During a community partner meeting on Tuesday, the Bowling Green chapter of the International Center of Kentucky put up a vote of “40 individuals, not familes”, stressed Albert Mbanfu, Executive Director of the International Center of Kentucky, whether or not to allow up to 40 Syrian refugees into Bowling Green for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. He said about 55-60 percent of total refugee arrivals are children.
There were several concerns brought up during the community partner meeting, but Mbanfu said no one outright objected to the proposal.
Even after the unanimous decision, he said that doesn’t mean the proposal is a done deal.
Once the projection arrives in Washington, a committee there can decide to lower the number of Syrian refugees allowed in Bowling Green, but they cannot increase it.
If the proposal is approved by a committee in Washington, Bowling Green could start seeing the first Syrian refugees move in on October 1, 2016.
Source: WBKO
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