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パリ同時多発テロの後、アメリカではアラバマ州、アーカンソー州、ルイジアナ州、ミシガン州、テキサス州の知事が中東からアメリカへの難民流入を拒否すべきだという考えを表明した。彼らは難民の受け入れはアメリカにとって脅威になると主張する。
しかし、彼らの主張は無意味で保守的だ。6つの理由を挙げて説明したい。
1. パリ襲撃の実行犯は難民ではなかった
襲撃犯の遺体近くでシリアの偽装パスポートが見つかり、犯人のものと見なされた。しかし実際のところは不明だ。男は移民をヨーロッパへ運ぶ仕事をしていたようだが、彼自身は難民ではなかった。国連に難民登録されていなかったし情報機関による身元調査も受けていなかった。どの国でも難民認定されていない。
アメリカで難民になるには、身元調査を何度も経た後に、経験豊富な職員による国連の難民認定を受ける必要がある。この点でアメリカはヨーロッパと異なる。何段階もの綿密な調査によりテロリストやテロに関わりそうな人を排除し、経済的に困っている人だけを受け入れる。パリで起こったことは、アメリカの難民認定プロセスでは起こりえない。
2. アメリカに移住した難民の中にテロリストはいない
徹底した身元調査がテロリスト防止に効果を発揮していることは、アメリカの難民プログラムの歴史からわかる。1980年代以降、アメリカは何百万人もの難民を受け入れてきた。そのうちの何十万人もが中東出身だ。その中で誰ひとりとしてアメリカでテロを実行した人はいない。アメリカの法律が定める徹底した身元調査は難民によるテロ行為を防ぐ、と証明している。
3.アメリカでは難民より他の移住方法が悪用されやすい
2番目の理由で挙げたように、過去35年の間にテロ攻撃をしたのは難民ではなかった。つまり別の方法でアメリカに入国した人たちだ。9/11のハイジャック犯は全員が学生ビザか観光ビザで入国していた。2年にもわたって何度も身元確認をし、国連の承認を必要とする難民手続きに比べ、ビザは簡単・迅速に取得できる。難民認定はアメリカに入国する方法としては最も難しい手段だ。テロリストが攻撃を目的として難民申請をするとは考えられない。
4. イスラム国（IS）はシリア難民を裏切り者とみている
ISは、イスラム教徒のシリア難民を裏切り者だと考えている。彼らは9月に「イスラム教徒が異教徒の土地を離れイスラムの土地に移るのは正しいが、その逆は正しくない」という動画を投稿している。それ以外にもISは難民を非難する声明を何度も発表している。
ISは、シリア難民を苦しめているアサド大統領と戦っている。しかしある調査によれば、トルコにいるシリア人難民の90％はISに全く共感していない。また、クルド人とキリスト教徒の難民はISを敵視している。西側諸国がシリア人難民を助けるのを防ぐために、パリ同時多発テロの襲撃犯はわざと遺体の脇にシリアの偽造パスポートを置いたという意見もある。シリア人難民の受け入れを拒否すれば、ISの思うつぼになる。
5. 味方を拒否すれば、アメリカにとっての脅威が増す
難民は共にISと戦う同盟相手になりうる。しかし受け入れを拒否されれば、難民たちはアサド大統領が独裁支配するシリアに戻らざるをえなくなる。そうなると、難民の中にはISをアサド大統領から守ってくれるための唯一の存在だと見る人たちが現れるだろう。
ある論文によると、難民を紛争地域近くの難民キャンプに閉じ込めておくと周辺地域でテロの危険が高まるが、離れた場所に移住させると違うという。冷戦時代、アメリカは難民を受け入れて「敵国のプロパガンダに対抗する」ための外交手段やスパイ、同盟相手、スポークスマンとした。シリア難民を受け入れれば、ISと戦うための味方が増える。それはどんな武器よりも重要になるだろう。
6.アメリカは道徳的勇気を世界に示すべき
第二次世界大戦中、アメリカは安全保障上の理由から、多くのユダヤ人亡命者の受け入れを拒みキャンプに送り返した。ナチスのスパイが紛れ込んでいるのではないかと恐れたためだ（これはまったく根拠のない懸念だった）。以前別のブログでも書いたが、私たちはこの歴史から、自国の脅威に対処する時には倫理的な義務を守ることを忘れてはいけない、ということを学べる。迫害され逃げて来た人たちを迫害者のもとへ送り返すようなことをしてはいけない。道徳的な勇気を持つとは、人間らしさを恐怖に支配させないということなのだ。
追記： ボストンマラソン爆破事件の犯人も難民ではない。犯人たちは幼少時に亡命者として入国した。これは難民の手続きとはまったく異なる。詳細はこちらから。
この記事はハフポストUS版に掲載されたものを翻訳しました。
シリア難民の2015年秋
Mideast Lebanon Syrian Refugees(01 of39)
A Syrian refugee boys play at a refugee camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The United Nations said Tuesday the worsening conflict in Syria has left 13.5 million people in need of aid and some form of protection, including more than six million children. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Lebanon Syrian Refugees(02 of39)
Syrian refugee boys play at a refugee camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The United Nations said Tuesday the worsening conflict in Syria has left 13.5 million people in need of aid and some form of protection, including more than six million children. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(03 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: Migrants warm themselves around a fire next to the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(04 of39)
SIKAMINIAS, GREECE - NOVEMBER 13: A child is carried ashore as migrants arrive in a dinghy after making the crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on November 13, 2015 in Sikaminias, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(05 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A migrant shelter lies abandoned by the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(06 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: Migrants queue for food at a snack van outside the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Mideast Syria Russia Civilian Casualties(07 of39)
In this picture taken on Friday Oct. 23, 2015, Syrian refugee Hind Salem, 31, who fled with her family from the central Syrian town of Palmyra, from Russian airstrikes, sits on the ground with her daughter Yara, 3, at their unfurnished home, in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Reyhanli, southern Turkey. Activists say most Russian strikes have targeted Syrian rebels not connected to IS, including U.S.-backed factions, with the aim of weakening them and tipping the conflict in favor of Moscowâs ally, President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Syria Russia Civilian Casualties(08 of39)
In this picture taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Syrian refugee Hind Salem, 31, who fled with her family from the central Syrian town of Palmyra, from Russian airstrikes, sits on the ground with her kids at their unfurnished home, in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Reyhanli, southern Turkey. \"We had no intention to leave our country at all. But the Russian airstrikes made us leave,\" she said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Syria Russia Civilian Casualties(09 of39)
In this picture taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, a Syrian refugee boy Ahmad Abdullah, 7, center, who fled with his family from the central Syrian town of Palmyra from the Russian airstrikes, plays next to his father and sister, right, at their unfurnished home, in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Reyhanli, southern Turkey. Activists say most Russian strikes have targeted Syrian rebels not connected to IS, including U.S.-backed factions, with the aim of weakening them and tipping the conflict in favor of Moscowâs ally, President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Syria Russia Civilian Casualties(10 of39)
