Guitar. Was. Kind of the womens world cup the australian matildas waltzed into the tournament last 16 with a comprehensive victory over jamaica. Im sara kelly welcome to the program new figures from the United NationsRefugee Agency show with record numbers of people have been displaced by war or persecution more than 70000000 people around the world are currently displaced now most of those refugees are coming from syria the war there has forced nearly 7000000 people to leave the country meantime afghanistan south sudan neon mar and somalia. Also saying millions leaving because of conflict and persecution where are they going to top the list of host countries with 3700000 people followed by pakistan uganda and sudan germany is 5th on the list with more than 1000000 refugees all of a closer look at uganda now and ask why this country has been more welcoming to refugees and many others. Seem vice seem stitch by stage it is phony is making a new dress she recently trained as a seamstress as part of a u. N. Refugee aid project in 2016 she fled with her family from war torn south sudan to uganda. On our way of the rebels came they took our property tortured us in different ways and beat us. Little bones its like millions of others from south sudan edith and her family found refuge in uganda refugee a. T. F. Functions differently people arent simply confined to a camp liking kenya refugees who were arriving here are immediately given a work permit and land which is provided by the communities and then you neighbors they also receive monthly benefits. We have cash on foot as well because when we give them for dead that is restricted to the 4 that weve given them but when you give them cash you have the option to buy and supplement what about that debt that is so each option ugandans have a strong willingness to give to those in need for 20 years they also suffered during the civil war they also benefit from International Aid which can be used to build hospitals or schools but of course there are still challenges. As a young school we have enormous talent is one of it is the infrastructure like the classrooms are not and now we dont have a Science Laboratory we dont have a library though we have the books but we havent know where to put them there are so that it has moved from far distance to camp so the north stuff or does that also the students especially the go more from far distance to come and learn in the school. Nobody who missed school is in a jew money district in the north of the country 400000 people live here half of them are refugees some of whom arrived here 50 years ago many of from south sudan where the most recent civil war broke out in 2013 its led to an ongoing conflict between rival factions titus jogo the refugee officer in the district is happy that the refugees were able to find a new place to call home in uganda he believes it benefits the locals to the prisoners over to someone in your view was mindys so many people have been told not to not not in a city from a disability but it was well under we paid tax when you look at the infrastructure before me we have constructed excess wards in that if it is a tremendous well constructed discourse of course structed has to say. But there are also negative aspects rizzos is like would supplies on to when drilling in january this year almost 6000. 00 more refugees arrived in uganda but it wants to keep its borders open and can only manage this influx with the help of aid money at least for the time being as ugandas policies continue to be put into action its hoped that refugees will become selfsufficient like seamstress aegis phony. And joining me now here in the studio to discuss this is the uns high commissioner for refugees felipe. Thank you so much and welcome to the program thank you you said it yourself this number more than 70000000 people displaced around the world shocking why do you think it is still growing its the symptom of a World Without peace even more specifically the world in which we have become unable to make peace look at the images weve just watched in uganda the influx of refugees in uganda is due to mainly 2 conflicts one in south sudan the other one in congo and unless we become more efficient in stopping wars we will continue these see these figure growing and becoming bigger i want to talk a little bit more about the atmosphere toward refugees right now because we have some governments closing borders building walls even paying other governments in order to take in refugees im thinking about turkey specifically your response well my response is that. Restrictions closures pushbacks are not only wrong lets remember that these people are fleeing from war conflict. Violence discrimination so they need to have so its not only wrong to push them back but hes also not efficient the problem will not go away it would just move to another part of the world it would be a problem there and it is just waiting to come back to the rich countries i want to talk about a bit about those attitudes though that are out there because i mean you know we have attitudes really deteriorating not only toward refugees but also toward immigrants in recent years seen as a burden on the system how do you change that mindset i mean has there been a failure here in managing the message in terms of what refugees bring to the table for various countries there have been many failures in managing these population movements we have to recognize that. In europe for example they were designed for much smaller numbers when the numbers became bigger in 2015 europe was not ready and that sent the wrong message but also some unscrupulous politicians have exploited that they have realised that by portraying these people as a threat they would gain consensus and votes now this is the wrong approach as i said this doesnt solve the problem. I am always a bit hesitant to present this figure as dramatic it is dramatic of