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The vision of hundreds of thousands of desperate human beings fleeing
airstrikes, terror, and violence from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and
beyond has brought the stark human cost of today's "anti-terror" wars to the
front pages. The heart-breaking photo of one small boy, still clad in a "red
shirt, blue jeans, and little sneakers," as a
now-viral poem goes, washed up on the Turkish shore, has brought the horror
of that stark reality into our hearts.
Indeed, the refugee crisis growing out of the multi-faceted Syrian war and
others is now a full-blown global emergency. It's not only an emergency
because it's now reaching Europe. It's an emergency several years in the
making as conditions have deteriorated throughout the Middle East and North
Africa. In addition to Syria, refugees are also pouring into Europe - or
dying as they try - from Libya, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Bangladesh, and
beyond.
But it's the war in Syria - now involving a host of regional, sectarian, and
global actors all fighting their own wars to the last Syrian - that lies at
the bloody center of the current crisis. And here the United States bears no
small responsibility.
The Syrian war - and particularly the rise of ISIS - has everything to do
with U.S. actions dating back to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq,
which gave rise to ISIS in the first place. Even now the U.S. airstrikes in
Syria and neighboring Iraq are escalating the war in both places.
So emergency responses, particularly from the United States, need to start -
though they must not end - with Syria. The Obama administration's decision
to allow
10,000 Syrian refugeesinto the country next year is a welcome step, but not
remotely adequate.
Here's what needs to happen next.
Immediately, the United States should announce:
list of 2 items
An increase in daily U.S. refugee assistance to the World Food Program and
the UN Human Rights Committee equivalent to the daily cost of U.S. military
action against ISIS - that is, about
$9 million a day .
A decision to immediately accept 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the
year, as called for by leading human rights organizations
.
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In next 30 days, Washington should roll out:
list of 1 items
A plan to parole desperate refugees into the United States on humanitarian
grounds. They should be provided with temporary protected status as long as
conditions in their home countries remain dangerous. Once they're in the
United States, safe and provided with medical care, housing, work,
education, and other support, longer-term protection can be determined on a
case by case basis. Such an administrative decision can be made by the White
House alone.
list end
In next 45 days, the White House should announce:
list of 3 items
That the United States will provide 28 percent of needed emergency refugee
assistance, equivalent to the U.S. share of global wealth. That means.
That it will immediately pay 28 percent of the current United Nations
refugee relief request, which totals $5.5 billion to support almost 6
million Syrian and related refugees through the end of this year. That would
amount to approximately $1.5 billion in U.S. contributions by the end of
2015.
That the United States will accept 28 percent of those refugees from Syria
(and others forced to flee as a result of the Syrian war) who need refuge
abroad. That means 28 percent of up to 4 million refugees as determined by
the United Nations, or up to 1.12 million refugees who are allowed to come
to the United States.
list end
It should be noted that fewer than 1,000 Syrians have been allowed into the
United States this year, while Germany has already agreed to take in
800,000. The limits on numbers of refugees allowed into the United States
each year are set by the White House, and fluctuate for political and policy
reasons. (For example, in just over a decade, beginning with the decline of
the Soviet Union in 1990, more than 378,000 Soviet Jews immigrated to the
United States. In 1992 alone, more than 62,000 entered the country.)
Finally, in next 60 days, the U.S. should develop:
list of 1 items
A new plan, now that the Iran nuclear deal is being implemented, to engage
with Iran as well as all other regional and global players in a renewed
United Nations-led diplomatic and arms embargo initiative to end the Syrian
war.
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(Photo: UNHCR Photo Unit / Flickr)
(Photo: UNHCR Photo Unit / Flickr)
The vision of hundreds of thousands of desperate human beings fleeing
airstrikes, terror, and violence from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and
beyond has brought the stark human cost of today's "anti-terror" wars to the
front pages. The heart-breaking photo of one small boy, still clad in a "red
shirt, blue jeans, and little sneakers," as a
now-viral poem goes, washed up on the Turkish shore, has brought the horror
of that stark reality into our hearts.
Indeed, the refugee crisis growing out of the multi-faceted Syrian war and
others is now a full-blown global emergency. It's not only an emergency
because it's now reaching Europe. It's an emergency several years in the
making as conditions have deteriorated throughout the Middle East and North
Africa. In addition to Syria, refugees are also pouring into Europe - or
dying as they try - from Libya, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Bangladesh, and
beyond.
But it's the war in Syria - now involving a host of regional, sectarian, and
global actors all fighting their own wars to the last Syrian - that lies at
the bloody center of the current crisis. And here the United States bears no
small responsibility.
The Syrian war - and particularly the rise of ISIS - has everything to do
with U.S. actions dating back to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq,
which gave rise to ISIS in the first place. Even now the U.S. airstrikes in
Syria and neighboring Iraq are escalating the war in both places.
So emergency responses, particularly from the United States, need to start -
though they must not end - with Syria. The Obama administration's decision
to allow
10,000 Syrian refugeesinto the country next year is a welcome step, but not
remotely adequate.
Here's what needs to happen next.
Immediately, the United States should announce:
list of 2 items
An increase in daily U.S. refugee assistance to the World Food Program and
the UN Human Rights Committee equivalent to the daily cost of U.S. military
action against ISIS - that is, about
$9 million a day .
A decision to immediately accept 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the
year, as called for by leading human rights organizations
.
list end
In next 30 days, Washington should roll out:
list of 1 items
A plan to parole desperate refugees into the United States on humanitarian
grounds. They should be provided with temporary protected status as long as
conditions in their home countries remain dangerous. Once they're in the
United States, safe and provided with medical care, housing, work,
education, and other support, longer-term protection can be determined on a
case by case basis. Such an administrative decision can be made by the White
House alone.
list end
In next 45 days, the White House should announce:
list of 3 items
That the United States will provide 28 percent of needed emergency refugee
assistance, equivalent to the U.S. share of global wealth. That means.
That it will immediately pay 28 percent of the current United Nations
refugee relief request, which totals $5.5 billion to support almost 6
million Syrian and related refugees through the end of this year. That would
amount to approximately $1.5 billion in U.S. contributions by the end of
2015.
That the United States will accept 28 percent of those refugees from Syria
(and others forced to flee as a result of the Syrian war) who need refuge
abroad. That means 28 percent of up to 4 million refugees as determined by
the United Nations, or up to 1.12 million refugees who are allowed to come
to the United States.
list end
It should be noted that fewer than 1,000 Syrians have been allowed into the
United States this year, while Germany has already agreed to take in
800,000. The limits on numbers of refugees allowed into the United States
each year are set by the White House, and fluctuate for political and policy
reasons. (For example, in just over a decade, beginning with the decline of
the Soviet Union in 1990, more than 378,000 Soviet Jews immigrated to the
United States. In 1992 alone, more than 62,000 entered the country.)
Finally, in next 60 days, the U.S. should develop:
list of 1 items
A new plan, now that the Iran nuclear deal is being implemented, to engage
with Iran as well as all other regional and global players in a renewed
United Nations-led diplomatic and arms embargo initiative to end the Syrian
war.
list end
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