bottleneck. since 2014 500 thousand have arrived on italian shores. this year alone 94,000 have arrived in five days a couple of weeks ago 11,000 raved. arrived. i ve been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria and from eastern parts of africa. these are young men who often head out into the unknown across africa, who arrived in libya which is currently in the civil war. from there they set off on a dangerous journey into the unknown where they get rescued and they arrived in these tiny, cut off, isolated towns after they get rescued in italy. italy is not coping with this crisis. the italian prime minister paolo gentiloni described it as unbearable and in the last few days there has been a conference in tunis between african and european ministers, and also italy has said in the last few days that it may shut its ports to rescue boats. also italy has threatened to actually give migrants who are in limbo in the
of the new york times, and the british somali journalist and writer at prospect magazine, ismail einashe. welcome to you all. we will begin with the migrant crisis. we talked about it not that long ago, but it is an issue that is absolutely not going away. we have a great opportunity to discuss first hand the issue, and some of the problems facing europe as it struggles to cope with wave after wave of migrants. ismail, you ve just returned from italy, which is bearing the brunt of this tide of humanity escaping war, famine, and people smugglers. what did you find? well, over the last several years, italy has become europe s‘s migrant bottleneck. since 2014, 500,000 have arrived on italian shores. this year alone 94,000 have arrived. in five days a couple of weeks ago, 11,000 arrived. i ve been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from eastern parts of africa. these are young men who often head out into th
i m jane hill. this week we hear more about europe s migrant crisis. one of my guests is just back from seeing the impact of the continuing flow of people into italy. we ll discuss the state of the french presidency. and what a week in the white house. my guests this week are the writer and broadcaster yasmin alibhai brown, agnes poirier from france s marianne, john fisher burns of the new york times, and the british somali journalist and writer at prospect magazine, ismail einashe. welcome to you all. we will begin with the migrant crisis. we talked about it not that long ago, but it is an issue that is absolutely not going away. we have a great opportunity to discuss first hand the issue, and some of the problems facing europe as it struggles to cope with wave after wave of migrants. ismail, you ve just returned from italy, which is bearing the brunt of this tide of humanity escaping war, famine, and people smugglers. what did you find? well, over the last several years,
the names of more than 50,000 missing british and commonwealth soldiers are listed. just a fraction of the horrific human toll taken by the battle of passchendaele 100 yea rs the battle of passchendaele 100 years ago. and in half an hour dateline has an eyewitness account of europe s continuing migrant crisis and of course the latest troubles at the trump administration. good morning. police in australia say they ve foiled an islamist inspired plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised device. the prime minister malcolm turnbull said the plot appeared to be elaborate , rather than planned by a lone wolf. investigators in australia say they had information about a plot to blow up an aircraft involving the use of an improvised device. four men have been detained following raids across sydney by heavily armed police and members of australia s domestic spy agency. it is reported the operation was not planned, but a rapid response to a tip off. the prime minister, malcol
i ve been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from eastern parts of africa. these are young men who often head out into the unknown across africa, who arrive in libya, which is currently in the civil war. from there they set off on a dangerous journey into the unknown, where they get rescued and they arrive in these tiny, cut off, isolated towns after they get rescued in italy. italy is not coping with this crisis. the italian prime minister paolo gentiloni described it as unbearable , and in the last few days there has been a conference in tunis between african and european ministers, and also italy has said in the last few days that it may shut its ports to rescue boats. also, italy has threatened to actually give migrants who are in limbo in these southern towns in italy and sicily visas to head north. in retaliation, austria has said they may send a battalion of troops to the italian border, to stop t