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Carson: I Talked To Syrian Refugees And They Want To Go Back To Syria [VIDEO]

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Ben Carson says the Syrian refugees he talked in refugee camps in Jordan “want to be in Syria, they want to be repatriated in their own country and they are looking for a mechanism to get there.”

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd via satellite from Amman, Jordan on Sunday, Carson said until the the Syrian refugees can be repatriated to Syria, America should support the refugee camps in Syria to “a greater degree, because they have much more capacity here in Jordan.” (RELATED: Ben Carson Compares Syrian Refugees To Rabid Dogs [VIDEO])

Todd asked Carson what he learned on his trip to Jordan and Carson explained, “Well you know, it was always wonderful to see things first hand and to have an opportunity to actually go to the refugee camps and to some of the medical facilities and actually talk to the people, not only to the Jordanians who are incredibly generous in terms of their support of refugees, and that’s been the case for decades now.”

Carson also explained that talking “to the Syrian refugees themselves to find out they think about the whole situation. What are their wants and desires? The Syrians want to be in Syria, they want to be repatriated in their own country and they are looking for a mechanism to get there, but in the mean time, the facilities that have been offered to them in Jordan are very satisfactory and when I asked them what Americans could do, they said if Americans could support those facilities, to a greater degree, because they have much more capacity here in Jordan and I suspect in some of the other countries as well.”

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