U.S. Accepts More Syrian Refugees than All of EU: 8,000 vs. 6,000
Posted: August 15, 2016 Filed under: Diplomacy, Global, Health and Social Issues, Politics, Terrorism, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Citizenship in the United States, European Union, Germany, Mali, New York City, Pew Research Center, Refugee, Syria, United States 1 Comment
In the U.S., some governors and other politicians have warned against moving fast to bring in the refugees, concerned that poor vetting could let in terrorists.
Despite promises of European Union member states to take in 160,000 refugees, a new report shows that they’ve accepted a fraction, 6,000, while the United States has embraced 8,000 of a planned 10,000 this year.
“As President Obama, backed by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, has ramped up accepting refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn nations, the EU has put the brakes on hard, apparently bowing to public outrage.”
As President Obama, backed by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, has ramped up accepting refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn nations, the EU has put the brakes on hard, apparently bowing to public outrage.
[Read the full story here, at Washington Examiner]
In the U.S., some governors and other politicians have warned against moving fast to bring in the refugees, concerned that poor vetting could let in terrorists.
“One year later, this commitment is far from being fulfilled. France is not the only ‘bad student.’ There is an obvious lack of solidarity.”
— Pierre Henry, director of an organization called France Terre d’Asile
After officials moved to stem the huge influx if immigrants, Europe had led the way in making promises to accept the additional refugees in camps in Italy and Greece. But a new report in France found that Paris had accepted just 1,300 of the 30,000 it promised to take from Greece and Italy by 2017.
What’s more, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, all of the European Union member states that had promised to accept 160,000 asylum seekers have taken in just 6,000 so far. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Jihadist Gunmen Take 170 Hostages at Radisson Hotel in Mali
Posted: November 20, 2015 Filed under: Asia, Breaking News, Global, Terrorism, War Room | Tags: BAMAKO, Burkina Faso, Coup d'état, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Jihadism, Mali, Shelter in place, Transport in Burkina Faso, Travel warning, United States, United States Department of State 1 Comment
UPDATE: Gunmen have taken 170 hostages, killing three so far at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako. The gunmen are reported to be releasing people that can recite verses from the Quran.
“It’s all happening on the seventh floor, jihadists are firing in the corridor,” one security source said.
Malian soldiers, police and special forces were on the scene as a security perimeter was set up, along with members of the UN’s MINUSMA peacekeeping force in Mali and the French troops fighting jihadists in west Africa under Operation Barkhane.
French troops are believed to have been stationed at the hotel….
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BAMAKO, Mali — Gunmen attacked a popular hotel in Mali’s capital on Friday with guns and grenades, authorities and a witness said.
A staffer at the Radisson Blu hotel who gave his name as Tamba Diarra said over the phone that the attackers used grenades in the assault. He did not have information on casualties or the number of assailants involved, but said he was not aware of hostages having been taken at the hotel.
The U.S. Embassy in Mali asked citizens to shelter in place amid reports of an “ongoing active shooter operation” at the hotel, raising fears of an attack by extremists.
Reports of gunfire surfaced Friday morning on social media, though Lt. Col. Diarran Kone, an adviser with Mali’s defense ministry, says it is not yet clear what has happened….(read more)
Developing…
Source: AP/Breitbart
BREAKING: EMBASSY – French Adviser Shot in Malian Capital
Posted: November 22, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, Global, War Room | Tags: BAMAKO, France, French Armed Forces, Mali, Paris, Suicide attack 2 Comments
Bamako, Mali (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
(BAMAKO, Mali) — The French Embassy in Mali says a French military adviser has been wounded by gunfire in the capital, Bamako.
Didier Nourisson, a spokesman for the embassy, said Friday that the man had been shot by an unidentified gunman.
In Paris, French foreign ministry spokesman Vincent Floreani said a suspect was being questioned by Malian authorities but that it was too early to speculate on a motive.
France launched a military offensive in January to oust radical jihadists who had overtaken the major towns across northern Mali. The French military has since reduced its presence but still has about 3,200 members in its former colony.
Northern Mali has seen suicide bombing and mortar attacks aimed at French forces, but violent crime targeting foreigners in the capital, in the south, is rare.
Developing…
Elusive Equality: Rhetoric Not Enough for Japan’s Working Women
Posted: October 29, 2013 Filed under: Japan, Reading Room, Think Tank | Tags: Abe, Abenomics, Japan, Mali, Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, Women in Japan Leave a comment
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be keen to tout Japan’s untapped labor force, but will he go beyond the rhetoric?
Heenali Patel writes: “I used to be a helicopter pilot, I loved it. But since having a child I quit. I don’t think I will work again for a long time.”
I am at a local center, where residents may to socialize and host events. A group of women sits before me. We have been discussing their interests and aspirations for an hour. I look around at them, and see engaging and sociable individuals. They all share two things in common: each went to university and each quit their jobs after having a child. Although it is all well and good to choose family over career, the predictability of the career paths of these women is unsettling. Here, they treat it as part of a standard expectation. A working lifestyle in Japan is not compatible with motherhood, or so these women have been led to believe.
Paris Match: How France became our shooting buddy
Posted: September 1, 2013 Filed under: War Room | Tags: Barack Obama, Britain, David Cameron, François Hollande, France, Mali, Obama, Syria Leave a comment
Britain is out. Germany is out. Turkey is talking tough but giving no indication that it’s prepared to back up its words with action. With the Obama administration hinting that it’s preparing to strike Syria within days, there’s just one country that seems ready to take part in a military intervention: France, a country long mocked for perceived weakness.
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