• Migrants and refugees try to push a police barricade after they were blocked by Turkish riot police while walking toward Edirne on Monday in Istanbul. A new march by migrants, mainly Syrian, trying to reach Europe overland from Turkey was blocked by police outside Istanbul. The White House vowed more aid for Syrian refugees but Congress may block attempts by the U.S. to take more in. | AFP-JIJI
    Migrants and refugees try to push a police barricade after they were blocked by Turkish riot police while walking toward Edirne on Monday in Istanbul. A new march by migrants, mainly Syrian, trying to reach Europe overland from Turkey was blocked by police outside Istanbul. The White House vowed more aid for Syrian refugees but Congress may block attempts by the U.S. to take more in. | AFP-JIJI

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WASHINGTON – White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism.

Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday announced an increase of 15,000 per year for the next two years in the number of refugees the country takes in. He did not say how many would be from Syria.

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