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US Pledges to Accept More Migrants

Alan KurdiThe United States pledged Wednesday to accept more refugees fleeing from wars in Syria and elsewhere, even as Europe unveiled a mandatory country-by-country quota plan to resettle 160,000 migrants.

After meeting with lawmakers in Congress, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said, “We are looking hard at the number that we can specifically manage with respect to the crisis in Syria and Europe. That’s being vetted fully right now.”

Shortly after Kerry’s meeting, U.S. Senator John McCain went to the Senate floor to urge stronger leadership from President Barack Obama on stemming violence in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Arizona Republican stood next to an enlarged, close-up photo of the body of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, the Syrian boy who drowned along with his 5-year-old brother and mother when their small rubber boat capsized as it headed for Greece.

“This image has haunted the world,” McCain said. “But what should haunt us even more than the horror unfolding before our eyes is the thought that the United States will continue to do nothing meaningful about it.”

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday that the administration has been looking at a “range of approaches” for assisting U.S. allies with the thousands of people arriving from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
(source: VOA)

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