Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: 'A waiting game' for refugees: Higgins

By Lisa Goudy

When it comes to Syrian refugees, Mayor Deb Higgins always thinks of the "human side" of the situation.

"We have to keep in mind that these are people the same as us that are fleeing a dangerous situation and have really left everything behind," she said. "The one thing that worries me is that winter's fast upon us here, as well as in Europe, and when you see refugees who are fleeing terrorists and some of the people that have taken the same actions that we've seen recently in Paris, that's who they're fleeing and they're living in pretty deplorable conditions at this point in time."

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