we are going to make sure that nato is ready to meet threats in all directions across every domain land, airand sea. in a moment when president putin has shattered peace in europe and attacked the very tenants of rule based order the united states and our allies will step up, we are stepping up, we are proving that nato is more needed now than it ever has been and it s as important as it ever has been. we can cross live to madrid and our correspondent there mark lowen. we had the long list from president biden and what it all adds up to is a real, fundamental shift in the international order? a real, fundamental shift in the international order? yes, indeed. a fundamental international order? yes, indeed. a fundamental shift international order? yes, indeed. a fundamental shift in international order? yes, indeed. a fundamental shift in nato s - fundamental shift in nato s blueprint, its strategic concept, lewis. it is the set of guidelines that will take nato forward over the
alone. just a fraction of the four million syrians who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. fleeing a civil war which has internally displaced more than seven million syrians and left more than 200,000 people dead. lester holt spoke to one syrian man who just arrived in hungary, who had a simple explanation for why he and his family fled. we are escaping. when i see my kids, my family, we re afraid. i m joined by human rights watch executive director, ken roth. we ll get into specifics of the reporting that we saw there. we re hearing about the sudden flood of migrants and refugees on the doorsteps of europe, but the truth of the matter s it s been going on for some time. you were there in july. why is there a sudden spike that the world is focusing on this
a legal argument which says, you don t need to cross it, you re already out of harm s way. unless you can argue why we should let you in, we won t let you in. the migrants aren t accepting this. the refugees don t have a home to go back to that s safe. so they re even in a more difficult position. now both communities, the economic migrants, and the refugees, are facing this situation, this choice. do they go home? for the refugees, not much of a choice at all, or do they find another way around this obstacle? richard engel reporting for us. we know many of you out there want to help these people seeking a better life. go to msnbc.com for organizations that can you contact directly. now to a major driver of the migrants refugee surge into europe, a mass exodus from syria. syrians make up just over half of more than 400,000 migrants crossing into europe this year
striking for a fifth straight day. they say they will remain on the picket line until the deal is finally approved. european union ministers are set to hold a new refugee crisis one week from today as the massive influx is provoking new border controls in europe. hungary has declared a state of emergency, sealing its border with serbia. deta richard engel has more from along the hungary/serbia border. reporter: about 24 hours ago, this entire area was flooded with people, refugees and migrants, mostly from the middle east, but not all, trying to get into hungary, entering the country and then making their way north and west toward germany and sweden. now, with this border fence up, that is being patrolled 24 hours a day, by soldiers and police, the flow has stopped.
the overwhelming majority of these people are refugees leaving war-torn countries, including libya, syria, and some from afghanistan. can you address the european refugee/migrant crisis without addressing the conflict in syria and libya? i think syria is the key. roughly half of the refugees are from syria. if you look at why they re fleeing, yes, there s isis, but the dominant force pushing people out is the way the government is targeting civilians. there s no place safe to stay in syria. the weapon of choice for assad has been the barrel bomb, oil canisters filled with explosives and shrapnel that are dumped out the side of helicopters. indiscriminate? yes. secretary of state john kerry will travel to london to participate in these ongoing