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The shameful US response to the Syrian refugee crisis, by the numbers

by Joss Fong, Joe Posner, and Estelle Caswell
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Syrian refugee crisis: news and updates
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The US likes to think of itself as a safe haven for people fleeing violent conflict, but Syrians have largely found a closed door:

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