The Alarming Number of starving children in yemen. The abandoned gold mine in africa thats choking a community. We begin in europe, and their in tractable refugee crisis, tens of thousands making their way into the continent every day. Europe is criticized for not working together on a cohesive response to deal with the flow of refugees. Peter sutherland said its unacceptable that some countries are taking in more than others. We should have a European Response as part of a global response, and if we arent joined up in this, it will fail to ameliorate a position which is not going away, which everyone knows, but which can be greatly improved. We need structures. How is for example at the moment that the assessment of whether a person is or is not a refugee conducted at National Level has widely different results in Different Countries . A record 7,000 Syrian Refugees arrived in the former republic of macedonia. The government has organized trains twice a day to the north of the country
[ inaudible ]. And lucky escape for passengers as a jet catches fire on takeoff. Hello, tackling europes refugee crisis is a matter of humanity and human dignity, according to the president of the European Commission. He is calling on Member States to agree to provide homes for 160,000 refugees. But critics say it wont be enough. He warned that half a million have entered europe this year. Tens of thousands have made the dangerous journey across the mediterranean by sea. Those numbers still pailing in comparison with the number still in the region, there are 4 million. Our first report is from Jacky Rowland in strasburg. Reporter another group of weary people cross the border between greece and macedonia. As they continue their journey north by foot or other means, the European Parliament has been discussing how to cope with the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have already made the dangerous journey. For the president , the task ahead is clear, but he needs to sell it to politici
Neither greece nor italy can accommodatery rifing on their borders. We have discuss the crisis and a change in the categories. We must insure they have distributed fairly across the e. U. Unfortunately, were very far from that goal. With criticism of the e. U. Only mounting and more refugees arriving every day, it seems that its near impossible situation is nowhere close to being over. Al jazeera. The first ships filled with almost 4,000 refugees from the greek island of lesbos has reached the mainland more than 20,000 people had been stranded on the island. Most coming from syria trying to make it to e. U. Countries. Many were living on the streets. Greek officials feared that the situation was on the verge of an explosion. Germany today said that it is prepared to take in 500,000 refugees every year for the next several years. This year alone as i mentioned the country is expecting to take in 800,000. That could cost the government more than 10 billion. The nations generosity is not
To our service. More than six decades on the flown, u ks Queen Elizabeth becomes the countrilys longest serving monarch. The president of the e. U. Commission is preparing to present his plan on how to tackle the refugees crisis thats dividing governments in europe. Essex peck the is expected to pd each countrys income and unemploy rate. Germany has already backed the idea. So has sweeped, which takes the most number of refugees in relation to its population. Italy which is one of the main arrival points for thousands of refugees crossing the mediterranean is also in favor. And so are the french. And spain. Plus the plan has met stiff opposition from countries like hungary which has built fence to his keep them away from eights border. Poland and slow yak i cant says permanent and mandatory quotas are unacceptable. 400,000 refugees are expected to cross this year. All these refugees should be gift the opportunity to rebuild their lives but has to be a committed effort to do that. Refug
Weight, in myanmar. Hello. The United Nations is calling on europe to make it mandatory for Member States to accept refugees fleeing from war torn countries. So far, germany has taken the majority of the refugees. The u. N. Says it should be an e. U. Wide operation. And more should be allowed to arrive legally. Mrs. A sign that the exodus is slowing down. Two Refugee Agency the u. N. H. C. R. Says it announced 30,000 refugees on greek islands. A record 7,000 Syrian Refugees arrived in neighboring macedonia. On monday. Germany says it expected more than 800,000 people to apply for asylum this year, thats four times the number to arrive last year. Mohammad reports. At europes Southern Gate way, these are some of the thousands that cross. Marking a new record in this humanitarian crisis. The u. N. Is sounding the alarm bills once more. To guarantee relocation for 300,000 refugees. We have proposed there be European Union led megareception and Registration Centers established in greece, we