reporter: nato's naval backup in the aegean sea, reinforced with solidarity.hey say a collective effort is making a difference in curbing the migrant crisis. >> we are seeing a significant reduction in the numbers. but i think it's important not to end this activity too early, because we still see that the smugglersmugglers are trying tot people over the aegean sea and also we are to be prepared, that if we leave, not only can they return, the high numbers of people trying to cross the aegean sea in an illegal and dangerous way. reporter: while numbers are falling on one front, there are concerns it's all smoke and mirrors, with smugglers able to reroute at will. will survivors are among the lucky ones, able to set their feet to old ground again. for others, less fortunate, the journey ended at sea. hundreds of migrants are expected to be stretched across the port in body bag, s the italian navy ramps up operations off the libyan coach. survivors recounted the horror of witnessing what is said to be the deadliest sinking of the current migrant crisis, after th

and 24 hours after we made a decision, the first nato ships were deployed into the aegean sea.so for me this is an example of how nato can respond quickly if needed. what we've done since is with several ships of there. they are provide, doing reconnaissance, surveillance, and they are sharing in real-time that data they are gathering with the greek coast guard, with the turkish coast guard and with the european union border. and this information is useful for, or instance the turkish cold start. they are intercepting the traffic out the smugglers and the illegal networks. so i think nato placed the useful role helping the local coast guard. data is not in the business of turning back boats with refugees and migrants. our goal is to help assist, facilitate. add to that, perhaps the most important thing nato is doing in the aegean sea is to create a framework, platform for operation between turkey and greece. turkey not a member of the european union, turkey and greece both the number of nato so nato as an ideal platform for providing an essay cooperation and turkey, greece and

this article reported in recent days, the number of people crossing the aegean sea into greece has really fallen, so maybe perhaps migrants are trying to find another way into europe, the a italy. "the china daily" has an interesting cartoon, doing with the -- you can see this boat of refugees heading toward this coming up in the nÑÑçoçobq announcer: this is a production of china central television erica. mike: without a doubt, technology is redefining our daily lives. but there are some innovations that have changed the world forever. this week, conversations with innovators whose "light bulb" moments are history in the making. i'm mike walter in los angeles. let's take it "full frame." think about this question

we don't know how many people died in the aegean sea. but we rescued 100,000. we picked them up with our coast guard boats and continue to do so. >> the president accused european countries of not doing enough. despite being wealthier than turkey. the agreement with the eu aims to return migrants that are in greece. in exchange, the eu u would resettle more than 70,000 syrians currently in turkey as well as other incentives. the goal is to stop the flood of people reaching europe as they flee war or poverty. some warn it will not work. >> translator: thehey captured those who want to go, but they'll try again. we can't keep them in turkey by force. they're nonot happy about livin in turkey. neither r are we. they don't want to stay here. they're just using turkey y as entrtry point. >> and the influx into europe continues. early tuesday morning, an nhk crew saw a turkish coast guard boat land a group of refugees trying to reach greece. fears are mounting in greece. this woman arrived on the island of lesbos two weeks ago. >> translator: we clamored to come here

refugees are not giving up on trying to make that dangerous journey across the aegean sea, we'll hearina khodr, but first harry fawcett tells the story of those who risked their lives to seek asylum. >> you hear it before you see it. sank eight i, exhaustion, desperation. so many children have drowned making this journey, yet more still come. even if this is one of the rare life jackets that actually floats, it's of no use to the tiny body inside. others make due with rubber tubes. even then, not everybody is wearing them. these are iraqi family who his probably paid hundreds of dollars a ahead for the passage. but the boat is too small even for the 40 or so aboard. the families are separate ed in a moment. he can only call a look out to the woman. >> it's been a chaotic few minutes here on the west coast the turkey. the message from the e.u. and turkey is that these kind are voyages are few till. these people will be sent back. but still they are desperate. a handful left shore, we ask while they are risking all this when under the new rules they have little chance of getting further

