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Kerry: U.S. to push for expanded admittance of refugees

Xinhua, January 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

The United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry disclosed on Friday that the United States would push more admittance of refugees.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) here, Kerry said U.S. President Barack Obama would host a summit at the United Nations this fall on refugees, during which the United States would make efforts to rally the world community on several fronts.

It aims to increase the number of countries admitting refugees by 10 and the response to humanitarian funding appeals by 30 percent. It will also call for countries accepting refugees to double the number they resettle.

Earlier this week, German President Joachim Gauck argued that the responsibility of the European countries to help refugees is humanitarian at a speech delivered here at the WEF. However, putting a cap on the number of refugees entering Europe would not be unethical, he said.

Kerry slammed at government corruptions in his speech and said it contributed to the global refugee crisis.

Last year, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad blamed European countries for the crisis of the Syrian refugees. According to al-Assad, Europe was not dealing with the cause of the refugee crisis. Enditem