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Ben Carson: best place to aid refugees is in 'really quite nice' camps in Jordan
Source: The Guardian
Ben Carson: best place to aid refugees is in 'really quite nice' camps in Jordan
Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
Sunday 29 November 2015 19.59 GMT
After spending Thanksgiving weekend visiting refugees in Jordan, Ben Carson called on the US to support Syrians displaced by the war there, where he said facilities in the camps were “really quite nice”, rather than bring them to America. While arguing that the US could do more to help, the Republican presidential candidate maintained that did not mean taking in more refugees.
Journalists were not invited to accompany Carson but in a round of TV interviews on Sunday morning, he said he had been “pleasantly surprised” by how welcoming the refugees in Jordan had been.
The retired neurosurgeon made the trip after facing skepticism over his grasp of foreign policy at a time when the Republican primary has shifted toward national security. Asked on ABC if by making the trip he was acknowledging such criticism, he said: “I’m acknowledging that I like to know what I’m talking about.”
In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month, a national debate has emerged over whether the US should accept more Syrian refugees. The majority of Republican contenders oppose such a move.
Carson argued on Sunday that the refugees wanted to be resettled in Syria.
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Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
Sunday 29 November 2015 19.59 GMT
After spending Thanksgiving weekend visiting refugees in Jordan, Ben Carson called on the US to support Syrians displaced by the war there, where he said facilities in the camps were “really quite nice”, rather than bring them to America. While arguing that the US could do more to help, the Republican presidential candidate maintained that did not mean taking in more refugees.
Journalists were not invited to accompany Carson but in a round of TV interviews on Sunday morning, he said he had been “pleasantly surprised” by how welcoming the refugees in Jordan had been.
The retired neurosurgeon made the trip after facing skepticism over his grasp of foreign policy at a time when the Republican primary has shifted toward national security. Asked on ABC if by making the trip he was acknowledging such criticism, he said: “I’m acknowledging that I like to know what I’m talking about.”
In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month, a national debate has emerged over whether the US should accept more Syrian refugees. The majority of Republican contenders oppose such a move.
Carson argued on Sunday that the refugees wanted to be resettled in Syria.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/29/ben-carson-syrian-refugees-jordan-really-quite-nice-camps
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