President Obama recently declared that the U.S. will accept 10,000 refugees from Syria. The U.S. has been under pressure from its Syrian allies to help out with the crisis in which 3 Million refugees have fled Syria in the past year. Those in favor of accepting refugees believe that the U.S. has a duty to join its allies in Europe and accept at least 10,000 refugees. Opponents argue that the U.S. should stay out of this crisis and accepting refugees from the Middle East leads to a risk of letting terrorists into our borders.
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@962LKT43yrs3Y
When Canada is able to house and support all current citizens
@95N6GWJConservative3yrs3Y
Yes, They should have good background checks and not be recieving government money
@8VXDZ7M4yrs4Y
Yes. with the foster family approach they used to have
@8VTSVRY4yrs4Y
Yes, we should, but I feel they don't need to come into Vancouver's most expensive place to live. Why can they not go to Alberta or Saskatchewan or even up north of BC?
@8VSY4FS4yrs4Y
Until we have real healthcare, refugees should have to wait upwards of 1-2 years before being able to get a doctor. Take in those who are capable and willing to work and those who will help Canada and not drag on it
@8VGXD9T4yrs4Y
Yes but allow less than 1000
@8VBX58FConservative4yrs4Y
Yes but they must have relevant skills for the labour market. Relevant trades in need of skills should be priorities
@8V9D5ZL4yrs4Y
Not all Syrians are Muslim 🙄. Accept families, no single women or men.
@8V8G5WJ4yrs4Y
Yes as long as they can contribute to society and not cost money on our government. Tax payers should not be supporting refugees income.
@8V67NG24yrs4Y
Yes, but only if they are skilled tradesman and pass background checks
@8V4M9G44yrs4Y
Don't let in terrorists and reduce the number of immigrants, in total, without skills we are lacking in
@8V44XFM4yrs4Y
I think Canada needs to take care of who is here now. Once that gets figured out then allow refugees
@8V2NV334yrs4Y
Yes . But they should in some way help the community with community hours , untill they find a job .
Should accept the Syrians that supported Canada during the last 20 years in Syria.
@8SX956P4yrs4Y
Citizen’s should fund refugees if they choose to
@8SP9LXG4yrs4Y
@8S5GL9F4yrs4Y
Yes after extensive background checks and following them for several years to ensure they understand the laws and cultures in Canada
@8QCGGMLConservative4yrs4Y
Yes but with significant background checks/vetting and continued monitoring. They should not be allowed to live generously off tax payer's money either. They need to contribute to society right away. And the amount of refugees yearly needs to be limited. We do not have the resources to support the whole world.
@8PYHZKS4yrs4Y
Yes but only after extensive vetting. Our process is ineffective
@8P5Z92S4yrs4Y
We would help way more people by actually resettling the refugees somewhere else in the Middle East because it would be a lot cheaper and we can support more people that way
@8NYQPHWLibertarian4yrs4Y
Stop supporting the wars making the refugees
@8NWWM794yrs4Y
Yes, but only mothers and children, the rest should go fight for their country.
@8LW485HConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, but proper vetting and minimal to no government financial support
@8KRZFZX4yrs4Y
High skilled immigrant workers. Not low skilled workers that would lower the wage for the working man.
@8JM5PG54yrs4Y
yes, but temporary, until the country is no longer at war, then they get sent back.
@8H8N3964yrs4Y
Yes, but no single men, and only after extensive background checks
@8F6GYZF5yrs5Y
This is a pretty dumb question it obviously depends on the refugee, maybe we should tighten our border security and do a deeper dive on incoming refugees
@8F2K8SC5yrs5Y
We should support them in other ways.
@8DTXS2FConservative5yrs5Y
Only if they contribute to society and accustom to the laws abs rules here. And they should work and pay taxes and contribute. And extensive checks need to be done. People who have trauma drain the system. Trauma of refugees needs to be considered.
@8JW33M84yrs4Y
In all honestly, “Canada” needs to close its boarders I know so many people who were/are born and raised here in Edmonton, but no one wants to hire them because they’re hiring people from out of Country for less.
It needs to stop, the population is getting way to big for Edmonton alone.
@6K36GJH4yrs4Y
They are trying to leave Syria. Yes.
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