Local agency prepares for Syrian refugees

BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)- The U.S. has only accepted around 1,500 Syrian refugees since a civil war broke out there more than four years ago.
That’s about to change: President Obama announced Thursday that 10,000 more will be allowed to enter the U.S. in the coming year.
A few hundred of them will end up in Erie County. For 50-100 of those refugees, their first stop in Western New York will be Journey’s End Refugee Services.
The agency has already resettled three Syrian families. It&