From the so called Migrant Caravan wait to apply for asylum in the United States and now a judge says the President Trump cant deny the right to claim asylum to those who cross the border illegally im sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. When you were we are demanding an old control of illegal immigration we are. Going to quit fleeing from the violence of our country how could we come here to cause violence. Against. Illiteracy im going to fight and if i can get into the United States all requests for political asylum here in mexico but. Were only passing through we wont stay
here i want to get out of her. Head. And also coming up a stolen childhood the plight of an eight year old syrian refugee forced to work in the fields to feed her family. When i came here from home today can collect the onions but i would rather have toys to play with. But first we begin in the United States where there has been a major blow to Donald Trumps immigration policy a judge has temporarily blocked a law aimed at denying the possibility of asylum to people who enter the country illegally trump issued the proclamation earlier this month citing National Security concerns as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants which he calls an invasion made its way through mexico toward the u. S. Border now around Three Thousand migrants are waiting in the mexican City Of Tijuana to apply for asylum in the u. S. Thousands more are still making their way through mexico d. W. Went to the Us Mexico Border i wanna wear a few asylum applications are being processed each day and where tension and frustration are running high. This family and here to request Asylum Volunteers at the Border Crossing are helping them with the application which can take at least two months to process thats a long time to wait without work or shelter for radio his wife and four children the journey from guatemala already took a month. Having to wait here is what worries us. We cant stay outside for so long its very cold. If two one his government gives us the chance to work there will stay and see how we can get into the us. The local government has assured migrants that they can work here. But some experts doubt the city can support so many in the long term. The middle class there are around Seven Thousand jobs that could be offered to both mexican us and migrants in this city sickening the local Manufacturing Industry could employ some of them you know although it currently doesnt have much hiring capacity so. The ngo thats helped the caravan from ted us is keen to point out any opportunities the aid workers want to keep the migrant spirits high and convince them of the dangers of crossing the border illegally. There are Twenty Thousand jobs in construction that even offer training to those without experience. Union workers always has more than five hundred people could die any year when
tensions are high because theres a lot of violence. Because. Ive been at. The n. G. O. S urging migrants to be patient but the lack of shelter and hostile atmosphere and is fueling that despair more and more of them a considering climbing the wall or even swimming around it bloody marys one of them. Were thinking about crossing by sea. Wait until the waves go down then take the chance. The migrants have little chance of being granted asylum in the u. S. Under the Trumpet Ministration although theres a bit more hope now that a u. S. Court has barred trump from denying asylum to those and touring illegally some families are prepared to risk everything to try. If they dont let us in through the ports of entry well have to jump the wall theres no the way. That it was the biggest risk is on the other side we could get killed but we have to help each other across the barrier. The migrants arent currently considering jumping the wall on mass but theyre also not ruling out Protest Action to demand fast a processing of asylum requests most Central American migrants still making their way towards to. They face a dilemma jump the wall or injure or the arms and wait for asylum. And for more lets bring in. Siemens who is standing by at the Us Mexico Border in tehran want to seven what would you say are the Biggest Challenges for people who are waiting there at the border now. Well challenge number one
is what you see here and that is the border wall or the border fence actually brand new improved going from a half the size fence in our glee gray to a double the size fence in the rust collars the fence goes all the way down to the ocean and whoever wants to cross into the United States has to scale this fence here get over there get to do another fence or walk along those fans and swim in the ocean around where the ends of the fence is however as you can clearly see there is no surge or incursion of any form and kind of caravan migrants or Central American migrants who made it to they are for the most part in shelters and hunkering down there asking and begging for more food water and necessities to feed their babies. So far here its fairly quiet and
theres not to be expected that any of those migrants we have seen before and now here are here who are here and to who want to that they actually going to do this trying to scale this fence of making their way over to california or to send a go but now according to this new court ruling and id like to talk about it the Talking Ministration it cannot deny them the right to seek asylum even if they do choose to cross a wall or some sort of barrier on entry enter the country illegally how is that likely to change the situation. Well this is absolutely right this is significant and it will change the situation if you really in that regard that this will work the words will trickle down to the migrants to the thousands here theres another batch of a thousand Central American migrants coming and making their way to their one of the expected here tomorrow and they will know as well as the people in in the shelter whoever makes idiots of the fence that as soon as they put one foot on
american ground they are and have the right to say hello i need asylum and heres my case heres why you need to consider me for asylum in the United States so this injunction which is i have to remind probably everybody this is temporary and there will probably be an appeal from the white house and from the Trumpet Ministration coming but it is temporary and it is assuring to those margarets who planned on going the legal way and planning for asylum or scaling the fence getting illegally onto the grounds of the United States and then asked for asylum one way or another its a good thing for them how about the residents have tail want to where you know this town where all of these thousands of people are now some of the some of the residents have been taking to the streets and demonstrating in the past couple of days tell us a little bit more about that. Well. Two hundred people that was the March On Sunday i guess it was and i have to put it in
perspective in the sense of this is a town of one point six Million People theres one point six Million People living here and we have at least ten times of the amount of those two hundred we were told were actually trying to help those caravan myrons days and tremendous effort in this town by many many many people and organizations and who are organized in different ways and forms to help those margins there bring diapers they bring baby food to the shelter theyre trying to make their life in some way or form easier however they can so it is it is ryan is perfectly fine that people are demonstrating and saying like hello this could be a strain on to why theres limited resources see and that is true they are and if this is going on for months and months to come then to one i will feel the pain for sure with or without federal help from mexico city however though the atmosphere is not a combatants if one had to juana one there was this march this protest march those
