survivors. this raises important questions for the european union and greece and italy that are on the forefront of people to getting across the med teiterranean to as sigh lum. they have been calling for a better sharing. eu is certainly moving closer towards a compromise. these kind of ship wrecks, many ngos working here are likely to increase rather than decreasing. melissa, thank you. the fighting in sudan is now in its third month with no end in sight. more than 2,000 people have believed to have been killed and the u.n. reports most hospitals near the conflict areas are out of service now. doctors without borders says khartoum is in a violent situation that almost defies comparison. fighting broke out in april between sudan s army and the
already on texas soil, technically having already illegally crossed the rio grande. hundreds of migrants camp out between the barbed wire and the border wall waiting to be processed for a sigh lum. title 42 still in effect. for this group that means they could be immediately expelled by u.s. border officials. the pandemic era policy offering no guarantees for their asylum claims to be heard. if it expires thursday, title 8 takes over requiring asylum officers to process each claim, potentially overwhelming border officials already strained. worsening this humanitarian crisis, the heat. some 90 degrees at midday. you see people bundled up in winter coats and blankets useful for the night chill and to she would themselves from the scorching sun. we watched some mexican locals arrive to help the group of migrant, moosly from other parts of latin america. they carried boxes of pizza,
variety of needs. so it s quite interesting when we re told that we in new york city, the home of the statue of liberty, of ellis island and millions of immigrants don t have this experience. unfortunately what we actually have here is a right wing political extremist crisis. unfortunately governor abbott is fomenting anti-immigrant and anti latino hate which impacts all of us, whether we arrive here today or decades ago, which is why we re responding this strongly to what governor abbott and others are doing. we re heard of illegal use to describe asylum-seekers which is a lie. asylum-seekers go through a process, they have a background check, they re given documents at the border that allows them to be in the country as they seek as sigh lum.
seekers. national correspondent william lagenes is at the border. mike, the policy bars almost all immigrants from claiming asigh lum, administration s latest attempt to stop the surge from central america. the rationale, people will not leave if they can t easily get in and get released. [speaking foreign language] because they need to cross into the u.s., for a better life. from haitians to hondurans. better future for her daughter. salvador ans to west africans. what will you do if they turn you down? honestly, i don t know. that will be very sad. immigrants from around the world their shot at the american dream is fading a new u.s. policy denies asylum to anybody who arrives from another country without first applying for and being denied asylum there. people call in to say what s
exactly. it s difficult to understand will they allow them to seek asigh lum in the united states but hold onto them in mexico while they do so which is remain many mexico plan that s in place that the u.s. unilaterally imposed. will they accept all guatemalans into their country. they are used to sending people to the yiet. they are not used to receiving a lot of people. that s only become a reality in the last few years as the mexican economy has improved. this is their learning on the fly as it goes here and trying to do so with president trump throwing these threats to them. it s a very difficult position they are in. in order to actually move forward with either of those two policies they would have to beef up what they have at the border in terms of detention centers. let s talk about the politics of this. the president sudoesn t seem toe too immersed. we want to talk do you before you mover forward with tariffs in person. leader mcconnell say