the obama administration says it is actively considering ways to help, including the idea of allowing more refugees in to the united states. do you think the united states has an obligation to share the migrant burden with europe? absolutely. i m not sure what president obama means by actively considering. the numbers the united states has accepted, for example from syria, are so small that it is pathetically low. the united states is the largest country in the world with the big est capacity to absorb migrants. it is utterly important for the u.s. to join the bandwagon and become part of the conversation and solve the humanitarian crisis. one question i want to ask you, is the u.k. has decided to accept 20,000 migrants but not those traveling through europe. they are going to be accepting migrants in refugee camps in the middle east. what do you make of that? do you think that is fair?
welcome back. australia s prime minister is stepping up his country s commitment to ease the humanitarian crisis in the middle east and help stem europe s mie fwrant crisis. tony abbott pledged to expand his military fight against isis. the group is a major cause of the refugee crisis, he says. australia will take in 12,000 refugees from iraq and syria, as well. german chancellor angela merkel is calling for quotas to ensure that each european nation takes in what she described as their fair share of migrants. many oppose that and say they don t have the resources. chancellor merkel says all eu countries need to act in the spirit of solidarity. translator: i ve rarely been
handle. if europe will be properly organized, it will be a manageable crisis. we are talking about four or five thousand people per day. in a union that has 508 million people, it is one third population refugee. i think we need to recognize that this became a serious crisis in europe. it is a serious crisis largely because europe is not organized to deal with it. the debate on how they should handle the crisis, tempered flared in the migrant holding camp. it is understandable. hundreds of people low on food and supplies, running out of hope. many picking up their families and belongings and taking off running from the camp.
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