Everyday thousands of Syrian refugees line up here in Amman, Jordan, to register with the U.N.
Every single refugee is interviewed in detail multiple times by the U.N. for their vital statistics: where they came from, who they know.
Their irises are scanned to establish their identity.
And then they wait for the chance the U.N. might refer them to the United States. Less than one percent have had that chance.
For that one percent the next step has been this State Department resettlement center in Amman for a background check led by specially trained Department of Homeland Security interrogators.
Like all Syrian refugees being vetted this family was questioned at least three times by interviewers looking for gaps or inconsistencies in their stories.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-syrian-refugee-crisis/
this is Syria only, and it sounds thorough,but see where the UN is doing the core vetting
Also the sheer number of refugees makes it impossible to really vet with no reliable documentation..
The iris scan is what they tell the UN.
I recall many single men going into Europe-the claim by Obama was we are getting families.
That I do not know.
This is also Jordanian protocol - is it the same elsewhere?
Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan