her rein and how the monarchy has been dealing with it. that is it for the news. more news in an hour. i'll see you again. thanks for watching. on "america tonight" - note o roam. in the wilds of wyoming, a warning to watch dogs. >> i have specifically not brought a camera or notebook to protect myself from getting arrested adam may with a new law. also tonight - ha hard journey to the promised land. the syrian refugees who have found sanctuary in europe, and

the changes they face now. thank you for joining us. i'm joie chen. a steady wave of refugees desperate to reach europe lead germany and sweden to make an appeal to their neighbours, asking the european nations to take in their fair share of migrants. >> sheila macvicar followed the crisis, travelling to sicily to meet new arrivals, and catches us up with one family that found safe haven in austria but now faces new challenges as well the human wave does not stop. today 30,000. 30,000 refugees mainly from syria are stuck on greek islands in. waiting to a ferry to the european mainland in the next step of their journey. a route that winds to macedonia,

where thousands rush to board trains, heading further west. to ibb hospitable -- inhospitable hungary where makeshift camps are ill-equipped and bad-tempered cops chase refugees. there are many kind gestures along the way. it is in vienna where refugees begin, closer to their goal of safety and security. >> mohammed fled syria with his daughter, wife and disabled son, after too many battles and bomb attacks, convinced they had no future there. >> translation: we have reached safety. we are here. it's a safe country. europe is safe. people are kind. they welcomed us. look at my daughter. they have given us food and toys. >> reporter: this person and their family have been on the

move for 20 days. >> translation: i decided to leave because there's not a single hope that syria will go back to what it's used to be. >> reporter: vienna may feel like safety for people on the run. the journey is by no means over. in some ways it has just begun. four months ago we met this man and his family as they boarded a train in sicily. the italian coast guard had left the scene. >> i'll never forget how people were stacked on top of each other. there was no food, water, kids were screaming. there were the waves, high waves. we thought we would die. my daughter saw the sea. the sea is now a nightmare for the children. they'll be afraid of it for a long time. >> this man and his family with

nothing but the bags on their backs planned to start a new life. now, with thousands of syrians arriving in vienna, carrying the same dreams, which wanted to know if life in austria lived up to their expectations. we met up with them in their new home outside an austrian city. the family is waiting for permanent residency. that should come. but the waiting is stressful. >> translation: we came because it was most important that the children get a good education, that there's a good health care system. staying in arab countries, there's no hope. it would have exhausted me financially financially. >> reporter: it doesn't mean it's easy. the family of five have been assigned a single room to sleep,

eat and live. the view is a smemy barn, and the tears of the journey have not eased. four months later, they are still traumatized. this is the youngest, agedate. >> there are this many people. the boat was about to flip. now i'm afraid of having a nightmare of drowning in the sea. >> reporter: his big brother cries talking about the journey. going to school helps, he dreams of being an engineer. >> i love school here, i hate it when there's breaks. his german is the best in the family. a huge help to his parents that are struggling with a new language, and this woman that cried when she saw the sea. she'd like to be an artist. she is frustrated and cannot see her future. >> until now, there is nothing. i cannot be asked to be

patience, i have no energy to be patient. i have gone through too much to be patient. >> i tell them we need to be patient. they tell me they hate in word, and never want me to say it again. >> frustration and kindness too. a new austrian friend. a businessman volunteering with refugees is looking for a better place for them to live. >> this country is now becoming home. spaking for myself, i will never go back to syria. in all their faces, you can see relief "america tonight" sheila macvicar back with us. the family obviously are among the lucky ones right now. >> they are among the lucky ones, they found a place, a country, they'll get permanent residency. they'll have a place for all

their challenges that are safe. there are many hundreds of thousands of others who do not have that. there is some indication that europe is opening up to the idea of accepting more. >> they are in no way dealing with the reality of the numbers. so today the european union president said okay europe should take 160,000 over the next year, and distribute it through the countries in europe. >> that sounds like progress. the german chancellor should take 500,000, even better. here is the reality. since the begin of august. 120,000 refugees passed through the munich train station. since friday, at the munich train station, 25,000 refugees. it's like a small city. >> it's a small city. it's a massive wave of people moving, continually moving.