In this picture taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Syrian refugee Anwar Ahmad Abdullah, 42, who fled from the central Syrian town of Palmyra from the Russian airstrikes, holds his daughter Yara, 3, as he sits next to his wife Hind, left, during an interview with The Associated Press at their unfurnished home, in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Reyhanli, southern Turkey. \"We had no intention to leave our country at all. But the Russian airstrikes made us leave Syria,\" Abdullah\'s wife, Hind, said as her 10-month-old son Abdul-Muneim slept in her lap. She said Russian bombing was more intense and destructive than government strikes. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Lebanon Syria(11 of39)
A Syrian refugee student poses for a picture as she participates in a lesson during the visit of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, to their school in Taanayel, in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The European Commission will give 62 million Euro in humanitarian aid to support Syrians displaced by the conflict inside the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Syria Russia Civilian Casualties(12 of39)
In this picture taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Syrian refugee Anwar Ahmad Abdullah, 42, holds his son Abdul-Muneim, 10 months, at their unfurnished home, in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Reyhanli, southern Turkey. Abdullah fled with his family from the central Syrian town of Palmyra, which was captured over the summer by the Islamic State group and has been targeted in the Russian campaign. They fled to the Islamic State groupâs de facto capital, the Syrian city of Raqqa. There, a school where they were staying was hit in a strike, so they fled again, making their way to Turkey. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Lebanon Syria(13 of39)
Syrian refugees students participate in a lesson during the visit of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, to their school in Taanayel, in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The European Commission will give 62 million Euro in humanitarian aid to support Syrians displaced by the conflict inside the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Lebanon Syria(14 of39)
Syrian refugees students hide their faces as they participate in a lesson during the visit of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, to their school in Taanayel, in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The European Commission will give 62 million Euro in humanitarian aid to support Syrians displaced by the conflict inside the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mideast Lebanon Syria(15 of39)
A Syrian refugee student poses for a picture as he participates in a lesson during the visit of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, to their school in Taanayel, in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The European Commission will give 62 million Euro in humanitarian aid to support Syrians displaced by the conflict inside the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(16 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A migrant looks through a fence at the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Slovenia Migrants(17 of39)
Migrants sit around a fire as they wait to be allowed to enter Austrian territory at the Slovenian Austrian border in Sentilj, Slovenia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. Austria\'s president says his country doesn\'t want \"new borders\" erected inside the European Union in order to control the influx of refugees fleeing war in Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(18 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A migrant looks through a fence at the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(19 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A migrant sleeps on a path next to the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(20 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A migrant looks through a fence at the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(21 of39)
MITHYMNA, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A stricken vessel used by migrants to cross from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos sits in the sea off Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mithymna, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(22 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: A migrant from Pakistan sits in his makeshift tent in a camp by the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(23 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: Migrants wait in a camp by the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(24 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 16: Migrants cook food in a camp by the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(25 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 15: A migrant carries wood for a fire outside the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 15, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(26 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 15: Migrants warm themselves around a fire in a camp next to the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 15, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(27 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 15: A migrant sits in his tent in a camp by the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 15, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(28 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 15: A Greek police officer shouts at migrants to join a queue at the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 15, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Mideast Lebanon Syrian Refugees(29 of39)
