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i would describe unhcr's attitude as indifferent.always did what they could to discredit him and say, "who does he think he is? he's just a teacher." one protection officer described him as a malicious character to me. another one called him an effing idiot to me. you know, they really didn't like mohib. unhcr has an explicit remit to protect refugees and it asks donor governments to provide $32 million a year in order to fund its protection programme. i had a conversation with unhcr after mohib�*s murder where i said, "you know, this is going to have a chilling "effect on human rights activists "within the rohingya community, "that mohib had these protection risks "that went unmet." and the unhcr protection person said to me, point blank, "well, if speaking out on these issues causes protection risks, "then they should stop speaking out about these issues." the gang most often accused of committing violence in the camps is the arakan rohingya salvation army, better known as arsa. they emerged in 2016 and claim to be revolutionaries
i would describe unhcr's attitude as indifferent.always did what they could to discredit him and say, "who does he think he is? he's just a teacher." one protection officer described him as a malicious character to me. another one called him an effing idiot to me. you know, they really didn't like mohib. unhcr has an explicit remit to protect refugees and it asks donor governments to provide $32 million a year in order to fund its protection programme. i had a conversation with unhcr...
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unhcr also registers the children of refugees.the conflict in the middle east is the failure of the parties to resolve it. that is israel and the palestinians. that is what perpetuates the crisis — not the work of an agency humanitarian succour in times of war and alleged genocide that we now seeing. just seeing on the via reuters news agency that is well�*s foreign ministry is also now are urging more countries to post the link at the agency and saying they want. —— saying they want the agency replaced in more countries to cut ties. let's get more now on the uk joining other countries in halting funding for unrwa. 0ur political correspondent harry farley has been closely following the developments. i've been speaking to sources in the foreign office in the last hour or so, and they tell me the uk has committed 60 million so far to the humanitarian situation in gaza. that has not all been paid. that goes out in tranches, in different instalments. the next instalment is due in april and what the foreign office ares saying is they a
unhcr also registers the children of refugees.the conflict in the middle east is the failure of the parties to resolve it. that is israel and the palestinians. that is what perpetuates the crisis — not the work of an agency humanitarian succour in times of war and alleged genocide that we now seeing. just seeing on the via reuters news agency that is well�*s foreign ministry is also now are urging more countries to post the link at the agency and saying they want. —— saying they want...
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and if one looks at the unhcr's most recent report , unhcr's most recent report, they've said yes, we'vehat's gone on, but quite frankly , nothing's changed on frankly, nothing's changed on the ground in rwanda and the according to the unhcr and will be aware of the weight that the um supreme court put on the unhcr's findings. they find that the um, bill, as it now stands , the um, bill, as it now stands, is still in breach of the uk's international obligations, which doesn't take a genius to work out would mean that that notwithstanding no domestic challenges being possible , that challenges being possible, that individuals will go to the echr and nothing has changed on the ground in rwanda . the echr ground in rwanda. the echr likely to say that removal is unlawful . so, in short, the unlawful. so, in short, the chances of taking off before the spnng chances of taking off before the spring are minimal. >> yeah, i might have thought actually the chances of any flights taking off, the chances, paul flights taking off, the chances, paul, of any flights taking off before the next general e
and if one looks at the unhcr's most recent report , unhcr's most recent report, they've said yes, we'vehat's gone on, but quite frankly , nothing's changed on frankly, nothing's changed on the ground in rwanda and the according to the unhcr and will be aware of the weight that the um supreme court put on the unhcr's findings. they find that the um, bill, as it now stands , the um, bill, as it now stands, is still in breach of the uk's international obligations, which doesn't take a genius to...
