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DW DW News - News December 18, 2017

Report also coming up turkish a german journalist mashallah tolu is out of jail as an its done full court orders her and five others released but they still face terror charges will get the latest. Austrias new Prime Minister is sworn in adding a right Wing Coalition hes pledged to get tough on immigration but thousands turned out in protest. Im sumi so much going to good to have you with us on this International Migrants day we are looking at an astounding number there are an estimated sixty six Million People around the world who have been forced to leave their homes seventeen percent of them are in europe the greek island of lesbos for example is now home to thousands of micro some the main camp there is the more rio refugee camp but it is those who are outside the camp in makeshift homes who live in particularly squalid conditions and tensions with the local community are rising dip is all over south has this exclusive report from less. Can barely move his fingers its the morning after another cold night on the greek island of lesbos. And his friends ran out of firewood long ago. Theyll use whats left of this Cardboard Box to heat todays first cup of tea. From iraq hes been here on the island of lesbos for two months now in a makeshift camp just outside the morea refugee camp. We are many. Through but we. Are different here just. Next door is the official camp it looks like a high security prison made for refugees that have come to the greek islands in the hopes of continuing on to north and europe they have to wait here until their asylum applications have been processed authorities strictly for bit filming here who are ever youll look youll see garbage and thesis and People Living right in the midst of it the refugee camp is full far beyond its capacity and with more people arriving than leaving conditions here are getting worse every day. Wants to show us whats happening inside the camp so we follow him with a hidden camera. The air is filled with the stench of smoke garbage and feces. The United Nations high commissioner for refugees or u. N. H. C. R. Recently said that moria was dangerous for women and children but they are the ones who must stay here. It seems like a miracle that epidemics havent spread within the camp yet. Please dont give. Me. What. You see. Many refugees have taken matters into their own hands to stay warm knowledge that its getting colder they simply lied old trees. These trees belong to local residents feel this and still use visits his fields he has to struggle to maintain his composure. Well off to come in then about all these trees are burnt anybody theres nothing left of these trees wont grow again theyre finished there are one hundred twenty trees and now theres only four of all of the others and nobody cares the authorities wont stop this they got in a fight or compensate us every night these people cut down the trees and burned them. There with. The village of moria is in a state of emergency. In other villagers me to regularly and to discuss ways to deal with the situation with. The local mayor nikos truck haleys has just returned from talks with the greek government in athens the news isnt good. If the situation goes on like this it wont take long before we have physical confrontation up to now we are tolerating the looting of peoples assets and its fortunate that things havent become violent yet. But its a matter of time before that happens. Ahmed al majid left his country to escape violence he doesnt want to be lumped together with lawbreakers he wants to leave less because but for now a ferry ticket to athens remains just a distant dream. That report from oliver salih who has returned from les posen joins us here in our studio thank you all ever we saw that you filmed secretly inside that camp tell us more about what you saw and experienced there well first of all this refugee camp was initially set up for two and a half thousand people only and now there are more than six thousand migrants living inside that camp and you have to imagine this feels like being in a small town almost in spite of that area being quite small it takes you maybe only five minutes to walk through there but six thousand people that means this is the size of a small town with people trying to follow their daily routines there even cooking their own open fireplaces theyre trying to you know to sleep to have to have lunch breakfast and dinner and certainly they also need senate terry facilities but for some reason the garbage is not really put away the containers that exist there are completely overcrowded and youve seen the images of the of the senate terry conditions of the of the toilets in there where they didnt even have Running Water for that reason they brought their own Water Bottles you know to wash their hands and so on and so forth so i seen really terrible hygiene conditions worse than than ive ever seen them in any refugee camp before and whats particularly interesting is that this is an officially run camp were not talking about a makeshift camp weve seen all these muddy sites there at the greek methadone ian border one or two years ago and thats understandable that the conditions there are bad but this is an officially run camp as you said its amazing that disease hasnt spread more widespread than it has already you also showed in your report that there is a lot of potential conflict for. With the local community there struggling as well thats right you know weve just met field is in that report person who was you know cultivating all of trees there and he was actually owning the parcel right next to all the lands right