Terrible heart-stopping news! US considering taking Syrian refugees

We’ve been suggesting for months (here) that this day would come when the US State Department would start making noises about bringing Syrian refugees to your towns and cities.  But, as recently as a month or so ago a top State Department official told a gathering in Fort Wayne, Indiana that a population (he was … Continue reading Terrible heart-stopping news! US considering taking Syrian refugees

Sacramento Iraqis have mental problems; no psychiatric treatment readily available

This is not the first time that we have written about Iraqi refugee mental health problems (and I suspect it won’t be the last). So far, this fiscal year (2013) we have “welcomed” 11,066 Iraqis.  If the Sacramento percentages of suffering delicate Iraqis is representative then we have just admitted: 6,528 cases of insomnia 4,869 … Continue reading Sacramento Iraqis have mental problems; no psychiatric treatment readily available

Afghan refugees: So why can’t the Muslim countries keep them?

Here is an overly long article in IRIN (a UN publication) about the growing “crisis” of what to do with millions of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and Iran (many for decades) where Pakistan and Iran don’t want them.  The UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) is trying to figure out what to do with … Continue reading Afghan refugees: So why can’t the Muslim countries keep them?

Senator Rand Paul: Why are we bringing so many Iraqis to the US?

From the editor:   for all those arriving here, be sure to see Senator Grassley amendment to S. 744 here. Didn’t we give Iraq a democratically elected government Paul went on to say!  Yup! Maybe Rand Paul needs to ask his pal Grover Norquist those questions.*** Below is a story I missed last month (again in … Continue reading Senator Rand Paul: Why are we bringing so many Iraqis to the US?

Arab country doesn’t take refugees, so we take them off their hands

Sri Lankans who arrived illegally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have arrived in Los Angeles!   This is a similar pattern to the “Malta Doctrine”*** the Bush Administration created some years ago.  Illegal aliens arrive in some country seeking asylum and we go in and scoop them up to add to our “refugee” population.  … Continue reading Arab country doesn’t take refugees, so we take them off their hands