course 70000000 people in need of protection of safety its traumatic but hes also manageable were 7 and a half 1000000000 people on this planet it surely we can find ways like uganda did to manage these rules when it comes to your organization the u. N. H. C. R. We know that the United States is among the largest supporters of refugees the u. S. And in fact is the biggest single donor to the us. H. C. R. Youve seen the rhetoric from u. S. President donald trump it does not seem to be friendly toward your organization are you worried well i would not say that it is not friendly to my organization because like you said that the United States government is a very generous supporter of refugee Operations Worldwide the discussion which is more complicated is about refugees in the United States thats a complicate the discussion as it is in europe but this has not geo per dies the incredibly strong support including Financial Support that the u. S. Has provided to us and other many n. G. O. S and others working with refugees around the world. Your organization the u. N. H. C. R. You seem to be a bit of a fig leaf for countries around the world. Do you find that you are still able to do the work that you were commissioned to do from the very beginning i mean what are your frustrations these days when it comes to executing our mission i think if i may were not to feel belief. I have 16000 colleagues most of whom are in very far away far away from here field locations working day in day out to bring relief to bring safety to the millions of people that are fleeing conflict together with many other partners their work continues to be relevant and important what frustrates me is of course this environment this toxic environment that stigmatizes. Criticizes portrays refugees migrants sometimes even foreigners as the enemy this is like i said easy to to to to spread its a line that many people embrace because they have opera henchmans and fears but it is not a good lie why are they not the enemy perhaps. You can bust some of those myths for us right now well 1st of all like i said lets not forget that these are people fleeing problems theyre not bringing problems so theyre not the enemy in that sense then of course they move along with many other people migrants and people moving for other reasons thats make that makes it more complicated to manage but it is possible to manage it in a manner that. Regulates this requires some responsibility sharing between countries which we dont see much of these days but also in this manner the what these people can offer to countries hosting them becomes positive these people can be valuable contributors to to the economy to the society even to the values of countries that receive them generously as we heard from your report on this is that 7 Consecutive Year that the number of displaced people around the world has been on the rise how do you see the next 7 years developing and are there perhaps any Silver Linings any areas in which you are seeing progress we have now something called the refugee compact this is an agreement between the countries in the world to improve the manner in which we respond to refugee crisis it was very interesting what we heard just a few minutes ago from uganda because uganda is in model country induct respect it receives refugees it keeps borders open and god knows what the burden it is for them millions from south sudan from the democratic republic of congo and yet people are not put in camps theyre allowed to Access Services that are allowed to work but of course that model which we are promoting needs a lot of support uganda doesnt have all the resources as we heard from that teacher so we should not take for granted that cost be tallied we should support that and in that way i think that if that model is replicated and were doing it in up. 15 countries these these days we have a new blueprint for a better support model to refugee crises this is a reason for optimism amidst the gloom and the midst the fears so a shocking report but some hope for the future joining us with a perspective i thank you very much filippo grant a high commissioner for refugees at the United Nations we appreciate it thank you very much. Lets get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world dutch prosecutors say that they will charge 4 suspects with murder for shooting down a malaysian airliner over ukraine in 2014 the dutch led joint Investigative Team has set the trial for march of next year 298 people were killed most of the dutch government has already said that it holds russia legally responsible for the crash moscow tonight as any involvement. With the candidates to become the next leader of Britains Conservative Party have clashed in the t. V. Debate former foreign minister Boris Johnson remains a front runner or Party Lawmakers will narrow the field suitable to 2 in the coming days the Party Members will then choose their new leader and britains next Prime Minister in a postal vote. Youre watching news still to come in the program why the future of these children in the Central Asian country of kazakstan could be radically different from previous generations if efforts to switch from the cyrillic alphabet are successful. And photographer its about this for talk 1st about seo salgado who wins a prestigious german peace prize for exposing the threats that face humanity and our planet as. A human rights expert says that Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin samon should be investigated over the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi. I guess komaki cited what she called fret about evidence of bin solomons liability in wednesdays report she said that she found that the probes conducted so far by saudi arabia and turkey had failed to meet International Standards but showed she was killed last october in saudi arabias istanbul conscript. Us President Donald Trump has officially