voices were heard but the overwhelming majority into one i was actually more than happy to help those common in right now at the Us Mexico Border there ente want to. Thank you so much for your reporting. British Prime Minister theresa may to brussels on wednesday as talks on Britains Exit from the European Union continue after agreeing on a briggs that deal with european negotiators may need the backing of leaders of e. U. Member states ahead of a summit this sunday may well be heading to those talks after apparently surviving a challenge to her leadership at home for the moment members of maines cabinet have met for the First Time Since two senior ministers resigned over the brights a deal last week those resignations heralded an attempt by hardline brands the tears to gather enough support for a Leadership Challenge against may that challenge has so far failed to materialize
lets get more on that im joined by professor Richard Whitman he is an associate fellow at the think tank Chatham House and a professor of politics and International Relations at the University Of Canton joins us on the telephone welcome to you it appears as we just mentioned there that there has been a failure of the hard line breaks the tears to get the support that they need is mays Leadership Safe for now. Where its pretty safe for today i think as you know this Leadership Contest is a kind of particularly one of the members of parliament votes letters which remain on the far left when they reach a Trigger Point which is forty eight this is over fifty percent of the Conservative Party is in that creek is a vote of confidence we dont know how many very close is it going to be. Shes were lying though we know very much on the support of the Northern Irish do you peeved but they are angered in the meantime over the brags that deal and they voted against the government last night how dangerous is that side of things for me. Or
the d. A. P. Was sending a very clear signal that they. Support cannot be taken for granted and really i think theyve been putting down a marker. When you have a more serious purpose they would see a vote on the brics this issue then they wont necessarily go with the government despite disagreement as they have. The what we call a supply and consent agreement to support the government on key votes so that is probably going to be a real worry for her because shes really relying on those numbers to to get any Government Business through and they also others they have called on her to renegotiate the deal and i just like to get propagated the move from you because is there really a belief in the u. K. That renegotiation of possibility i think what you see in the u. K. At the moment is a very peculiar political situation in which you have members of the governing party. Who are not willing to support the Prime Ministers deal not willing support
to do shes being negotiated with with brussels and you know setting themselves up in effect as alternative negotiators now from outside the u. K. That may look strange but within the u. K. Context weve got a civil war going on within the Conservative Party and that civil war is becoming no holds barred and what youre seeing i think is a as the brakes a deal really becoming very very difficult for the Prime Minister to sell domestically at the same time as sort of battling with her own party and she needs to set a higher team to the country to get the public to put pressure on our members of parliament she also needs to sell it in brussels shouldnt touch is what shes heading there tomorrow she needs the backing of these states for this deal is she going to get it. Well it looks like Member States have issues of concern but i think those issues will probably come forward into the future came in those haitian
site hes so cool face to wrong where we are now because i think theres a great desire both in brussels as there is in iran to teresa mayes to you know to get the deal over the line to get there with Rule Agreement done to see that through and then start to talk about the future you know we years now in since the brics if im not really in a position to be very clear as to what the future u. K. Relationship is going to look like and thats clearly no good for both sides. Lets just play some hypothetical here lets say for example she gets the backing of e. U. Member states for the spreads its you know she then needs to get the British Parliament to back it how do you see that playing out that she has the local can she get the votes i think its really touch and go and Whats Going On at the moment is the whips you know those who who basically get members of parliament to
line up for votes they already starting to to get to work on members of parliament to make very clear what the consequences would be if the government doesnt get through them and through on the message that theyre sending to members of parliament is that if youre to face a Prime Minister on this then youre going to let the prospect of a labor government at your mic open that government become a real proposition because you know if the government doesnt have the votes on this then faces a potential No Confidence Vote which would bring down the government and see an outcome that i dont see any tory members of Parliament One see but you know there are very very bitter Dividing Lines in this fight and its probably going to come down to some labor members of parliament defecting of voting with the government to see ruth through with creed and thats the only way shes going to get it through if she gets through. Richard whitman professor of politics and International Relations at the University Of Kent with your assessment of what might play out
here when it comes to bricks that and domestic politics there in the u. K. Thank you so much for your analysis. Now to lebanon where Refugee Families who have escaped jihadists are being forced to hire out their children as day workers just to make ends meet some One Hundred Eighty Thousand refugee children in lebanon are working long hours for little pay no place has a higher concentration of Syrian Refugees than in Lebanons Bekaa valley didnt use i. E. Abraham traveled to a un camp there and has been looking at one familys plight it is six in the morning and Lebanons Bekaa valley eight year old son my just woke up a splash of cold water in the face and she is ready for work. Her family fled syria to escape i asked her now theyre in lebanon where they cant
always afford breakfast so my issue is this tiny makeshift bed with three of her six siblings. She doesnt go to school there are no schools in the camp where would she go to school so my own mother is sick and cannot go to work her older siblings also work but so my is still needs to pitch in to help the family make ends meet so instead of getting on a school bus so my eye gets on the strike every morning where she is the only child among many adults. For two dollars a day so my collects whatever crop is ready for harvest in the bekaa valley. Today it is onions and her hands are too little for the gloves the adults around her wear. Well i came here from home today can collect the onions but i would
rather have toys to play with three quarters of Syrian Refugees in lebanon live under the poverty line according to unicef an estimated One Hundred Eighty Thousand syrian refugee children. Have been forced into child labor in the country there are a lot more to do i dont when she goes to work and i stay at home of course im not happy with that shes just a small child and has to carry so much weight it could break her back thats hard for her. She should be at least thirteen or fourteen to do work like that. So many Refugee Families in lebanon rely on their children to pay the bills and the resources of aid agencies are overstretched its unlikely that someone who will be able to stop working anyt