greece back to turkey on monday, but despite the risks involved, some are still trying to cross the aegean sea. harry fawcett witnessed one attempt before the turkish coast. >> reporter: you hear it before you see it. anxiety, exhaustion, desperation. so many children have drowned making this journey yet more still come. even if this is a rare life jacket that floats, it is no use to the tiny body inside. others make do with rubber tubes. even then not everybody is wearing them. these are iraqi families who probably paid hundreds of dollars aid head to the passage of passage. it is too small for the 40 or so. this is how families are separated in a moment. he can only call out "look after the woman". it has been a chaotic west coast. the message is that these kind of vowages are futile. these people will be sent back, but still they're desperate to go. a handful left on the shore, we're asking why they're risking all this when under the new rules they're likely to goat no further than the holding center before they get sent back >> translation: we were living under oppression. greece doesn't w

the refugees are not giving up on trying to make that dangerous journey across the aegean sea. in a moment we will hear from our correspondent outside a refugee detention center in lesbos. first, harry fawcett tells the story of those who risk their lives to seek asigh aluminium >> reporter: you hear-- asylum. >> reporter: you hear it, anxiety, desperation. so many children have drowned making this journey yet more still come, even if this is one of the rare life jacket that actually floats, it's of no use to the tiny body inside. others make do with rubber tubes. even then not everybody is wearing them. these are iraqi families who probably paid hundreds of dollars a head for passage to the greek island of lesbos, but the boat is too small, even for the 40 or so packed into it. this is how families are separated in a moment. he can only call out, look after the woman. it has been a chaotic few minutes here on the west coast of turkey. the message is that these voyages are futile. these people will be sent back, but still they're desperate to go. a handful are left on the shore

welcome the effort to try to manage to handle the situation and nato provides support to ships in the aegean sealping the turkish, greek coast guard and the e.u. border agency to deal with the situation. anchor: you have talked at length about this being a humanitarian crisis, but how much does your migrant problem also represent a security crisis? >> this is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis. hundreds of thousands, millions of people fleeing from war, from turmoil, from violence and also from poverty. therefore, i welcome all efforts in trying to manage this humanitarian crisis in a brt way. anchor: that is your position and in nato, you also lived in brussels, you see -- >> that's true, we have seen that they can get into europe in many different ways. some are actually born and raised in europe. so i think we had to understand that the migrant crisis is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis. we have to step up all of our efforts with border control, police, with different kinds of cooperation between nato allies and other european countries to make sure that we do whatever we can to

migrants who've arrived since march 20, particularly syrians who crossed from turkey across the aegean sea to greece, are eligible to be sent to refugee camps in turkey. border closings and the gradual lifting of the welcome mat reflects frustration by europeans and their political leaders who doubt whether the continent can continue to house, feed, employ, and integrate these stranded new arrivals. along the other, main migrant sea route, from north africa toward italy, one small town has a very different, friendly posture toward migrants and refugees. the town is called riace, and for tonight's signature segment, special correspondent, christopher livesay, went there to bring us this story. >> reporter: it's a short, 10 minute drive up the coast in italy's southernmost region of calabria, to the hilltop town of riace. at first glance, it seems typical of a town dating back to medieval times. there are narrow, winding streets and a 16th-century church in the main square. men pass the time, as they have for generations, playing cards. but there's something very atypical about riace these d

after that, perhaps the most important thing nato is doing in the edgy and -- the aegean sea is create a coalition for turkey and greece, turkey not being a member of the european union, but turkey and greece both being members of nato, so nato is an ideal platform for providing the necessary cooperation. karen: there was something about russia at the beginning of the question. mr. stoltenberg: yes, sorry. what russia did, especially when they were bombing aleppo, was to increase the number of people fleeing syria and increasing the pressure on turkey and on europe. i welcome very much that some weeks ago, the united states, russia, and other actors in the region were able to reach disagreement -- able to reach an agreement on cessation of hostilities, and even if we still have violations, hostilities have gone substantially down, and we also see that the parties have been able to meet again and start negotiations and try to negotiate a political solution to the crisis in syria. that will not be easy. it will not happen fast. there will be setbacks and disappointments, but in the long

