Iceland may take in more refugees than the 50 originally planned for 2015 and 2016, the government said Wednesday after a Facebook appeal urged it to welcome more people.
"I think we can add (to the numbers) but I can't and don't want to name a figure," Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson told public broadcaster RUV.
An Icelandic author and professor, Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir, created a Facebook page urging fellow citizens to speak out if they wanted Iceland, a country of around 330,000 inhabitants, to take in more Syrian refugees.
THIS SCOURGE WILL SET THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE BACK TO THE 14TH CENTURY
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. We know the quote was originally attributed to
-George Santayana,
THIS SCOURGE WILL SET THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE BACK TO THE 14TH CENTURY
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. We know the quote was originally attributed to
-George Santayana,
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