on the greek islands there are 30,000 people waiting to begin their journey across mainland europe. where they hope to find a warm reception. so talking about taking 160,000 over the course of the next year in no way does anything - helps with the reality. and where people already are. >> some pointed questions have begun to be raised. what is the role of the gulf state in protecting the refugees. >> it's really interesting question. in listening to refugees, syrians, iraqis, listening to them talk - i mean, they are all saying the europeans have been amazing. we are outside the culture, arabs, europeans, look at the volunteers flooding to the munich train station, to hand out water, clothes, food, bake muffins.

offer to drive people who walk hundreds of miles, and they look at that and see what has happened in the gulf states, the wealth yea gulf states. what i see is they have not been a single people that have found refuge, they are bitter, angry and disappointed. >> and concerned about that. sheila macvicar, thank you next - saving syrians, an update on the effort to help them before the desperate leave home. >> later, could your snap shots get you in trouble with the law? "america tonight"s leonardo mayer with wyoming's new rules and why they could apply to you. "america tonight"s website - polite protest. a rare display by japanese citizens, why they took to the street, and why they took to the streets as a nation without a standing army at

aljazeera.com/americatonight we fast-forward to the crisis left behind.

a staggering number, 210,000 is a latest estimate of the number killed in syria, since the country descended into civil war. desperate to stem the tide. doctors that risked their own lives to save those in peril. we focus on the work of one organization struggling to help. >> in the beginning, people started to go to the regular hospitals. people stopped going to the hospital. even private hospitals were not allowed to treat any injured. the need was you need small basement hospitals, hidden small rooms to change into little emergency room. but these rooms had nothing in them. they were treating people with napkins and basic equipment, and so we had to - they call us, the doctors, we were in contact with the centers half the time. we collect the donations here, and send notice syria.

they decided to come here. >> we came here, some of the family passed away. i was thinking i want to help my relatives and others in syria. >> every during that works inside syria is risks hi life every -- his life every minute. at any minute an air strike could destroy the hospital or someone will come in and kill everyone inside. >> not many people can help. they are not giving anyone a chance, they are just killing. i think there's enough shooting. it goes on. it's an issue. it's still going on it keeps going on fast toward to the health of the syrian-american medical

society. the group has treated a million and a half people. it's seen support increase exponentially. and reports taking in 24 million, with the money going to operations in jordan and lebanon, and taken to syria, where doctors and nurses are paid in the cross-hairs of war next - watchdogs in the wild. wyoming's new law, and how it could prevent activists from protecting our

ly get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. >> ...as if there were no cameras here, would be the best solution. >> this goes to the heart of the argument >> to tell you the stories that others won't cover. how big do you see this getting? getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analysis... the context... and the reporting that allows you to make sense of your world. >> ali velshi on target only on al jazeera america wyoming is best known for wide open spaces, a clear view of nature at its best. environmental activists warn a

new law clouds the landscape, and could allow crime to go unpunished. what threatens to silence the watch dogs and why they think protection is it needed. >> reporter: imagine you are travelling on a country road when you come across this scene. dozens of cattle. their waste littering the ground and polluting a nearby stream. concerned, you take a picture on your cell phone and text it to environmental officials. but instead of being congratulated they reply "you may have just committed a crime punishable by a year in gaol." sound far-fetched. not if you live in wyoming. >> basically it's as a person guilty of press passing to collect resource data... >> jonathan works for the environmental group western watershed's prospect.