. >> stewart: pope francis and other religious leaders tossed wreaths into the aegean sea, to commemorate the hundreds of people who have died trying to reach europe in dangerous crossings on flimsy boats. in what he called a humanitarian gesture, the pope brought twelve syrian muslims, including six children, with him when he flew back to rome. he said the vatican would take care of the refugees, whose homes were bombed in the syrian civil war. newshour special correspondent malcolm brabant is in lesbos and joins me now. you malcolm, what was the purpose of the pope's visit? what prompted him coming right now to that island? >> this is entirely consistent with pope francis' desire to thrust himself into the front lines of situations around the world which need attention drawn to them. he's been to the central african republic. and he needed to come to lesbos to show solidarity with the greek people who have been taking on this enormous burden, but most of all, he wanted to come and look in the eyes of the refugeees and migrants who were here to show them they mustn't give up hope, that h

turkey stopped 200 migrants today from riding makeshift boats from its west coast across the aegean sea to greece. beginning monday, the 28-nation european union will deport migrants in greece to turkey, starting with those who arrived after the march 20th cutoff. the e.u.'s frontex agency is sending 1,500 police officers to assist this process. in exchange for receiving returning refugees and slowing their flow to europe, turkey has been promised economic aid and possible admission to the e.u. police in india are detaining eight employees with the construction company responsible for building the elevated roadway that collapsed on thursday in kolkata, formerly known as calcutta. after two more bodies were pulled from the wreckage today, authorities said 26 people died when the 328-foot long overpass fell. 100 people have been rescued, though no more survivors are expected to be found. indian prosecutors say the construction company employees, some of whom appeared in court today, could face charges as serious as murder and face up to life imprisonment or the death penalty. u.s. preside

situation, but also when we look at syria for example, there are enormous migratory flows across the aegean sea that are triggered by a hundred developments there. i am very grateful that the united states of america are supporting the nato mission. this in many ways is also a joint european-american effort, a transatlantic mission. we can say that all of our security issues on the doorstep of europe can only be tackled by joint transatlantic efforts. only in this way can our common security be insured. this also means that a european agreement as necessary, a german agreement is necessary in many of these issues, and i think germany has demonstrated that we are willing to make this effort to go the extra mile. be it in iraq fighting example,, be it, for in the way that we have become engaged in mali. we talked about afghanistan and afghanistan, too, needs to be kept on a track which is promising for the afghani people. we are ready and willing to be voluntarily engaged and continue to be militarily engaged. we are grateful for the united states of america for the responsibility you continue to

question about how we're approaching it, we are under the nato umbrella trying to help them in the aegean seawe have been trying to facilitate the deal that has been struck between the eu and turkey, so that there is an orderly process of migration and obviously, one of the things we have to do is try to use all of our diplomatic power together to bring about an and to the civil war in syria. charlie: as i prepared for this and your trip when you met with the gcc, it seems that a principle that comes out of your seven years plus, you have learned or you strongly believe that you have to use, you have to do this with partners, whether it is against isil, or battling migration here in europe or right-wing politics or whatever it might be. is that a message you have to the prime minister's, we have to work together, and are they receptive to it in terms of making a commitment so that they are not free riders making a commitment, to the effort against terrorism in their homes? president obama: they are receptive to it. charlie: what are you asking? president obama: i think they need to do more pa

the first group of 130 people were sent back across the aegean sea today.t's to put a halt to the crisis that's putting increasing strains on europe. an agreement, the eu will back turkey once the claims have been processed. that will be an important story to continue to watch, not just for humanitarian reasons but very much linked as well. >>> focusing on grease, imf chief christine lagarde is denying that it would push greece closer to default. in a letter to the prime minister, la guard says debt talks should continue despite damage of reports of a leaked transcript of a meeting of imf officials. that report by wikileaks suggested that imf would threaten to leave the bailout to offer more debt relief. the migrant crisis, as you just point out, political uncertainty in britain and now add to that, greece back into the spotlight. >> but it's a good point to bring up, all of those scandals -- not scandals, issues continuing. >> right. >> of course, we have u.s. forces ending at the highest of the year late last week. big bounceback in the second half. europ

islands. 155 people were picked up by the turkish coast guard here, trying to make it across the aegean sea, and it does show that there is still a substantial group of people will to risk it all, pay whatever it costs to get across and there is a group of people still happy to try to convince them to do so and facilitate that dangerous crossing. >> you hear it before you see it. anxiety, exhaustion, desperation, so many children have drowned making this journey, yet more still come. even if this is one of the rare life jackets that actually floats, it's of no use to the tiny body inside. others make do with rubber tubes. even then, not everybody's wearing them. these are iraqi families who probably paid hundreds of dollars ahead for passage to the greek island of lesbos, but the boat is sue small even for the 40 or so packed into it. these are how families separated in a moment. he can only call out look after the woman. >> it's been a chaotic few minutes here. the message from the e.u., from turkey, from greece is that these voyages are futile, these people will be sent back but still, th

