pleased to say i can speak live now to melanie markham who spokes person for the norwegian refugee council that's one of the organizations that put together this report melanie in your report you provide testimonies of people who say they were forced to return to their homes from the refugee camps now first question is obvious why would the iraqi government force them to go back. well we don't know the exact reason some of your sources on the ground told us that people had to return home before elections that are coming up in mind however we know that in the past displaced people have been able to vote wherever they are and is that regardless of the reason the people of being forced to return. that's not a reason to accept the matter people need to choose when they return and they need to be able to do it safely and in a dignified manner what are the dangers that are white then when they return. there's a number of dangers i think one of the largest threats is that of unexploded bombs unexploded mortars and big traps and in fact we heard one report of a family who returned home only to fin

pleased to say that we can now introduce a young egeland who is the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he's joining us via skype from goma in east india see ya there glenn thanks for joining us and of course way you are is one of the locations of persistent conflicts and presumably you can tell us first hand about the situation with regard to children in the conflict there i'm not really what it seemed to day in the last two three days here in eastern congo because it's it's one of the epicenters on earth but it is it is children and women there are in this province alone i mean i don't know keep them in eastern congo there is more than one point two million internally displaced and they are mostly women and children through our a hundred and twenty armed groups what they do all of there is to prey on the civilian population was more of a problem is that there was not national attention not international response the few given literally to syria including in our city are totally overwhelmed and totally underfunded and presumably we're helping people in too few places yet legoland earli

occasion did they receive a small box of food problems no food nothing melanie markham from the norwegian refugee council who worked on the report says refugees fear traps and violent reprisals if they return home there's a number of dangers i think one of the largest threats is that a van exploded bombs that exploded mortars and booby traps and in fact we heard one report of a family who returned home only to find their house to be trapped and it killed a family member some of the other things that make it unsafe for papal violence from the community around them people who even suspected of having links with isis particularly vulnerable but other people under the threat of violence by. members of their own tribal community so there are a number of reasons why it's unsafe still unsafe for people to return home. the russian olympic committee has confirmed it's been reinstated as an official member of the international olympic committee r.t. snow day richard has the details. this is big news from russia as we all know the country has been at the center of a long running doping scandal accused of state spon

peacekeepers can get in there and this is what the norwegian refugee council saying just before the world needs to do more to actually stop the war pretty fiery comment here from watching on facebook live this is with regards to syria can the u.s. stop with the fight stance about caring for syria you're ready to attack a facet is used chemical weapons but really to get your heels out to protect israel even the they used chemical weapons in gaza thank you for your comments the hashtag is a.j. newsgroup twitter facebook and whatsapp so far is going to be here in a moment with sports news looking at how the absence of n.h.l. players in chang will affect the winter games this week with the world weather. we. thank. welcome back fun is here to talk about is going to say ice hockey but you never say that to a canadian do you know not never i have this argument again all the signs all the winter olympics is now just a week away a lot of controversy this year is surrounding what many people say is the showpiece event of the games the men's hockey final and h.l. players will not be playing at the

the united nations humanitarian advisor on syria he's also the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he spoke to us a little earlier the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere is . syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is voluntary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return and there is more from young eglinton al jazeera dot com he's written an opinion piece based on this report will twenty eighteen be the year of return to syria is what he asks obviously it is in the opinion section but it's also on the front page out of syria dot com today nice and easy for you to find and here is our report from on the ground they know how to who's in the bekaa valley

young egeland is the un humanitarian adviser on syria and also the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere is . syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is voluntary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return. well at least forty nine people have been killed as the government and russian airstrikes intensify in rebel controlled parts of the country. province thirty people died and dozens were wounded russian jets targeted a hospital in the countryside the second in as many days to be hit on sunday on the red lips largest hospitals was damaged and at least nineteen people were killed in as drawings on besieged eastern ghou

five million will be displaced this year and they're going to say secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he joins us now via skype from also me appreciate your time so much so this pressure that these refugees are facing the pressure and what form how is the pressure playing out the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere. syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous ground for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is going to read when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return why why this pressure and there are still ongoing violence there are still chemical attacks there's been no accountability for previous chemical attacks is it a matter of some of these countries having refugee fatigue for lack of a better term wh

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the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase in eastern d r c when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level shallop ballasts al jazeera an aid worker has been freed by kidnappers who killed two of his colleagues in the democratic republic of congo it happened in the eastern province of north kivu the congolese aid workers were working for a french charity specializing in water purification. around a hundred survivors of the florida school shooting have arrived in the state capital to push for better gun control is said to hold talks with state legislators and call for a ban on assault style rifles after florida's house of representatives earlier rejected a proposal to make them illegal seven hundred students and staff were killed i

