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UNHCR Praises Canada on Refugee Resettlement
March 30, 2016
On a recent visit to Canada, UN High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR") Filippo Grandi lauded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees and plans to resettle 45,000 in 2016, calling on other governments to follow Trudeau's example in their own refugee resettlement programs.
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UN Meeting Seeks Education Solution to "Violent Extremism"
March 30, 2016
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") recently convened a consultation meeting of experts to attempt to produce a guide for policymakers on how to counter "violent extremism" through education.
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Brussels Suburb Pursues Islamist "Deradicalization"
March 30, 2016
The Economist reports that the efforts of the Brussels suburb Vilvoorde may offer a glimpse of how communities, through social programs targeting radicalized Muslims and police monitoring, might succeed in persuading such individuals to join, or rejoin, Western society.
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Alexiev: Europe Must Expose Homegrown Radical Islamism
March 30, 2016
Alex Alexiev of the Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies writes that, in the wake of the recent suicide bombings in Brussels, Europeans must recognize the threat to Western society posed by radical Islamist groups and individuals who live in European cities and believe in the supremacy of sharia law.
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Security Officials Warn of IS-Trained Terrorist Cells in Europe
March 29, 2016
AP reports that European and Iraqi intelligence officials are warning that the Islamic State ("IS") has trained at least 400 fighters forming a network of "interlocking terror cells" whose goal is to cause "maximum chaos" through strikes in Europe.
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