Im brian thomas great to have you with us for the program today the fate of thousands of migrants and refugees on the border between greece and turkey is growing increasingly uncertain they are trying to enter the you agree says it will now not allow them in but turkey says they have the right to claim asylum there was the situation escalates both sides have fired tear gas at their border the e. U. Meanwhile is adamant that turkey not use migrants for quote blackmail in a wider political game. Faces of despair. Thousands of refugees have gathered on the border the focus on the turkish town of a day and many are forced to camp out in the open some of these people have been displaced by the long running conflict in syria. In europe you can work their jobs you get a decent salary the kids can go to school you can lead a normal human life thats all i want. Or that if i made it to the great side then i took my phone my money took my clothes off they beat me and sent me back to turkey this is just wrong and money. We want to be able to breathe freely when i was 12 years old i had to leave school my parents were killed in the war. Others have come from afghanistan and pakistan they find shelter where they can dozens crammed into this abandoned bus station turkeys president has carried out his threat to open the border to europe if nature did not back his military operation in northern syria. The red crescent and red cross helping out where they can on the ground handing out food and water and providing basic shelter. Is needed to restore dignity. This moment if you can do for. The middle of the game we are ready to do whatever is necessary to provide dignity for the. Stuff. You know that ankara for its part is determined that those who do make it across to greece will not be sent back into turkish territory. 40000. 00 special forces officers are being deployed to the river on the border fully equipped to prevent people being pushed back. Greece is equally determined to prevent a flood of new arrivals the Authorities Say some 35000 migrants have tried to cross illegally into greek territory in the past week athens insists those who reach its soil will be deported lets get the very latest now it did abuse you johann she joins us now from the turkish side of the border in days here yulia can you fill us in whats the situation at the border where you are this morning. Well the situation here appears to remain that tons now as journalists we have. To get anywhere near the border or this main Border Crossing here between turkey and greece anymore police stopping us right here about 2 kilometers away but a little earlier we managed to get a little closer with our car because we were get before we were again stopped by the here and we managed to talk to some migrants and refugees who told us that tear gas fired again we could also smell the tear gas and its right now not entirely clear if this was just being fired from the greek side towards the there are also reports that tear gas have been fired from the turkish side its not entirely clear what role Turkish Military there is playing there are some reports saying that or suggesting that of the soldiers are kind of encouraging the refugees or migrants maybe to use violence in order to dymov passage to europe the people we talked to also told us all though they have some access to food and brings. The temperatures here are particularly difficult they have to sleep on you know plastic covers during the nice and they also told us there are still thousands waiting there waiting to cross into the European Union but as i said its very difficult to get an independent understanding off the situation from what we understand it remains tense ok its terms and also weve been reporting this morning on groups of refugees whove been moved around the border area is there any idea as to why these groups of refugees have been moved. And where theyve gone to. I can tell you about i can tell you about one group weve been filming with lost even in. They hide kind of a build up a makeshift camp in the town off. A very near to where we are right now about 200 people many families with small children people from syria afghanistan pakistan these people told us we are determined to stay we will wait for greece to open the borders and when we arrive at the same location its a day again it was suddenly empty and all the people had been moved somewhere else thats our understanding because i talked to one Police Officer who told me yes we took the people in buses to this area to this main Border Crossing so it appears took 4 of these are somehow the cynics hating peoples mood and directing whats going on here at the border. That was due to abuse you yawn reporting earlier from the turkish side of the border with greece while the desperate situation at this border is also top of the agenda at a meeting of you 4 ministers in croatias capital zagreb today European Union governments are considering whether to provide more money for migrants in turkey at that meeting but you Foreign Affairs to fios of borrow said that he will not accept refugees being used as a board bargaining tool greeces Foreign Ministers expected the press his counterparts for their help in coping with the latest arrivals of migrants at his countrys border. For our correspondent derek mathis is following that meeting for us in zagreb you know whats the e. U. Prepared to do to help greece cope with another potential modern crisis unfolding at its doorstep. Apart from Financial Aid brian that has already been flowing towards greece the European Union has sent 100 especially emergency officers from the frontex e. U. Force the use Border Agency that is towards greece theyre supposed to arrive next week with personnel on the ground with boats in order to help protect the greek external borders and