(RALEIGH) -- North Carolina will likely receive some of the ten thousand Syrian refugees President Obama says the US will admit for resettlement over the next 12 months. Church World Service - with offices in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Durham - has already helped place 25 Syrian refugees earlier this year.

Sarah Ivory with CWS says it's important to understand the experience people arriving have had in their native country. "The people that are coming to the refugee program are people who are fleeing the very terrorism that we want to protect ourselves from as well. Our screening processes are so incredibly rigorous, and will continue to be so for this population," she said.

Ivory says the amount of vetting the refugees go through makes it unlikely that any of them could pose a danger to citizens here. CWS is waiting for more information on the families it will help relocate.