collect means he wants to take a sample of material. he's reading from a wyoming law. >> preserve information in any form. >> reporter: it's illegal to document environmental conditions on what is called open land without a landowner's permission. according to ratner that term "open land" covers a lot of ground. >> essentially it includes federal and state public lands. >> reporter: nearly a half of wyoming is federal land, wide open spaces in theory, there for anyone to use. much is leased to ranchers, and graze cattle. >> this is basically the process, and the sample goes in like that. as a citizen scientist. ratner monitors the quality i of

water on public lands. you bring your family up here to recreate recreate. >> reporter: this stream, about 75 miles south of yellow stone national park contains ecoli. typical of a pollution ratner documents. this is a pipe for a livestock waste. >> located in the national forest adjacent to yellowstone, about 10,000 head of livestock grazing the valley. >> all data collection has essentially been made illegal in the state of wyoming. that's why i have not brought a camera or notebook to protect myself from getting arrested. >> >> reporter: in some waterways

ratner found levels of e-kohli, a deadly bacteria. 20 times higher than what the e.p.a. considers safe. it earnt him the wrath of cattlemen which he says explains the new laws, expansive language. >> i feel like i'm being pained as an enemy of the state. the purpose of the statute is to shut down the free speech of organizations that are watchdogging the government's behaviour. >> reporter: critics say the new laws so broad it couldn't snare tourists, taking pictures in yellowstone. >> the facts are irrefutable. >> the state senator is the author of the new law. >> this law has been in place since march 5th. there has been a million people going through yellowstone park, visiting over public lands. no one has been arrested. they say the law was never meant

to apply in federal land. he freely admits the law will stop environmental research on private land without permission. mostly by government agencies. >> through the legislation, it uses the word. >> reporter: why not call it private property. >> as a citizen of the united states, consequently i don't see this precluding anyone going on to the public domain. there were no trespassing laws. why take the extra step. >> none of the existing laws of somebody collecting data for a nefarious person. they can take the data and leave with. in many cases it has a few implications on livelihoods. many fear information exposing threatened plants or animals could lead to restrictions on

raising cattle. for example, many of the streams around here are home to cutthroat trout. several streams of which have been employed for endangered species status. i thought some groups wanted to have nonuse. they don't want mineral development. they don't want grazing. brett mohl een is government affairs. which represents farmers and ranchers. unlike senator hicks, mohl een believes the restrictions extend to some public lands. on its website, the group makes no bones about the agenda. get all cows off public lands as a.p. wyoming's ranchers made their feelings clears. according to this letter, ratner

has even been threatened. the group threw its weight behind a lawsuit brought by ranchers, challenging the way in which much of the ranchers collect data. they want results to be warned. >> there is something wrong, but the landowner isn't. you still get into a court situation, or potential fines levied against you. >>way is the university inside position. >> the university had concerns with the bill attempting to remember it. it's not just the environmental crowd. so does a powerful institution in the state. chris is an administrator for the university of wyoming.

the university wanted an exception for academic work. it was seen as an overreach. an overly broad overreach, if you will. boswell says the new law affects everyone from biologists to geologieses and zoo olss in the field. wyoming is a fast state, with the lines between private and public land rarely posted, and often blurred. yet the new law would punish those who trespass by disiaccid do you think the law will stifle scientists? >> obviously there's a reason we had concerns with the bill. we thought it would make life more difficult for researchers, and anything that does that may discourage researchers. >> do you think the day will come when a researcher here will be arrested? >> sadly, that is perhaps up to the discretion of local law

enforcement around the state. >> the university is so worried it posted this guide for professors and students, warning them about things as simple as picking flowers. and tersely adds that the law provide no essentials for educational activities. issuon issuonicly when we caught up with the senator, he was on private land. he was with a group tracking the trout. and to use the words of the law he wrote, acquiring and preserving information. besides being a state senator, hicks is a state conservation official, his office recognised by the e.p.a. for his work. he says he's been able to achieve success by working with

campers and ranchers, seeking their permission before doing research. >> you must have a love for the resources in the state. right. >> absolutely. >> why do you care about it. >> why do i care. >> why do you care. >> i'm probably going to get a little sentimental here. because it's important. >> reporter: as for jonathan, he is adamant he, too, respects the property rights of ranchers. never trespassing on private land. without his work on public land, few would hold wyoming's cattle men accountable. >> essentially we are giving them, you know, the forage for free. we, as the taxpayer, are expected to deal with the problems that this creates, and i don't feel that that is a moral way to, you know, manage the public lands.

>> for now, cattle are still free to roam the range. while citizen scientists like ratner say they are told to keep out watching watch dogs. that's "america tonight", tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow

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