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded this situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase in eastham do ya see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al jazeera more than one thousand nine. hundred fighters attacked a village in the north east of the country are all call it the girls' school in on monday night showed that ninety one students were missing however nigerian police have denied any abductions have taken place israeli media is reporting that a former confidant of prime minister benjamin netanyahu will testify against him over corruption allegations shlomo filbert former director of the communications ministry was arrested on sunday it's thought that he'll get a lighter sentence in return for his cooperation israeli police say there is sufficient

humanitarian adviser on syria and also the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he believes it's premature to start sending syrian refugees home. the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere is to tell syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is voluntary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return center has more now found because of alley in lebanon . humanitarian organizations say there is a misleading picture government forces control the main cities they've recaptured a lot of territory from the opposition i saw has been cleared out from a lot of areas there are local cease fire agreements on the ground but in reality the war continues it is far f

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled town violence began to increase in east and do you see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level shallop ballasts al-jazeera senior management of the charity oxfam have been answering questions from british m.p.'s in london that follows allegations that stuff paid women in haiti for sex in the wake of the two and to ten earthquake oxfam's chief executive told a parliamentary committee it's now investigating a further twenty six cases of alleged sexual abuse by enemy phillips reports. oxfam senior officials came to parliament knowing they were in for a grilling. in the chaotic aftermath of haiti's earthquake how could oxfam have allowed staff to take advantage of such vulnerable people and when it found out why did i

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and under-funded this situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase and eastham do ya see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al-jazeera nigerian officials say fifty girls remain missing following an attack by boko haram fighters on a village and you know by state and ninety one students at the girls' school and she were reported as missing but some of the girls were turned off to fleeing into the bush in two thousand and fourteen book abducted more than two hundred seventy girls from the town of chip. brazil senate has passed a decree which puts the military in charge of security in rio de janeiro the measure allows the army to take command of police forces in the crime plague state by deadly violence despite by eight percent in t

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase and a some do ya see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level shallop ballasts al jazeera. coming up on al-jazeera why just today emphasizing canada's stand on a one a united india plus. we have to do more to protect our children the u.s. president's plan to ban devices that turn some weapons into machine guns. hello again we'll take a look at the weather across asia northeastern areas we've got cold fronts clearing away from japan but behind them still some relatively chilly air moving in so we like to see temperatures struggling for support of there minus one is among some some snow showers around to otherwise across much of japan where the conditions are generally quiet pleasant

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase and a some do you see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al-jazeera venezuela has become the first government to launch its own crypto currency it's called the petro president nicolas maduro is hoping it'll ease a deepening financial crisis and offset a collapse in venezuela's currency the petrus price is tied to the cost of a barrel of oil and it's backed by more than five billion barrels and the country's national reserves. now the number of venezuelans escaping to neighboring colombia is rising at an alarming rate despite tighter border controls and reports on the colombian venezuelan border. in this central plaza hundreds of business welland stand in line for

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before just outside of town here and been there where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase in eastern d r c when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level charlotte dallas al-jazeera microchip bangor is president of the association for development and democracy in congo he says the situation is likely to get worse. this new group that used to come to my mind these are the local people local still to cope. with it is insecurity in that the government is absent so the local people having to form different militia groups and then to fight the fight amongst themselves and then in the causing people to flee and a lot of suffering a lot of violence are actually going in that part of the country that raped children being killed villages in them down so a lot of atrocity have bee

of twenty nine others suzanne meagen is a protection and advocacy adviser on yemen at the norwegian refugee council she says the international community must do more to stop the conflict. this report details children who have been killed in attacks in violence but it doesn't account for the millions of others that are affected by the conflict including thousand that have. hundreds of thousands that have been affected by cholera children that are not able to go to school children that are on the brink of dying of starvation so i'd like to think it'll be taken seriously but it remains to be seen i it is astounding to me that we have a united nations security council that has not commented on yemen in now more than seven months that the scale of suffering in yemen is incomparable we have twenty two million people in need a west beaking to families who are fleeing their homes because of violence in constructing houses out of plastic bags and people don't have enough to eat they're forced to eat whatever they can find this this sort of suffering is inexcusable and we'd really like to see some action tak

