The United
Nations said on Tuesday it was seeking to re-settle more than 450,000
Syrian refugees, some one-tenth of those now in neighboring countries,
by the end of 2018, but conceded that it was battling widespread fear
and politicization of the issue. A
ministerial-level conference is being held in Geneva on Wednesday with
the participation of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. "The international
context we are in - and nobody is naive about that - we know very well
we're dealing with a complex situation, increasing fear in many
countries, increasing politicization of refugee, displacement and asylum
issues. This is a difficult thing," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told
a news briefing in response to a question.
U.N. seeks to resettle one-tenth of 4.8 million Syrian refugees amid fear
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