Jill Stein in Syrian Refugee Crisis

On Foreign Policy: Take 65,000 Syrian refugees immediately, not over 18 months

Stein called for admitting at least 65,000 refugees from Syria and elsewhere to the US as a first step in addressing the refugee crisis. She pointed out that the refugees are a tragic symptom of a much bigger underlying disease that also needs an immediate response: "As a doctor I know that in order to fix a deadly symptom, you have to treat the underlying deadly disease. Much of the refugee crisis stems directly from disastrous US military interventions in the Middle East. This vicious cycle must stop here. We should initiate an arms embargo to the region, compel the Saudis to stop funding ISIS, & get Turkey to stop allowing militias to cross their border to fight for ISIS."

The International Rescue Committee has called for the US to take at least 65,000 refugees from Syria's civil war rather than the 10,000 proposed by Obama. Stein criticized the Obama administration plan to take up to 18 months to screen refugees as "a bureaucratic nightmare than will only increase pain & suffering."

Source: Campaign press release on Syrian Refugee crisis Sep 23, 2015

The above quotations are from Opinions and policy on the Syrian Refugee crisis. Click here for other excerpts from Opinions and policy on the Syrian Refugee crisis. Click here for other excerpts by Jill Stein. Click here for a profile of Jill Stein.
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