wounding twenty nine others suzanne meagen is a protection and advocacy adviser on yemen at the norwegian refugee council joins us now on skype from djibouti good to have you with us first of all do you think this report will result in any accountability. well i'd like to think that but we haven't seen any of these report taken seriously so far and indeed this report details children who have been killed in attacks in violence but it doesn't account for the millions of others that are affected by the conflict including thousand that have. hundreds of thousand that have been affected by cholera children that are not able to go to school children that are on the brink of dying of starvation so i'd like to think it'll be taken seriously but it remains to be seen. casualties and the suffering on the sort of scope you're talking about be it all excused absolutely not it is astounding to me that we have a united nations security council that has not commented on yemen in now more than seven months that the scale of suffering in yemen is incomparable and we have twenty two million people in need and we're speak

humanitarian advisor on syria and the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he believes it's premature to start sending syrian refugees home. the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere is to tell syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is voluntary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return at least eleven people have been injured in a suspected chlorine gas attack in syria's rebel held it live province activists video shows people being treated in the town of set up the airport at a foul smell following a raid by syrian government jets. u.s. forces have begun withdrawing their troops from iraq in iraq a government spokesman says the move began

some have returned to syria but others continue to come, says mike bruce of the norwegian refugee counciltor: walking across the mountains and taking days to cross the mountains in the middle of winter are a testament to that, the fact that syria is not safe. until syria is safe, until there's a lasting peace, people should not be going back to syria. >> reporter: in this cold, wet, and bleak existence, the day when syria is safe again seems an eternity away. >> as we're seeing with this fighting in northwestern syria, indeed, syria, even though the opposition is increasingly pushed into a corner of the country, syria is not a safe country. >> it most certainly isn't. these heartbreaking stories, they're tough to tell. ben wedeman, we thank you, coming from beirut with that story, appreciate it. >>> now to israel. the nation handing out deportation notices focused on african asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. >> the government is hoping to crack down on nearly 40,000 migrants in the country. some have begun receiving letters that they have 60 days to leave in exchange for $3,500 and a

some have returned to syria, but others continue to come, says mike bruce of the norwegian refugee councilns and taking days to cross in winter are a testament to the fact that syria isn't safe. until syria is safe and until there is a lasting peace, people should not be going back to syria. >> reporter: in this cold, wet, bleak existence, the day when syria is safe again seems an eternity away. >> ben joins us now from beirut. how has the lebanon government responded to this refugee crisis? >> reporter: the lebanese have been struggling with the crisis which began with a trickle of refugees in 2011 which turned into a flood. this is a country with a population of 6 million people. they are dealing with 1 million syrian refugees, hundreds of thousands of palestinian refugees and iraqis and yemenis and others. they are struggling. the lebanese have, for instance, begun afternoon shifts in the public schools for syrian students. but it's a huge drain on their resources. much like europe, to a certain extent the united states, refugees have become a political hot potato here. it was the pales

fighters killed children too suzanne megan is a protection and advocacy adviser on yemen at the norwegian refugee council she says the international community must do more to stop the conflict. this report details children who have been killed in attacks in violence but it doesn't account for the millions of others that are affected by the conflict including thousand that have. hundreds of thousands that have been affected by cholera children that are not able to go to school children that are on the brink of dying of starvation so i'd like to think it'll be taken seriously but it remains to be seen i it is astounding to me that we have a united nations security council that has not commented on yemen in now more than seven months that the scale of suffering in yemen is incomparable and we have twenty two million people in need of west peaking to families who are fleeing their homes because of violence in constructing houses out of plastic bags and people don't have enough to eat they're forced to eat whatever they can find this this sort of suffering is inexcusable and we'd really like to see some actio

humanitarian advisor on syria and also secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he's talking about his worries for the return of refugees. the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere is. syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is voluntary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return. mine pursue a system protect is there even a repatriation process if the refugees wanted to go back to syria. no there is no repatriation process you will need the support and coordination of the united nations for example now the syrian government has taken its own initiative a syrian syrian reconciliation minister in fact came to lebanon just a few weeks ago and said yo

