john sifton just mentioned west papua.and if you can place it, specially for viewers and listeners and the united states who may know little about the indonesian archipelago. >> west papua is on the eastern and of the archipelago. it is legally in the eyes of the u.n. considered part of indonesia, but indonesian government, the army, the police, intelligence much read it as if it is an occupied foreign land. they shoot demonstrators, arrest anyone who speaks for independence were against the army to raises a pop one --papua n flag. i released a series of documents of u.s. trained special forces which showed they had a massive network of intelligence informants modeled on that that israel uses in the west bank, and there's this ongoing terror of papuans. president jokowi as indicated he would like to pull back on a lot of this army and police intel repression in papua, but the security forces have resisted him. and he has not been brave enough have,rrule -- obama could with one word, facilitated the pullout of the repressio

australia intercepts boats and sends them to camps in papua, new guinea. we have this report. >> the philippines has a long history of accepting refugees from otherration countries and even as far as europe. it provided sanctuary to hundred was refugees who fled vietnam during the civil war in the 1970's. they built a vietnamese village for eventually resettling in other countries. the recent plan to resettle asylum seekers who attempt to reach australia by boat is not quite the same. australia has reportedly offered over $100 million to the philippine government in a span of five years to take the refugees, something that officials here strongly denied. >> in this recent issue of refugees, we can consider, but at the same time, we have to take into account our own resources and capabilities. >> refugees trying to reach australia shores have been sent to hundred was prisons in papua, new guinea in the tiny pacific nation where the living conditions are difficult for many. cambodia has previously agreed to accept refugees who tried to reach australia by boa

there's no resettlement arrangement with papua, new guinea. only four people have been willing to go there. it's clearly dead in the water, as well. >> syria is at the top of the agenda at a meeting of european union forces in luxembourg. the u.n. fortune chief is concerned by russia's growing military role in the conflict. >> it is for sure a game changer. it has some very worrying elements. we will discuss them. in particular when it comes to the violation of the air space of turkey. i've always said and i believe that is going to be also the outcome today, intervention against daish have to be clearly against daish and other terrorist groups as defined by the u.n. we have common ground, the u.s., russia, all have common ground, which is the security council resolutions that were already passed in the u.n. framework and has to be coordinated, otherwise, the risks can be extremely dangerous not only from a political point of view but mainly from a military point of view. >> the head of the united nation refugee agency inspected shelters for r

i focus particularly on afghanistan, haiti, papua new guinea, greece and australia.mmigration is a key part of that. , as youe key companies said in your introductory, who very happy about the massive influx of refugees, warehousing refugees is a huge profit making business. i was focusing on that, going to these places and sing these effects on immigrants and those who work in a centers, like haiti, after the earthquake in 2010. guinea, a situation where you had massive mining interest in others making a fortune from mining. for me, it was about making the connection between various different countries and corporations and saying, not arguing afghanistan is the same as greece, but office and corporations are at play and effective corporation has become more powerful than the state, which to me, is a problem. amy: i want to ask about a place some call the one-time of a of the pacific, paid for by the australian government and run by an australian contractor, transfield services, but located off-shore on papua new guinea's soil. the prisoners are not accused of any cr

. >> sent to hundreds of prisons in papua new guinea.here the living cns are difficult foconditions arediffi. the $55 million arrangement has beth been criticized by many. australia has long taken a hard line stand for asylum seekers who tried to reach their shores by boat. the policy is to prevent death at sea. >> i want to reiterate in the strongest possible terms the resolve of the prime minister and myself of the cabinet and the government is to make sure that we don't allow deaths at sea to recommence. that we absolutely are determined to stair down the threat from people-smugglers and to not allow the boats to recommence. >> but the united nation the unh commissioner for refugees says it has a responsibility to do more. >> is it fair for member-states to transpose its responsibility to another member-state? that's an important question which must be answered in full consultation with all concerned stakeholders. >> rights groups say it is a burden to resettle them in a country that is largely impoverished. also a potential backlash

covered peru, rain forests in costa rica and cave exploration in papua new guinea. he's also photographed some of the world's rarely seen objects. >> now in a book rarely seen, photographs of the extraordinary national geographic reveals a world few will have a chance to see for themselves. along with a chance of contributing some of his own photos steven wrote the book forward and he's to tell us about that. thank you for coming and visiting. you spent your whole career going to these places most people will never see. what's been the northeast challenging part of that? >> there are several challenging things about it. one is just getting to the places. often times they are extremely remote. whoing in new-- working in new guinea we had to take a three month expedition. >> that's amazing. >> that is madagascar and disease ait is a tough place. those are sharp as knives. >> you went there to shootliam er -- lemurs. >> to photograph the lemurs you have to climb out on those pinnacles. so you climb up 300 feet and down 300 feet. and i remember shooting out there one ev

. >> there has been reports into conditions in nauru and papua new guinea. they've been written by politicians, and disclosed shocking allegations, rape of children in the camps, beating of detainees by guards. in the past people are free to speak to the media without fear of prosecution. what changed in may of this year, australia government brought in a law threatening prison sentences of up to two years, disclosing anything that went on inside the camp. that had a chilling effect, as you can imagine, people don't want to go forward, if they feel they are going to be punished for reporting those, what is suggested is that a new inquiry held under parliamentary privilege. anyone would be protected by parliamentary privilege meaning they'd have immunity. the hope is that it would encourage whistleblowers to come forward and report abuse they find going on in the centers st.. >> andrew thomas reporting from sydney >>> the flow of refugees into europe continued at a steady pace during the month of september. the border agency, 170,000 entered the e.u. in the o

. >> refugees have tried to reach australia's shores have been sent to hundreds of prisons, in papua new guinea, and the island of narau where conditions of living are hard for many. the $55 million arrangement has been criticized by many. australia has long taken a hard line stand on asylum seekers who stride to reach its shores by boat. its government says the policy is mainly to prevent deaths at sea. >> i want to reiterate today in the strongest possible terms the resolve of the prime minister and myself the whole of the cabinet and the government is to make sure that we don't allow deaths at sea to recommence. that we absolutely are determined to stair down the threat from people smugglers and to not allow the boats to recommence. >> although the u.n. commissioner for refugees said, it has a responsibility to do more. >> is it fair for member state to transpose its responsible to another member state? that's an important question which must be answered in full consultation with all stakeholders. >> rights groups here says australia can well afford to take care of its asylum seek

refugees have tried to reach australia's shores have been sent to hundreds of prisons on manos island and papua new guinea and the small pacific island of na naru. , reaching australia by boat, the $55 million arrangement has been criticized by many. awft has long taken a hard stand on asylum seekers who reached their shores by boat. to prevent death at sea. >> i want to reiterate the resolve of the prime minister and myself the whole of nsc, the cabinet end of the government is to make sure we don't allow deaths at sea to recommence, we are absolutely determined to stair do you, and not allow the boats to recommence. >> but the united nations high commissioner for refugees says since australia is the signatory to the convention he has a responsibility to do more. >> is it fair for member states to transpost its responsibility to another member state? that's an important question which must be answered in full consultation with all concerned stakeholders. >> reporter: rights groups here say australia can very well afford to take care of its asylum seekers. and it's a better to resettle them in

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