Eric Schwartz on US Refugee Policy and the Syrian Civil War
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 8 April 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Eric Schwartz, dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and previously U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, explains why the United States has an interest in alleviating the Syrian refugee crisis.
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| 0:29.0 | It seems to me that we have an obligation to demonstrate that we have scheduled to gain. |
| 0:35.0 | If we want to continue to be a leader on these issues, |
| 0:39.0 | first it's important because it communicates this critical commitment to burden sharing. |
| 0:43.0 | Turkey's hosting more than 2 million Syrian refugees, |
| 0:47.0 | Lebanon more than a million Jordan's numbers are estimated from the order of about 650,000. |
| 0:53.0 | If we're asking them and if we're asking our European friends, allies, |
| 0:57.0 | to take on responsibilities are failure to do so. |
| 1:01.0 | Won't only be perceived as an expression of hypocrisy, |
| 1:05.0 | but also the ministerial. |
| 1:07.0 | The battle against ISIS is a worldwide effort in which ISIS and its use of social media |
| 1:13.0 | and other means of communication. |
| 1:15.0 | They offer this apocalyptic vision of conflict that rejects any notion of the compatibility |
| 1:19.0 | of Islam and other traditions. |
| 1:21.0 | The United States is welcome persecuted Muslims from around the world in our refugee settlement program |
| 1:25.0 | which is a highly effective review of this preposterous ISIS notion. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm Benjamin Wittis and this is the LawFair podcast April 9th, 2016. |
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