next to the refugee camp where people would come because they dont have electricity because they dont have heating see installed in every of the containers they live in so they try to you know steal all of the trees burn them use them for for doing a camp fire and so on and so forth and in addition to that he was also a shepherd and he told us that forty of his sheep were killed in recent weeks and even found what he things is proof for that being carried out by refugees a backpack of the u. N. H. C. R. And a knife and theyre grilling him barbecuing this these sheep theyre on his all of groves so a lot of frustration there understandably but at the same time you have to see that we followed our protagonist for dinner and he only gets you know a slice of bread and a small piece of cheese so they go to bed hungry theyre even fights over food in that camp and understandably again that they tried to solve the problem somehow and some even stealing the sheep as a result of that dire conditions that youre saying and you mentioned that you were in the greek Macedonian Border two years ago it seems not much has changed well it has changed for north and europe of course because all we what we can see there on the greek islands is a result of the e. U. Turkey deal that means that migrants coming to the islands of greece are contained there and they can only move forward once their request for asylum is being processed as a result of that here in north and europe the numbers of migrants have reduced significantly but at the same time at least this is how they tell the people their field their islands are sacrifies in this because we have every tens inhabitant of that island being a migrant now and the local community is really struggling and the migrants as well due to these other salad with that exclusive report there from last post thank you all are very much. For now a turkish german journalist facing trial in istanbul has been released on bail along with five other defendants the courts move came after the prosecution requested for michelle or told him to be freed shes accused of being a member of an Armed Terrorist Organization and of spreading terrorist propaganda she was working as a reporter and translator for a left wing Turkish News Agency when she was arrested at the end of april told us three year old son lived with his mother in prison for several months. And during jones has been in the courtroom watching proceedings for us he joins us for more hidari and i told you has been released on bail tell us more about this decision. Well as we speak shes traveling back to the prison where shes being held she will then be officially released and will be rejoined joining with her family including her three year old son but it is only a conditional release she will have to stay in the country she will have to check in with a colt once a week as this court case against her is continuing has been adjourned it will restart in april where she will still face very serious charges and the possibility of fifteen years in jail what was the reaction in court very. Well the courtroom was packed they had many german writers politicians were there the ambassador and there was a collective smile went around the courtroom as the decision by the cold came through to conditionally released them its been a lot of pressure built up all over the case. Ali result tolu speaking to the press solved the words he expressed his happiness but there was also he was some anger as well saying a year had been stolen from him and his supporters lawyers over this case and hes insisted on the innocence and the absurdity that the case is still going on but Going Forward he seemed very happy at the prospect that all the family will be reunited. And he said there will be some celebrations tonight also a german member of parliament. From the left party she too was very happy at that is he should she believes it easily. But she was very unhappy at the fact that the case is still going on and also stress that there are still a number of german nationals still being held in jail what she called political hostages. And after a german turkish relations could this be a sign that the tide is possibly turning. Well i think there are concerted efforts in the last to stop relations getting any both sides realize that this secret ration was far getting out of control the German Foreign minister making a surprise visit last month where he sat down with his turkish counterpart that seemed to be the start of a process weve seen some movement some gestures coming from both sides we had the german chancellor speaking to the turkish president earlier this month over the possibility of more money be released to help with the refugee deal possibly a billion euros this would mean a decision by german colt last few weeks ago to end the prosecution of some turkish. Charges that. Were going through. Independent but we do see that there does appear to be a process where both sides at least dont want to get any worse and then possibly talking about normalization up before that happens still there are a number of german nationals in jail most notably. German journalist he still hasnt even been charged and hes coming up now to a year in jail a lot of pressure on him to be released before anyone can talk about things getting anyway any better. Correspondent dorian jones following Court Proceedings for us there thank you dorian. Now to some other stories making news around the world the belgian trial involving the only surviving suspect of the two thousand and fifteen attacks in france has been postponed the delay is to give his newly appointed lawyer time to prepare to slam is currently in a french prison