Washington, Oct 1 (EFE).– Real-estate magnate and Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said that if he won the 2016 election and became president, he would send Syrian refugees home.

“If I lose, I guess they’re staying. But if I win, they’re going back,” Trump said Wednesday night in Keene, New Hampshire, adding that there could be terrorists among the refugees.

“They could be ISIS, I don’t know. Did you ever see a migration like that? They’re all men, and they’re all strong-looking guys … There are so many men; there aren’t that many women. And I’m saying to myself: Why aren’t they fighting to save Syria? Why are they migrating all over Europe?” Trump said.

Trump then referred to the possibility of the refugees actually being a terrorist army in disguise, entering Europe and other Western countries without identification and without any possibility of knowing where they come from.

“Military tactics are very interesting. This could be one of the great tactical ploys of all time. A 200,000-man army, maybe. Or if they sent 50,000 or 80,000 or 100,000 … that could be possible. I don’t know what it is, but it could be possible,” Trump said.

On Sept. 10, President Barack Obama ordered his administration to begin preparations to receive at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next fiscal year, which starts on Thursday.

About 500,000 people, according to estimates, have crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe so far this year, fleeing war-torn and conflict-ridden areas in Syria and the Near East. EFE