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US Extends Protected Status for Some 7,000 Syrians

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
02/08/18
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Syria has been devastated by a massive civil war, causing millions of civilians to flee to countries throughout the world. Photo: AFP

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The United States has extended a special protected status for Syrians that keeps some 7,000 of them from being deported back to their war-wracked country, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

The administration of President Donald J. Trump has stripped of a similar status some 200,000 Salvadorans, 59,000 Haitians and 5,300 Nicaraguans — some of whom had been in the country for decades, raising fears among Syrians that they might be next.

Today, @SecNielsen announced that Syria’s #TPS designation will be extended for 18 months https://t.co/JHIVTbduXn

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) February 1, 2018

“After carefully considering conditions on the ground, I have determined that it is necessary to extend the Temporary Protected Status designation for Syria,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement. “It is clear that the conditions upon which Syria’s designation was based continue to exist, therefore an extension is warranted under the statute.”

The extension lasts through September 30, 2019, and Ms. Nielsen will review conditions ahead of that date to determine whether it should be extended again or ended.

The Syrian civil war broke out after President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces carried out a brutal crackdown on protesters in 2011, drawing in countries from around the region as well as the U.S., Russia and others.

The brutal conflict has killed more than 340,000 people and devastated swathes of the country, pushing millions of people to flee.

#Syria humanitarian situation in numbers:
– 13 million people in need of assistance
– 6,1 million internally displaced people
– 5,3 million refugees in neighboring countries
– 2,5 million in hard-to-reach areas
– 418,000 in besieged locations
PEACE is desperately needed

— Panos Moumtzis (@PanosMoumtzis) February 1, 2018

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