umbrella, trying to help them in the aegean sea. we have been trying to facilitate the deal that has been struck between the e.u. and turkey so that there is an orderly process of migration and, obviously, one of the things we have to do is to try to use all our diplomatic power together to bring about an end to the civil war. >> rose: as i prepared for this on your trip and whether it was the g.c.c. going to london or germany, it seems a principle that comes out of your seven-years-plus is you strongly believe you have to do this with partners, whether against i.s.i.l, whether battling migration in europe or righting politics or whatever it might be, is that a message you have to these prime ministers, we have to work together, and are they receptive in terms of making a commitment so they're not free riders, to make a commitment to the effort against i.s.i.l, dealing with migration and the efforts to terrorism in their homes? , i think they are receptive to it. i think they need to do more particularly around the fence. a very sim

situation, but also when we look at syria, for example, there are enormous migratory flows across the aegean sea that are triggered by the developments there. i am very grateful that the united states of america supporting the nato mission in the aegean, they're going to continue to do so i understand and this in many ways is also a joined european/american effort, a transatlantic mission and we are at one in saying that all of the security issues on the very doorstep of europe actually can only be solved, can only be tackled by joined transatlantic efforts. and only in this way can our common security be insured but this also means -- and here we were also in agreement -- that a european agreement is necessary, a german agreement is necessary this in many of these issues and i think germany over the past few months has demonstrated that we are willing to make this additional effort to go the extra mile, be it in iraq fighting terrorism, be it in the syrian issue, be it, for example, in the way that we have become engaged in the mission in mali and many other places where we have taken -- where

the turkish coast guard reports that it stopped 68 people trying to cross the aegean sea today.wn sharply from 225 yesterday. turkey's prime minister says it shows a deal with the european union to deport illegal migrants is having an effect. more world leaders found themselves on the defensive today over offshore investments. they were detailed this week in a massive leak of documents-- the so-called "panama papers." british prime minister david cameron said today that his family will not benefit from off-shore funds or trusts in the future. and in tokyo, ukraine's president petro poroshenko said that his offshore holdings were a blind trust that he created, once he took office. >> the only purpose of that was a transparent, separation of business of the ukrainian president from any political influence. this is absolutely normal procedure and i think this is the main difference from the naming all the political figures in this panama list. >> woodruff: also today, the documents leak led police in switzerland to raid the headquarters of european soccer's governing body. they are

a decision, the first nato ships were deployed into the edgy and see -- the edgy and see -- the aegean seample of how nato can respond quickly. we have ships doing reconnaissance, surveillance, monitoring, and sharing in real time the data they are gathering withthe greek coast guard, the turkish coast guard, and with the european union border this information is useful, four, for instance, the , turningoast guard back and intercepting the smugglers and illegal networks. so i think nato plays a useful role helping the local coast guard's. nato is not in the business of turning back votes with refugees and migrants. our role is to help, assist, .acilitate after that, perhaps the most important thing nato is doing in the edgy and -- the aegean sea is create a coalition for turkey and greece, turkey not being a member of the european union, but turkey and greece both being members of nato, so nato is an ideal platform for providing the necessary cooperation. karen: there was something about russia at the beginning of the question. sorry.ltenberg: yes, , especially when they were bombing alepp

thousands of people have died making the journey across the aegean and mediterranean sea.ied here. the cemetery had to exhume and rebury bodies to make space for more. there are two things that strike you as you walk through the cemetery. first, is the number of unknown headstones you see. unknown, unknown, unknown. with only the date of death. second is the number of children buried here. this is omar al assad, he died on october 13, 2015. like so many of the children buried here, he drowned just as he was about to reach europe's shores. >> reporter: the unknown graves often have a number painted on them. the coroner's file with dna or other information that might help identify the dead. christophe told us of one iraqi father who retraced the journey of his wife and child, only to find them buried here. these little girls were survived by their parents. they could afford a simple engraving on marble and left small toys here before moving north through europe, he says. life must go on. the numbers of people crossing has dropped dramatically since the eu struck a deal with