Feds put brakes on plan to resettle refugees in Athens

[European Knight]

The U.S. State Department has shelved a plan to resettle 150 refugees in Athens following objections from Mayor Nancy Denson and Gov. Nathan Deal’s administration.

The International Rescue Committee said it got an email last week from the federal agency saying it would consider the proposal “after additional planning and community consultation"

J.D. McCrary, the IRC’s executive director in Atlanta, said in an email that he was “not entirely sure what is meant by additional planning and community consultation as this was extensively undertaken during the past year.”

“There is always hope in the future and the good news is that senior level officials from the State Department are planning a visit to Athens next month to view the area in person for future consideration,” he wrote.


http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-r...s-in-at/nhjNK/

[Graus]

Are you sure they talk about Athens (Greece) and not one of the several American ones?

[Leo Iscariot]

I think they're talking about Athens, GA.