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unhcr also registers the children of refugees.s israel and the palestinians. that is what perpetuates the crisis, not the work of an agency specifically mandated to work for human development and bring humanitarian soccer in times of war and alleged genocide that we now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. figs now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. a now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. ~ , ., ~ now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. a ., ~ now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. a . ~ y succour. as mason, thank you very much forjoining — succour. as mason, thank you very much forjoining us _ succour. as mason, thank you very much forjoining us here _ succour. as mason, thank you very much forjoining us here on - succour. as mason, thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc i much forjoining us here on bbc news. we will have more on that story so do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we had a lot of sunshine around yesterday, things are not quite the same for this weekend. there is more cloud around, but it is staying d
unhcr also registers the children of refugees.s israel and the palestinians. that is what perpetuates the crisis, not the work of an agency specifically mandated to work for human development and bring humanitarian soccer in times of war and alleged genocide that we now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. figs now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. a now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. ~ , ., ~ now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. a ., ~ now seeing. dash humanitarian succour. a . ~ y...
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and why would we pursue a policy that the unhcr justice said yesterday it is in breach of internationals not a plausible argument from the government. i think it was and for the government to solicit that press release from the government of rwanda. i don't think we should cast by a loom on the government of rwanda, because they aren't on people who want no scheme to work. it is for that reason i want to do what we said we would do in my write honourable friend created the scheme, which is work with them in good faith to get thejob done the. work with them in good faith to get the job done the. i won't give way at the moment, let me make some more progress, if i may. the way the flights will work when this scheme commences is not under the illegal migration act that we passed last year at all. the first several months of flights will be through a group of individuals who might write honourable friend selected when the rwanda policy was first devised. those individuals have been in the united kingdom for months or years, many of whom we have lost contact with. none of whom can be subject
and why would we pursue a policy that the unhcr justice said yesterday it is in breach of internationals not a plausible argument from the government. i think it was and for the government to solicit that press release from the government of rwanda. i don't think we should cast by a loom on the government of rwanda, because they aren't on people who want no scheme to work. it is for that reason i want to do what we said we would do in my write honourable friend created the scheme, which is work...
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according to data from the unhcr and the finnish migration service , slightly more countries crossed what threatens the security of the european union. over the course of 23 years, 33,000 people from different directions entered the territory of the european union illegally. 800 people crossed the border with finland, from russia in search of asylum, in search of, and i don’t know, opportunities for survival, and so on and so forth. i'm not going to judge now, it was a broadcast briefing by the official representative of the russian foreign ministry maria zakharova. so, the usa and britain launched a series of air strikes on the cities of yemen, attacking more than sixty targets. sixteen targets, mainly targeting airports and houthi camps. washington explains the massive attack by protecting ships in the red sea, but even if they say this, there will definitely be a response to the coalition’s action. in connection with the attack on yemen, russia requested an urgent meeting of the un security council. us airstrikes on yemen, foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova called comple
according to data from the unhcr and the finnish migration service , slightly more countries crossed what threatens the security of the european union. over the course of 23 years, 33,000 people from different directions entered the territory of the european union illegally. 800 people crossed the border with finland, from russia in search of asylum, in search of, and i don’t know, opportunities for survival, and so on and so forth. i'm not going to judge now, it was a broadcast briefing by...
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the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr... ..put the death toll atabout 13,000... ..which is aconservative estimate, injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement, over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of refugees, close to 800,000, chad, over half a million, similar number in south sudan, about 50,000 between uganda and kenya, ethiopia also hosting more than 50,000. the international community, thanks — they came to our rescue and all that — but, again, i think sudan has been neglected... can ijust say here, actually...? ..probably because of the current crisis. but you can see, the appeal that was put forward for 2.6—2.7 billion, less than 40% of that was delivered, repeating the same old story during the transitional period... yeah. ..where it took us more than one year to lift the sanctions. can i come in here and ask you, abdalla hamdok...? so,
the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr... ..put the death toll atabout 13,000... ..which is aconservative estimate, injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement, over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of refugees, close to 800,000, chad, over half a million,...