A Syrian refugee boy poses for a picture as he plays with others at a refugee camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The United Nations said Tuesday the worsening conflict in Syria has left 13.5 million people in need of aid and some form of protection, including more than six million children. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(30 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 15: Migrants queue at the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 15, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(31 of39)
MYTILENE, GREECE - NOVEMBER 15: A migrant rests in a camp by the Moria processing centre on the island of Lesbos on November 15, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Greece Migrants(32 of39)
Refugees from Syria and Iraq disembark on the Greek island of Lesbos after arriving with around 120 other refugees on a wooden boat from the Turkish coast, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Greeceâs government says it is preparing a rent-assistance program to cope with a growing number of refugees, who face the oncoming winter and mounting resistance in Europe. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Syria Russia(33 of39)
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Children stand at a refugee camp in Latakia, Syria. Latakia, the heartland of Syrian President Bashar Assad\'s Alawite minority, offers the Russian military a safe environment â and a warm welcome from people blaring car horns and chanting \"thanks\" in Russian. At a refugee camp in Latakia, which houses several thousand mostly Alawite refugees from other provinces of Syria, smiling kids shouted: \"Thank you, Putin!\" (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Syria Russia(34 of39)
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Children serve drinks at a refugee camp in Latakia, Syria. Latakia, the heartland of Syrian President Bashar Assad\'s Alawite minority, offers the Russian military a safe environment â and a warm welcome from people blaring car horns and chanting \"thanks\" in Russian. At a refugee camp in Latakia, which houses several thousand mostly Alawite refugees from other provinces of Syria, smiling kids shouted: \"Thank you, Putin!\" (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Syria Russia(35 of39)
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Refugees stand at a camp in Latakia, Syria. Latakia, the heartland of Syrian President Bashar Assad\'s Alawite minority, offers the Russian military a safe environment â and a warm welcome from people blaring car horns and chanting \"thanks\" in Russian. At a refugee camp in Latakia, which houses several thousand mostly Alawite refugees from other provinces of Syria, smiling kids shouted: \"Thank you, Putin!\" (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Syria Russia(36 of39)
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, A girl stands at a refugee camp in Latakia, Syria. Latakia, the heartland of Syrian President Bashar Assad\'s Alawite minority, offers the Russian military a safe environment â and a warm welcome from people blaring car horns and chanting \"thanks\" in Russian. At a refugee camp in Latakia, which houses several thousand mostly Alawite refugees from other provinces of Syria, smiling kids shouted: \"Thank you, Putin!\" (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Syria Russia(37 of39)
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Refugees stand at a camp in Latakia, Syria. Latakia, the heartland of Syrian President Bashar Assad\'s Alawite minority, offers the Russian military a safe environment â and a warm welcome from people blaring car horns and chanting \"thanks\" in Russian. At a refugee camp in Latakia, which houses several thousand mostly Alawite refugees from other provinces of Syria, smiling kids shouted: \"Thank you, Putin!\" (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Exhausted Migrants Photo Gallery(38 of39)
In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 photo, a Syrian refugee boy sleeps on a roadside next to his mother, after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. Tens of thousands of people trying to escape conflict and poverty in places like Syria and Afghanistan have been making their way across Europe this summer and fall, embarking on grueling journeys that typically start with a short boat trip from Turkey to Greece, then continue north and west on foot and by bus and train. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Migrants On Greece's Lesbos Island(39 of39)
SIKAMINIAS, GREECE - NOVEMBER 13: A migrant holds his child as he talks on the phone after making the crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on November 13, 2015 in Sikaminias, Greece. Rafts and boats continue to make the journey from Turkey to Lesbos each day as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. Over 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year and approximately four-fifths of those have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Most of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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