the main support basically that Foreign Ministers are sending a today is support for the action off the greek Border Guards yes it is difficult because these are harsh measures budget protecting the extra no borders is extremely important and the German Foreign ministry here made clear that if they were not protected this could lead to chaos and to further the human suffering theyre going to take a look now at a root cause of migration out of syria it is the violence in that country fighting in live problems has created some 1000000 new refugees over the past 3 months and sparked fears of increased confrontation as well between russia and turkey with both sides opposing supporting opposite sides in that syrian conflict. For 6 hours talks continued then air go on in putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and above all a cease fire. But. Salute tonight at 12 am that is midnight between the 5th and 6th of march the cease fire will take effect and all steps will be taken to abide by it if the signal but talks began at midday there was little left of the friendly reporter that was apparent only days before air no one and putin looked tense the situation is complicated. Russia and turkey are at loggerheads in the syrian province of it live there syrian leader assads troops are fighting rebels with support from russia the rebels are supported by turkish troops but erda one and putin say they are committed to deescalation and. You see what im saying what youre going to do we hope this agreement will lay a foundation for the suspension of fighting in libya. We hope to end the suffering of civilians there and to avoid a greater humanitarian crisis then you need to know when the syrian. It was the outcome of hours long difficult negotiations now the ceasefire will face its big test if and how long it can hold. How important to e. U. Foreign ministers think that ceasefire is in helping reduce the flow of migrants heading towards europe. Most foreign minister seer says its very important but it is also also crucial and long overdue by the way but it is also very crucial that it is sustainable so theyre a bit cautious whether that cease fire and the prophecy when it basically creates a will actually take place of the Dutch Foreign minister arrived here this morning and said it will not be enough to have this buffer zone and a cease fire but we also need a no fly zone but here the difficulty really is and the Foreign Policy chief of the European Union burrell made that clear the difficulty is that for a resolution from the United Nations for a no fly zone over the north of syria you would need a russia on board and so far they have rejected such a russian resolution from the United Nations gary thanks so much for that from the e. U. Foreign ministers meeting there in zagreb. Were turning now to the latest on the coronavirus you Health Ministers are holding a special session in brussels today to discuss further measures to contain the virus in the u. S. President trumps expected design an 8300000000 dollars measure to help tackle the outbreak israel the Palestinian Authority of put the city of bethlehem under quarantine that after 7 cases were confirmed there and asian markets well they are plunging at this hour as fears about a world recession grip investors all coronavirus cases in south korea have now increased to more than 6000. 00 in the capital seoul transportation officials are taking measures sending disinfection teams onto trains and into stations and requiring that commuters as well wear masks. South koreas Transit Networks are using strong medicine to combat the deadly coded 900 epidemic special teams are working overtime to sanitize the entirety of seoul metro with stations prepared to shut down if anyone with the corona virus is confirmed to have been there and theres a good bit of Public Outreach going on as well. Subway authorities have brought in extra staff to cope with decontamination efforts there keeping a watchful eye on overall working conditions. For the health of our workers is a top priority so making sure they weigh mosques and thoroughly wash their hands and in the course of their work minimize unnecessary contact with passengers of thousands of you might cause those with a cold with me to the National Railway has also seen its ridership and schedule drastically reduced with the government discouraging nonessential travel hygiene is a top priority there too with cole rail cleaning its trains several times a day and disinfecting stations on average twice a day. Or night able to prevent the spread of the corona virus handrails tables response rooms and other areas that come into frequent contact with passengers authority disinfected in addition as of monday we are selling window seats 1st to keep passengers as far apart as possible. Some government officials had earlier suggested locking down the city of daegu the source of the vast majority of cases now cleanliness containment and mitigation have come to define south koreas strategy against the coronavirus. Was weve heard there the corona Virus Outbreak is of course making headlines around the world in australia toilet paper sold out after panic buying lead to a nationwide drug stocks now one newspaper has come up with a way to relieve the shortage the n. T. Times in the Northern City of darwin is printed several pages of perforated sheet so longside is regular news readers can cut them out and use them. This did abuse live from berlin coming up next its been over 30 years and surrounds mallos declared a fatwa on the writer Salma Rushdie our show doc film looks at his life in the shadow of death under the spotlight thats all for me brian thomas for the entire news team thanks for being with us and agree with you. On a mission to see the. 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