(MENAFN)US President Joe Biden expanded exile protections for thousands of Syrians currently in the US.
The Department of Homeland Security stated that the 6,700 licensed Syrian nationals are currently recipients of what is called Temporary Protected Status, a program that permits migrants to live and work in the US as long as their country is not probable to live in. Their eligibility in the program has been expanded through September 2022.
The protections can be expanded to nationals whose home countries have been affected by natural disasters, armed clash or other extraordinary but temporary situations.
Syria has been damaged by a conflict that started in 2011.
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