Secretary richard thank you. Host in studio we have a Foreign Policy correspondent for reuters and a writer for the washington post. First question. Reporter 1 good morning. There was a recent eu report that suggested projected that by the end of next year the European Union could see as many as 3 million refugees arrive at his borders. Can you give us a sense of the scale of this crisis and how much worse it can get, even from now . Secretary richard we have seen hundreds of thousands of people from around the world flowing to europe over the last several months. This is not a new migration. There have been people taking these migration routes across the mediterranean, from libya to italy, from turkey to greece for years now. What is different is the scale of the crisis, that so many have moved in such a short time. Many in the western Balkans Route are coming from syria, but there also people from iraq and afghanistan and many from Subsaharan Africa as well. This is very much a mixed
At the refugee crisis in europe with anne richard, who serves as the assistant secretary of state. Then more on the refugee crisis with a discussion at the Wilson Center. Consumera hearing on reviews and antidisparagement clauses. Today from thes state department is the assistant secretary of state anne richard. Thank you very much for your time. Secretary richard thank you. Host in studio we have a Foreign Policy correspondent for reuters and a writer for the washington post. First question. Reporter 1 good morning. There was a recent eu report that suggested projected that by the end of next year the European Union could see as many as 3 million refugees arrive at his borders. Can you give us a sense of the scale of this crisis and how much worse it can get, even from now . We have seenhard hundreds of thousands of people from around the world flowing to europe over the last several months. This is not a new migration. There have been people taking tes acrossation rou the mediterrane
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Where the illnesses found. Of course, the gravity of the situation as has been described by panelists leaves no doubt about the vital need for the International Community to undertake urgent action in order to reverse the current trend. As you said, mr. President , at present the time has come for specific actions. We need to act quickly. Not only to suppress the spread of the disease, not only to save human lives while theres still time, but also and especially in order to maintain stability and the gains of the last few years. As part of peace building and social peace. It is essential for unmeer, the u. N. Mission, to be deployed as quickly as possible so that it can respond effectively to the most pressing needs of the affected countries. In our opinion, this mission should also help build local health capacities, as was said, through making available mobile hospitals, helicopters, protected vehicles and qualified medical workers and older to take care of sick people. Therefore, le
Because of what happened. Whats been happening in syria as i mentioned. For folks who are less familiar. Whats happened is becoming more active in the socalled sunni triangle of Northern Iraq opposed to the government in baghdad. And they took a foothold. You may recall earlier this year and last year, back in fallujah again and then ramadi, which is in the western part of the country, which is a sunni predominantly sunni area of the country, and now most recently youve seen this rather spectacular attacks starting with mosul. Which was always a troublesome [ inaudible ] chas been charged with his role in the attacks on u. S. Fast tl is in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. No u. S. Personnel or civilians were injured in this operation which was carried out in close coordination with Law Enforcement personnel. The United States has taken khatallah to a secure location outside libya. He will be brought to the United States to stand trial on a court of law. Secretary hagels proud