Syrian refugee crisis: senators call on US to take in thousands more
Aid groups and at least 14 senators have called on the US government to take in thousands more Syrian refugees by the end of 2016, amid international outcry prompted by shocking images of a three-year-old boy’s body lying face down in the surf in Turkey.
The boy, Aylan Kurdi, his older brother Galip, five, and mother died while trying to reach Europe. The family’s story, and images of Aylan, captured the world’s attention and appeared on the front pages of newspapers worldwide this week.
The US senators have recommended the US take in at least five times more than the approximately 1,500 Syrian refugees that Washington has admitted since the conflict began in 2011.
Source: www.theguardian.com