launched his bid for reelection in 2020 speaking with thousands of supporters at a rally in florida he lashed out at his opponents portraying himself as a political outsider and. Washington trump said that he had been quote under assault from day one of his presidency by the opposition and what he called the Fake News Media now in a grievance filled speech reminiscent of his 26000 Campaign Rhetoric trump also painted a grim picture of what life in the United States would look like if he is not elected to a 2nd term. No matter what label they use a vote for any democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the american dream. So some familiar topics that we have heard there lets break it down Boris Johnson boris foreman excuse me joins us now he is a professor of politics and Foreign College in berlin for us welcome to the program as always so you know weve weve heard you know topics from donald trump there in Orlando Florida including migration how likely do you think it is that this might be one of the main themes that he he drives forward in this campaign well i mean some people were expecting this to be a starting point for his campaign maybe also content wise this is not what he delivered as you said i mean there were no issues that he brought to the table that were in any way new hes been campaigning all the time basically during his presidency it was also not really in the moment that he would run for reelection because he did that just on the day of his inauguration on january 20th 2017 so in some ways it was a nonevent but in other ways yes i mean he. Presented those topics that hard dear to him and that we will probably see again all the wild until the elections next year we have to talk about the poll results for him controversial also you know some contradictory polling results in states like ohio pennsylvania florida these are states which are really important for him right but these are the key states the swing states where hes leg and hes also the only president whos never made it to be more proof than does approved in his popularity rankings but nonetheless i mean we should be careful with these poll numbers many of my colleagues and i were to rely on these statistical analyses before the last election and so i think we shouldnt put too much of an emphasis on these numbers just briefly bars the phone. Go who do you think the democratic challenger will be and who they stand a chance im also being careful with prognosis generally speaking prove i was wrong the last time i think the feud is as broad. As it has ever been i think its going to weaken the Democratic Party and they should come to a conclusion as fast as possible of course foreman joining us thank you so 1st. Its to the Central Asian country of kazakstan now which has been pushing to westernize over the last few years to do that authorities want to switch from the cyrillic. Its lucky that learning how to read and write is so fun for these 1st graders at the moment theyre learning the cyrillic alphabet in their lessons but soon the kids at this Village School will have to switch to the latin alphabet the government plans to phase it in across the country in the coming years teachers will have to receive additional training. We teachers will find the switch harder because were already has 2 on the alphabet. And the children are young. Learn the alphabet quickly because of. What i did to my parents wont be able to help with the transition to the latin alphabet because they havent allowed to themselves their children will only be able to manage the school were worried that the main weight of this change will be on the teachers shoulders. Language is already a complicated question in kazakhstan even in this school and the village of. Across the country and russian are both official languages here children choose which language they want to study and like many cause us most pupils are bilingual now the jump to a new alphabet awaits them as well. In the nearby city of new shop signs are already being written in the latin alphabet but soon the government will have to swap street signs and translate official documents and textbooks that change. Done switch from the cyrillic to the latin alphabet is a break with its soviet past and a huge step in its search for a National Identity thats why the government is pouring millions into the move. Several neighboring Central Asian countries switched alphabet soon after the fall of the soviet union but in kazakhstan an independent survey shows most because us are critical of the move because the speaker stance which a long time ago as a country is trying to keep up with the west and with europe the only thing is the move will hit the countrys budget hard. And actually i dont see the point of the check much of the basically on any advantages which is why do we need this maybe just so we can save we did it in the future because. The movement knew the premier its not hard for me to use the new alphabet but there was the one we all know he said online already but we messaged your friends. But the most of. The adults dont yet know the latin alphabet but back in the village of. 8th graders say theyve already taught themselves and are using it on social media. Government hopes the change will open up a whole new generation of us to the world. To the womans world cup now where there was plenty of drama last night with slots in the last 16 up for grabs among those in action or outside contenders australia they defeated jamaica 41 to reach the next round that came in no small part to the performance of the captain sam care. Australia go talk to the perfect stop when captain sometimes through this stunning video when he was minutes. Thanks drew finish from australia stop playing. Im captain fantastic maybe with another hit with this many australians cruising the of the but some tough jamaican cycling promise they would going down without a fight. And so it