Sentences with phrase «posed by refugees»

Wading into the national debate about potential security risks posed by refugees fleeing violence in Syria, New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton today said he is more concerned with people on terrorist watch lists being able to purchase firearms.

Wading into the national debate about potential security risks posed by refugees fleeing violence in Syria, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said he is more concerned with people on terrorist watch lists being able to purchase firearms.

With negotiations under way for the UK to leave the European Union, he argued for a cross-party approach and stressed that a partnership with Europe, needed to deal with the challenges posed by the refugee crisis and climate change, would require that Britain's «parting is carried out well».

Not exact matches

Earlier this month, a federal appeals court found the Syrian refugee ban by Indiana governor and GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was based on a «nightmare scenario» of Syrian terrorists posing as refugees to gain US entry.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

In a session among Democratic senate candidates held by the Chicago Tribune to determine who the paper would endorse in the Democratic race to run against Kirk, Duckworth was asked about ensuring refugees would not pose a security risk.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

Weighing in on one of the most contentious issues in American politics — the danger posed to host countries by the 4.8 million people who have fled from Syria's civil war — Syrian President Bashar al - Assad told Yahoo News that some of the refugees are «definitely» terrorists.

Hundreds of people turned out for a rally in front of County Hall in Buffalo to protest Legislator Joseph Lorigo's call for a public hearing regarding the potential threat posed by Syrian refugees.

The vote came nearly a week after a well - coordinated suicide - bombing and shooting attacks in Paris by Islamic State terrorists killed 129 people, and amid reports that one of the suspects posed as a Syrian refugee to enter France.

«We are all hearing from constituents who agree that we can not move forward with a program that does not adequately vet the incoming refugees to determine who won't pose a terrorist threat,» Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley) said by telephone.

It is not in dispute that many of them are facing an imminent threat posed by the hunting down of Rwandan refugees (regardless of their ethnic backgrounds) by Rwandan espionage.

Yet while nearly every frame carries the memory of war, his work is marked by an overwhelming humanity and sensitivity: careful portraits of soldiers, peasants, farmers and refugees, all rendered with equal compassion, whether a muscular fighter posing with a grenade launcher or the damaged body of the victim of a land mine.

... These findings will not be welcomed by those who promote biofuel production as a means of combating what they call «the threats posed by «climate refugees» and «climate conflict» to international security,»....