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December 22, 2015

U.N. Commissioner: Those Who Reject Syrian Refugees Are "Best Allies" of Extremists
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Speaking before the U.N. Security Council Monday, U.N. High Commissioner
for Refugees António Guterres said people who reject Syrian refugees
are the "best allies" of extremists like the self-proclaimed Islamic
State.

António Guterres: "Those that reject Syrian refugees, and especially if
they are Muslim, are the best allies of the propaganda and the
recruitment of extremist groups. We must not forget that—despite the
rhetoric we are hearing these days—refugees are the first victims of
such terror, not its source. They cannot be blamed for a threat which
they're risking their lives to escape."



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