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded this situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the that where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase in eastern sea when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level dallas' al jazeera caught on chad has signed an agreement to restore diplomatic ties the african nation had ordered the closure of qatar's embassy last august after the gulf diplomatic crisis began that's when saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut ties with doha qatar denies their claim that it supports terrorism senior management of the charity oxfam have been answering questions from british m.p.'s in london it follows allegations that it stuff paid women in haiti for sex in the wake of the twenty ten earthquake oxfam's chief executive told a parliamentary committee it's now investigating a further twenty six

wounding twenty nine others susan megan is a protection an advocacy advisor on yemen at the norwegian refugee council she says the international community must do more to stop the conflict this report details children who have been killed in attacks in violence but it doesn't account for the millions of others that are affected by the conflict including thousand that have. hundreds of thousands that have been affected by cholera children that are not able to go to school children that are on the brink of dying of starvation so i'd like to think it'll be taken seriously but it remains to be seen i it is astounding to me that we have a united nations security council that has not commented on yemen in now more than seven months. that the scale of suffering in yemen is incomparable we have twenty two million people in need a west beaking to families who are fleeing their homes because of violence in constructing houses out of plastic bags and people don't have enough to eat they're forced to eat whatever they can find this this sort of suffering is inexcusable and we'd really like to see some action tak

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the that where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase in eastern diyala see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate and twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level shallop ballasts al jazeera everything you ever want is the know about sudden stratospheric warming and what it means for you if you live in the northern hemisphere but meteorologist richard angwin next on the news then. a look at why justin trudeau is emphasizing canada's stand on one united india also. is the possibilities for it going wrong absolutely they could be absolutely tragic . adopt warning about positive intelligence from the world's smartest people on emerging technologies. a tiger woods said to be part of this year's ryder cup but perhaps not in the way that he wants the details coming up in the s

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and underfunded the situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in binny where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled town violence began to increase and. president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate and twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al jazeera here with the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program determined to get their point across about gun control the students taking action after the florida shooting. and why justin trudeau is emphasizing canada's stand on one united india. later in sport tiger woods said to be part of this year's ryder cup but perhaps not in the way that he wants. one of his really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is closest confidences testifying against him over allegations of corruption the former director of the communications ministry shlomo felber is expected to get a lighter sentence in return for his testimony israeli po

some have returned to syria, but others continued to come says mike bruce of the norwegian refugee councilin the middle of the winter is a testament to the fact that syria is not safe. until syria is safe and until there is a lasting peace, people should be not be going back to syria. >> reporter: in this cold, wet, bleak existence, the day syria is safe again seems an eternity again. dan wedeman near the lebanese syrian border. >> ben, thanks for the report. >>> israel is once again putting pressure on african asylum seekers to leave the country. on sunday authorities started handing out letters to illegal immigrants. the letters telling them that they have 60 days to voluntarily leave the country before deportation starts. it is part of a growing crackdown on nearly 40,000 african migrants that are in that country. >> israel has rejected 14,000 asylum requests over the last decade while accepting only 33 according to the government, which says most are just job seekers. tens of thousands of requests have not been answered. a group of israeli law experts sent a letter to the attorney gene

the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and under-funded this situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase and eastham do ya see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al-jazeera brazil's senate and lower house have now approved of the creep putting the military in charge of security in rio de janeiro the measure allows the army to take command of police forces and the crime plagued state where the number of killings has risen in the last year around three thousand troops were deployed on tuesday taking up positions on all major roads entering the city to stop drugs illegal arms and stolen goods from getting in the decree has caused the i means in brazil where many still remember living under twenty one years of military regime. israeli media is reporting that a former con

and allied fighters in the campaign reduced many areas to rubble well the director of the norwegian refugee council in iraq said conditions have to improve before people can return home. the government together with the international community has to create conditions for the people to return to their homes being too late to through elementary security in their areas be related to have clearance after months of war unexploded bombs being related to proper infrastructure in place schools hospitals etc people also need to have access to basic documents for them to be able to sell it across the country and be able to have a system in place services that includes personal ids that includes birth certificates to children that includes ration cards or any other documents that enable them to access assistance provided by the government or by the international community. fighting in central african republic between muslim and christian groups has forced more than million people from their homes and more than two million that's half of the population needs humanitarian aid well the conflict is now spreading

i think all you need to know about the plan is that the day after it was announced oxfam norwegian refugee council save the children came out and said that we were not consulted on this plan even though that they bear a major international humanitarian organizations operating on the ground in yemen they were not consulted in the writing and it has substance of matters that they strongly disagree with at the same time it looks like booz allen hamilton had a hand in writing the plan i don't know how many how many humanitarians are working to booz allen hamilton i don't know how many humanitarians are working at corpus m.s.l. group so on that basis it really does seem to be more repeal or push or even a propaganda push right than an effort to substantively ameliorate the condition of the seventy percent of yemenis that live under control of who the rebels in north and west yemen so do you get a sense that the saudis are under damage control mode after the criticism they've been under you know from various international organizations and even the un oh absolutely we just some haven't been so much on p