In his "Turning the Page in Iraq" speech more than a year ago, Barack Obama mentioned that he expects the coalition partners to take in more refugees:
It's also time to go to our friends and allies - and all the members of our original coalition in Iraq - to find homes for the many Iraqis who are in desperate need of asylum.
This can also be found in a PDF on his site:
Coalition partners such as Great Britain, Australia, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Japan have done woefully little to meet the refugee crisis, and must be encouraged to do more.
Now it's getting attention in Denmark.
It's also time to go to our friends and allies - and all the members of our original coalition in Iraq - to find homes for the many Iraqis who are in desperate need of asylum.
This can also be found in a PDF on his site:
Coalition partners such as Great Britain, Australia, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Japan have done woefully little to meet the refugee crisis, and must be encouraged to do more.
Now it's getting attention in Denmark.
