France Still Planning to Accept 30,000 Refugees, Hollande Says

[pampango]

France will keep its promise to take in 30,000 refugees over the next two years, President François Hollande said on Wednesday. But he said they would be checked thoroughly to make sure they do not pose a threat.

“Our country has the duty to respect this commitment,” Mr. Hollande said, noting that those fleeing areas of Syria and Iraq controlled by the Islamic State were being “tormented” by the “very same people who are attacking us today.”

Speaking at a meeting of the country’s mayors on Wednesday, Mr. Hollande said that France would “remain a country of freedoms.”

Speaking in Manila on Wednesday, President Obama cautioned against inflating fears of migrants and criticized Republicans for “political posturing” on the admission of Syrian refugees into the United States. ... “We are not well served when, in response to a terrorist attack, we descend into fear and panic,” he said. “We don’t make good decisions if it’s based on hysteria or an exaggeration of risks.”

http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/france-still-planning-to-accept-30000-refugees-hollande-says/

Good for France. The National Front will not be happy about this.

[AuntPatsy]

1. Whatever will those here in the great and mighty US now say about thier own fear

driven recent actions in regards to aiding refugees....hmmmm

[msrizzo]

2. I don't even want to know what they say.

Remember the Sorry Everybody website when Bush was given the White House in 2004? Maybe it's time to do that again, except instead of we're sorry, we should say "We're embarrassed."

[restorefreedom]

3. and that, kids, is how its done

too bad our sniveling war monger gop has no courage or morals.