for his alleged involvement in the attack that killed one hundred thirty people in paris. The Israeli Military confirms it has carried out air strikes in the gaza strip targeting a hamas training compound it is in response to new rocket attacks from the palestinian territory and militants have stepped up rocket fire since u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. In south africa thousands of members of the Ruling African National Congress Party are voting to decide who will succeed president jacob zuma as head of the party Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing off against zoom us exwife. Zuma the winner is likely to succeed jacob zuma as the countrys president. The new government has been sworn into power in austria making it the only western european country with a far right ruling party in its coalition thats because the new chancellor Sebastian Cortes has teamed up with a populist Freedom Party together they are pledging to tighten immigration policies while maintaining a strong commitment to the e. U. But the inclusion of the Freedom Party in the government has sparked protests as thousands gather in vienna. Has been following the story from brussels for us hi max what does this mean for europe. Well it means a for the European Union that theres a mixed message coming from austria theres potentially some good news in there for example there seems to be a clear commitment by the new coalition to the European Union saying for example in their program that a strong austria can only exist in a strong europe and that involves a party of the Freedom Party that only a couple of years ago played with the idea of exiting the European Union altogether but on the other hand difficult message also because this will most likely deepen the rift that we already have between Eastern Europe and western europe on the topic of migration relocation that countries like germany italy greece are in favor of a quota meaning that every country in the European Union would have to take in migrants according to a certain quota not countries like hungary in poland are strictly against that and now with this new coalition in austria they most likely will be on the side of hungary and poland because their program indicates that they will toughen up generally speaking on Immigration Rights a mixed messages there from austria max keep right there will be coming back in just a moment but as we heard the Coalition Government backs a tougher immigration policies and that you have already been working together to put this into practice newcomers in the country are already feeling the effects lets take a look. Welcome to austria a region ruled for the past two years by the far right Freedom Party and the conservative party. Who is iranian has applied for asylum here her first application was turned down and shes now waiting for the outcome of an appeal. The uncertainty is troubling her. Its sometimes difficult. Because you think so like to make plans. Do something important and work and be in a relationship. But you always have these Things Holding you back. Is receiving some support from a local Organization Called do wont do it helps Asylum Seekers like her find their feet sometimes through joint activities such as visiting christmas markets. Its remarkable that she had the courage to come here on her own and try to lead a totally normal life. Much as currently training to be a geriatric nurse. She wants to start afresh in austria. Im well educated ive studied and ive persevered with that too and id really like to do something for austria because austria is somehow my home now i am at this despite being well educated its not clear whether my will be allowed to stay the two parties governing Upper Austria are now in charge of the whole country both oppose immigration thats a local far right mayor makes clear what is in the midst of the Freedom Party will be in charge of the interior ministry as well as integration will satiny prioritise things that have already been negotiated and that will lead to a restrictive integration on the cylon policy which is a good thing. In Upper Austria the right wing Freedom Party has reduced benefits for Asylum Seekers and increased Video Surveillance social organisations worried that such policies will not be adopted throughout australia. Or noticing in Upper Austria that the social climate is becoming colder i say this is especially at christmas time we need to take care of that we dont rob people of their dreams and opportunities dreams and opportunities depend on having a secure job secure childcare secure accommodation and they depend on affordability. Matias hopes for a new start in austria are as alive as ever but their chances of achieving them seem to be fading high lets bring back last health in brussels next in austria doubling down on immigration what will the e. U. Do in response you have to make a clear difference here between National Measures that in line with austrian law constitution and with the bill will of the voters even if some people dont like it this prayer only is the will of the voters because this Coalition Won a comfortable majority and there and acting the program that they campaigned on and so thats one part of it and the other part of it of course are e. U. Regulations e. U. Official decisions and thats when they come back to the migration quota again because this was an official Council Decision and it was backed up by the highest e. U. Court the European Court of justice and now ignoring what the European Court of justice and what the council said that the different Member States have to do as hungary in poland are doin

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