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UN sending 6000 more Somalis to US this year

Posted by acorcoran on January 26, 2010

Can you believe it? We are in the worst recession since the Great Depression;
refugee agencies are scrambling everywhere to take care of the refugees they have.
Just yesterday the Department of State released the news that they are doubling
the per head payment (from taxpayers) for each refugee entering the US.
On top of that, in many cities around the world, the Somali diaspora is producing
jihadist fighters. And, we are going to take 6000 Somalis from one refugee camp
in Uganda? Hat tip: Janet.
Why this particular group? They aren’t getting along with others in the camp!
But, don’t worry they are being screened for Al-Qaeda connections.
The story from New Vision a Uganda web publication is entitled, “USA takes in 6000
Somali from Uganda” is as follows:
THE American government is to resettle 5,800 refugees from Nakivale refugee camp
in Isingiro district to the United States, Prosy Katura, the UN refugee agency
(UNHCR) protection officer, has revealed.
Katura said a team has already been sent to Nakivale to scrutinise the refugees to
ensure they have no links with al-Qaeda, an extremist group. The American
taskforce at the camp will also study files of individual refugees since they
arrived in Uganda.
During a meeting with the Germany ambassador to Uganda, Reinhard Buchholz, who
visited the camp on Friday, Katura said the exercise under the “expedited Somali
resettlement programme” should be completed by September. “We have so far
scrutinised about 2,000 Somalis out of 5,800 who are living in Nakivale.”
Explaining the reason of resettling Somalis to the US, Katura said Somali refugees
have failed to integrate with other refugee groups living in Nakivale and with the
local communities because of their unique language and culture. [This is insane,
they can't get along with other African people but they are going to jump into the
mythical American melting pot and come out as just good old regular Americans!]
She added that the group cannot go back to Somalia since the country is still
unstable and they fear to be killed and persecuted. Nakivale has about 470,000
refugees from Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan, Congo, Burundi, Kenya and Eritrea. There are
other refugees in Uganda, in camps of Kyangwari, Orukinga and Kyaka.
During Buchholz’s visit, Burundian refugees also demanded to be resettled to a
third country, arguing that they, too, have stayed in the camp for a long time and
cannot be repatriated. The United States resettles refugees largely according to
country of origin as well as the urgency of the situation.
Even though the US remains the world’s largest country of resettlement, its
refugee admissions have been steadily declining over the last decade, particularly
since the September 11 terrorist attacks. The number of refugees admitted went
down from 132,000 in 1992 to about 28,000 in 2003.*
Resettlement patterns in American states are generally dominated by certain ethnic
communities. Many Somali and Ethiopian refugees have been resettled in Minnesota.
The UNHCR is a partner in the US refugee resettlement programme and identifies
those refugees most in need of urgent resettlement.
The agency has identified three “durable solutions” to refugee concerns: voluntary
return to the country of origin, local integration in the host community, or
resettlement to a third country.
Resettlement is most often promoted by UNHCR “when individual refugees are at
risk, or when there are other reasons to help them leave the region.”
* These numbers are very deceptive. Yes, right after 9/11 our refugee numbers
dropped precipitously (gee, do you think someone was scared we might be letting in
Islamic extremists?) but they have steadily risen ever since. In FY2009 we
admitted 74,642. The Obama Administration’s goal for FY2010 is 80,000!
Now, check out the numbers for Somalis since 9/11 here. In each year 2004, 2005
and 2006 we brought in excess of 10,000 Somalis to the US. The numbers only
slowed when the State Department realized how deep the fraud was in the family
reunification program that was closed in 2008 for Somalis and has yet to be
reopened.
By the way, these numbers don’t reflect Somalis who have come across our borders
illegally, some of whom have been granted asylum.
What should you do if you have a problem with this? Write to Asst. Secretary of
State, Eric Schwartz, let him know how you feel and be sure to copy your US
Senators and Congressman. And, come to think of it, you should send your letters
to the Dept. of Homeland Security as well:
Secretary Janet Napolitano
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Endnote: I just last night wrote this update on the Somali murder in Ft. Morgan,
CO, but use our search function for ‘Somali crime’ or ‘Somali murder’ or ‘Somali
gangs’ for lots more information on how the Somalis are melting into American
society. Here is just one post about Somali refugees turned into jihadist
fighters in the US. Canada, Sweden, Denmark and the UK have all reported similar
terrorist recruitment within the Somali Diaspora.