates for resettlement can have that hope without waiting years for assistance. Now. under the present system. they are waiting here. In particular. I wish to cite a group of refugees that merits the special conscience and conviction of this Nation. They are the refugeesmostly women and young girlswho are victims of what the New York Times. in an extraordinary report. has called enshrining the theology of rape. These girls and women have been enslaved. They are members of the Yazidi community.
Keywords matched
refugeesmostly refugees