United States reaches goal of 10,000th Syrian Refugee resettled

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Published 8 years ago on

August 29, 2016

The Obama Administration announced that it has reached its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian Refugees, announcing that the accomplishment had been reached one month early.

The Administration also announced that it intends to meet its goal of welcoming 85,000 refugees from around the world by the end of the fiscal year.

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