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perpetuates the refugee problem because unrwa registers the children of refugees as refugees, just as unhcrher un agency dealing with refugees, also registers children of refugees under the principle of family unity. israel is mistaken in thinking that unrwa perpetuates the refugee problem. what perpetuates the refugee problem is the failure of the parties, including israel, to see the rights of those refugees resolved, the problems around the refugees resolved, in the context of a two—state solution. the refugees have rights, including the right of return, and this must be resolved in the context of a two—state solution and unless and until that is all resolved, i am afraid we are destined to see this problem continue. israel and the political forces need to grasp the nettle and start promoting peace and the resolution of the refugee question within the context of an overall peace deal. that is what is going to end this problem, not abolishing a un agency charged with humanitarian and human development work for as many as 6 million refugees across the middle east. chris gunness, former chi
perpetuates the refugee problem because unrwa registers the children of refugees as refugees, just as unhcrher un agency dealing with refugees, also registers children of refugees under the principle of family unity. israel is mistaken in thinking that unrwa perpetuates the refugee problem. what perpetuates the refugee problem is the failure of the parties, including israel, to see the rights of those refugees resolved, the problems around the refugees resolved, in the context of a two—state...
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unhcr is paid tens of millions of dollars to run a protection programme for refugees.
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to talk more about this i'm joined now by deputy high commissioner at unhcr, kelly clements, who is in the need to, both inside ukraine and outside. thank you for having us. we are almost two years into this work and the displacement continuous and those that are trapped in their homes continues, and the shelling continues. this means we have massive displacements dealt with in ukraine but also neighbouring countries and primarily in europe receiving ukrainian refugees and providing them protection and 80. we are looking at numbers of people in need inside ukraine of some ia.6 million, outside about 6.3 million ukrainians. this is the kind of displacement that we are talking about. the humanitarian need is huge. we launched yesterday in appeal for huge. we launched yesterday in appealfor billions, 4.2 billion to be precise, for both those humanitarian needs inside the country to support the government of ukraine, to protect and aid positive support the most vulnerable in neighbouring countries. work continues, it is cold, winter has set in and the needs are immense. others numbers he t
to talk more about this i'm joined now by deputy high commissioner at unhcr, kelly clements, who is in the need to, both inside ukraine and outside. thank you for having us. we are almost two years into this work and the displacement continuous and those that are trapped in their homes continues, and the shelling continues. this means we have massive displacements dealt with in ukraine but also neighbouring countries and primarily in europe receiving ukrainian refugees and providing them...
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is in charge of the unhcr. why do you need a special agency for the palestinian refugee s? points to the ruling. israel must allow humanitarian aid for gaza. >> unless it is reversed. the stakes are enormous here. i'm very disappointed with these donors who spent zero time. >> now the european union has said that it will continue its funding. it has no plans to change that. it will talk about it until we have a debate, but no plans to change it before the end of february. the arab league, all those nations are saying they'll continue with their funding and support for unrwa. but you just have to listen to the weather right now. these storms in tel aviv down the cost in gaza, it's the same there. so many people in these tented shelters. 20 different ngo organizations have come together to sign a letter and say look, absolutely we must keep the funding going because they're concerned about the disease, about the food situation. all of these things getting worse and you can imagine when the temperatures are cold, people are overnight in this rain, they don't dry out during the
is in charge of the unhcr. why do you need a special agency for the palestinian refugee s? points to the ruling. israel must allow humanitarian aid for gaza. >> unless it is reversed. the stakes are enormous here. i'm very disappointed with these donors who spent zero time. >> now the european union has said that it will continue its funding. it has no plans to change that. it will talk about it until we have a debate, but no plans to change it before the end of february. the arab...
