UN: Refusing Syrian refugees 'not the way to go'
- 9 years ago
The United Nations hit back Monday at calls to turn back refugees from Syria to prevent extremists like those who carried out the Paris attacks from entering as purported asylum-seekers.
The UN comments came as European countries, Canada and the United States were facing calls to deny entry to refugees after French investigators said one of the Paris attackers was a Syrian national who may have slipped into Europe as part of a wave of migrants.
There are fears some of the assailants entered Europe as part of the huge influx of people fleeing Syria's war, after a Syrian passport was found near the body of one suicide bomber at the Stade de France in the name of Ahmad Al Mohammad.
The UN comments came as European countries, Canada and the United States were facing calls to deny entry to refugees after French investigators said one of the Paris attackers was a Syrian national who may have slipped into Europe as part of a wave of migrants.
There are fears some of the assailants entered Europe as part of the huge influx of people fleeing Syria's war, after a Syrian passport was found near the body of one suicide bomber at the Stade de France in the name of Ahmad Al Mohammad.