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shari nijman is the communication officer for the un's refugee agency and unhcr communication officer800 shelters have been destroyed, 4,500 people displaced, thankfully no casualties on the ground, but obviously this many people displaced within the camp, it is getting cold, people need assistance and this is the situation on the ground. we have mentioned the other fires that have taken place over the past few days in bangladesh. do you think that is linked to what we have seen at cox's bazar? it doesn't seem that these fires are linked to each other. there are fires that happen in the camps and they don't seem to be linked to the rest of bangladesh. and have there been similar fires before at cox's bazar? and if so, what is the preparedness like for being able to deal with them? fires like this unfortunately sometimes happen in the camps. in order to better equip the people on the ground to respond to these fires very quickly, humanitarian actors are training volunteers on the ground to respond very quickly to these fires. this is also what we saw last night when this fire broke out
shari nijman is the communication officer for the un's refugee agency and unhcr communication officer800 shelters have been destroyed, 4,500 people displaced, thankfully no casualties on the ground, but obviously this many people displaced within the camp, it is getting cold, people need assistance and this is the situation on the ground. we have mentioned the other fires that have taken place over the past few days in bangladesh. do you think that is linked to what we have seen at cox's bazar?...
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clandestinely to uganda and in three cases refoulement to eritrea via kenya was only prevented by the unhcrthat the israeli supreme court ruled that the israeli supreme court ruled that the scheme unlawful in 2018 and it was closed down. in december the government signed a treaty with the rwandan government which says migratory is prohibited and says anyone removed to rwanda from the uk must be allowed to stay there. the only country to which people can be transferred from rwanda as the uk, which under the deal must also accept some of the rwanda's most honourable refugees and defenders sent back from the country. this fact in itself tells a story. the fact in itself tells a story. the fact that uk government and the rwandan government have agreed that britain might need to take some rwandan refugees is a stark admission of the fact that rwanda is not a safe country for many people. indeed, since the first 120 million pan payment by the british government to rwanda six row bindings have been granted safety and refuge in the uk. then there is the tragic fact that ministers are simply too afr
clandestinely to uganda and in three cases refoulement to eritrea via kenya was only prevented by the unhcrthat the israeli supreme court ruled that the israeli supreme court ruled that the scheme unlawful in 2018 and it was closed down. in december the government signed a treaty with the rwandan government which says migratory is prohibited and says anyone removed to rwanda from the uk must be allowed to stay there. the only country to which people can be transferred from rwanda as the uk,...
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refugee status and the point israelis have made, we do not need that any more, we can do this with unhcrory, a history which has lasted for decades. what the palestinians would say, we will continue to be refugees until there is a palestinian state where we have a place to call their own. 0f is a palestinian state where we have a place to call their own. of course there are many who will never be able to return to their homes and this is one of the sticking points in the negotiations over decades. who has the right of return? these places are now in a state of israel so some people will never return home. 0thers so some people will never return home. others want to be able to set “p home. others want to be able to set up their lives in a palestinian state under palestinian control, not under israeli occupation. but it is true this current crisis has brought out statements of israelis, you mention some of the programme, they have always seen unrwa as part of the programme are not part of the solution. accusing, notjust the palestinian authorities but also lebanon, jordan, syria or whereve
refugee status and the point israelis have made, we do not need that any more, we can do this with unhcrory, a history which has lasted for decades. what the palestinians would say, we will continue to be refugees until there is a palestinian state where we have a place to call their own. 0f is a palestinian state where we have a place to call their own. of course there are many who will never be able to return to their homes and this is one of the sticking points in the negotiations over...
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house, by the state department and goes straight to the united nations' high commission on refugees, unhcr -- that's the pass-through. but there's 15 other u.n. agencies that are involved as well. pete: wow. well, todd, thanks for doing the spade work on this. carley: illuminate being. will: thank you, todd. carley: thank you, todd. will: let's turn to rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick: hey, guys, was it cold enough for you this week? pete: yes. carley: it wasn't that cold. pete: the beginning of the week was really bad. carley: that was a trick question, rick. rick: it was. i was trying to see if you understood your days of the week. 60 degrees in atlanta as you're walking up, much warmer air has moved across the entire country, and instead of having hundreds of millions of countries having below average temperatures, we've got around 200 million people in above arrange temperatures. so a big relief, and it's only january 27th. this right here is one storm that's brought a lot of rain the last few days across parts of louisiana. still with us today. we have some severe wea
house, by the state department and goes straight to the united nations' high commission on refugees, unhcr -- that's the pass-through. but there's 15 other u.n. agencies that are involved as well. pete: wow. well, todd, thanks for doing the spade work on this. carley: illuminate being. will: thank you, todd. carley: thank you, todd. will: let's turn to rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick: hey, guys, was it cold enough for you this week? pete: yes. carley: it wasn't that cold....
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um, i know that you yourself have worked with the unhcr in colombia and i completely understand .1951, we understand. and why in 1951, we drew up a refugee convention in the wake of world war two and the wake of world war two and the holocaust and other horrors that had happened. but do you understand, omar? why many of us now think this looks to be a bit outdated ? outdated? >> absolutely. i mean, i think there is a quite a bit of an agreement , even there is a quite a bit of an agreement, even among there is a quite a bit of an agreement , even among scholars, agreement, even among scholars, that current asylum that the current asylum refugee regime really work. but regime doesn't really work. but the point is, until we have a clear alternative , until there clear alternative, until there is an agreement about how we can promote a an asylum regime that promote a an asylum regime that promote , it's effectively safe promote, it's effectively safe and legal migration , then we and legal migration, then we have to stick to the rules that we have, and those are the ones laid out in
um, i know that you yourself have worked with the unhcr in colombia and i completely understand .1951, we understand. and why in 1951, we drew up a refugee convention in the wake of world war two and the wake of world war two and the holocaust and other horrors that had happened. but do you understand, omar? why many of us now think this looks to be a bit outdated ? outdated? >> absolutely. i mean, i think there is a quite a bit of an agreement , even there is a quite a bit of an...
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we can cross now to shari nijman, unhcr communication officer who isjoining us from bhasan char in bangladeshhat so far there are no casualties, though that may change. do you know what the situation is on the ground at the situation is on the ground at the moment?— the situation is on the ground at the moment? thank you. as you already said. _ the moment? thank you. as you already said, it _ the moment? thank you. as you already said, it is _ the moment? thank you. as you already said, it is estimated - the moment? thank you. as you already said, it is estimated thatj already said, it is estimated that over 800 shelters have been destroyed, a500 people displaced. thankfully no casualties on the ground but obviously many people displaced within the camp, it is getting cold, people need assistance, and this is at the situation the ground. we have mentioned — situation the ground. we have mentioned the _ situation the ground. we have mentioned the other - situation the ground. we have mentioned the other fires - situation the ground. we havej mentioned the other fires that situation the ground.
we can cross now to shari nijman, unhcr communication officer who isjoining us from bhasan char in bangladeshhat so far there are no casualties, though that may change. do you know what the situation is on the ground at the situation is on the ground at the moment?— the situation is on the ground at the moment? thank you. as you already said. _ the moment? thank you. as you already said, it _ the moment? thank you. as you already said, it is _ the moment? thank you. as you already said, it is...
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shari nijman, is the communication officer for the un's refugee agency — and unhcr communication officerasualties on the ground but obviously with this many people displaced in the camp it is getting cold and people need assistance and this is the situation on the ground. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news now (tx 00v), three more people have been arrested in connection with the january—the—6th assault on the us capitol building, on the third anniversary of the attack by donald trump supporters. nearly 1300 people have so far been charged in relation to the riot. a us federal appeals court has reinstated a ruling that bars california from enforcing a new gun law prohibiting the carrying of guns in most public places. the ban came into force on january 1st after an earlier ruling, but is now on hold. the president of the european council, charles michel, has said he intends to stand in european parliamentary elections in june. he says he'll step down from his post if elected, triggering a scramble to find a replacement. mr michel said his announcement gave the eu plenty of time to fin
shari nijman, is the communication officer for the un's refugee agency — and unhcr communication officerasualties on the ground but obviously with this many people displaced in the camp it is getting cold and people need assistance and this is the situation on the ground. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news now (tx 00v), three more people have been arrested in connection with the january—the—6th assault on the us capitol building, on the third anniversary of the attack by donald trump...