they said that mexicans don't get asylum. what do you mean? that was about 15 years ago, around 2004. memories book called from an immigration lawyer, under my grandpa's name, clemente cruz. good political a climate to have immigrants, because it is a republican state and there are a lot of people who dislike people of color coming into the state. when i was aniced immigration lawyer, at first in the 1990's there were actually people.ices to help but as time went on, even in the bush administration, we were thinking, you know, because he was for immigration, there may be a chance to help people in the process to get here. 9/11, everything just changed. the whole outlook on immigrant population coming and go was demonized, and it kept getting worse and worse. pierceet's have sarah weigh in on that. guest: i completely agree with what you identified as humanitarian benefits being restricted over time. any migrants who are being deported from the interior of the united states, or even those who are arriving at our borders, who are seeking asylum,

the southern borders seal off if not physical wall by bureaucratic rules possible to apply for asylum in the southern border . interiorenforcement is revitalized . the courts are operating faster than ever. legal immigration has become considerably more difficult and humanitarian flows to the united states as refugees are significantly diminished. that was his hope. he viewed both illegal and legal immigration as a net negative the united states wanted to restrict alboth. there are some things that he didn't quite accomplish. for example he promised to do for millions ofunauthorized immigrants . he did not even be born 1 million unauthorized immigrants during his time in office. also even though he made it legal immigration more difficult, the numbers and quite decreased. delivery on a lot of fronts but some of his major goals just didn't quite get there. >> on the numbers according to your president deportations are at 935,000. apprehensions of the southern border, 2 million. green cards an average of b,1.1 million for covid in obtaining us citizenship under 40,000. why didn't he rea

asylum seekers.his family from el salvador, who left without telling a soul, escaping a country suffering from poverty and gang violence. >> my uncle was killed. they came to the house to kill him. also, they tried to recruit my 13-year-old son. jessica: for 17 months, the family of five has been sharing one bedroom at the shelter, waiting for a u.s. judge to hear their asylum case. their kids still traumatized, after the family says they were kidnapped and extorted by mexican police on the way here. >> they separated me and my husband from my children, and i -- they put us in a different room than our children. while we were in that room, i could hear my children crying. jessica: it's a familiar story for immigrants who make it to the u.s. border seeking asylum. under trump's migrant protection protocols, or mpp, that president biden just ended, instead of being housed in detention centers or released to sponsors like family members, they've been sent back to mexico, often into dangerous border citi

one of the biggest loopholes we close with asylum fraud. under the old broken system if you merely requested asylum you were released into the country. in the most ridiculous thing anyone has ever seen. we are taking in some people that you did not want to have in your country. we instituted a series of distorted lessee changes to shut down asylum fraud.

and seek asylum. shane: i wanted to ask you mayra, recently you were approached by a foundation, ford foundation. as nominated is one of the select people around the world for a fellowship. you want to tell us about that fellowship and what it means. mayra: yes, i have been nominated for a ford fellowship. they normally a 400 applicants and there are 40 people have no those 48 people, ten people get picked in his 19 month program. it will run from october of 2021 until march of 2023 you think. it is amazing to know. i was even nominated. like this was great. it is an amazing experience to even be nominated. it is a huge platform. i'm excited. i'm excited to see what happens if i get lucky and we get to go to the next round . but being nominated, they like that is well i'm not here saving the world but with covid-19 and everything, having to work from home. it and virtually talking to everybody and helping them with their applications. it's helping people. it's really fulfilling parties one grateful th

. >> what is the legal asylum process like in the united states?xist even? >> sure. under the trump administration, access to asylum has essentially been eliminated at the u.s.-mexico border, and the administer should attribute that -- administration attribute that to the pandemic. that they cannot be kept and congregate settings and for that reason they have to cut up access to asylum. for people in the u.s., there is acss to asylum. there are several different ways to apply for it. the trump administration has made it more difficult, but there is still asylum within the united states. >> are there any trump policies that president biden would decide to keep? >> i think they are very limited. we know that the biden team has indicated that they will try to keep in effect some of these travel restrictions on people coming from certain regions due to covid. as i said, we know that they are going to take a more gradual approach to limiting trump's measures of the border. but the reality is the trump administration implement in so many changes to the u

border where they could then proceed with their asylum hearing. morea on less boss was one such hot spot. for him and not let on for instance over and retrospect a lot when fundamentally wrong in 2015 but because the hot spots on the greek islands were supposed to test distributions census and hopefully they were meant to enable rapid processing newcomers were to be registered quickly and distributed within the new member states to teach baton. but this did not happen and in march 26th jane to deter more new arrivals the e.u. struck a deal with turkey where several 1000000 refugees were stuck in transit the main idea was that turkey was to stop these people from finding their way into the e.u. . anyone who wrongfully entered greece from turkey would be sent back. for every refugee return to this way one syrian refugee living in turkey would be allowed to enter the e.u. . in return turkey was promised free visas for all its citizens and fresh association talks with the e.u. along with 6000000000 euros but the deal was only successful in parts as of

border where they could then proceed with their asylum hearing. morea on less boss was one such hot spot. for him and not let on for instance of it and retrospect a lot 20 fundamentally wrong in 2015 but the hot spots on the greek islands were supposed to act as distribution centers and in full they were meant to enable rapid processing newcomers were to be registered quickly and distributed within the new member states to teach baton. but this did not happen and in march 26th 18 to deter more new arrivals the e.u. struck a deal with turkey where several 1000000 refugees were stuck in transit the main idea was that turkey was to stop these people from finding their way into the e.u. . anyone who wrongfully entered greece from turkey would be sent back. for every refugee return to this way one syrian refugee living in turkey would be allowed to enter the e.u. . in return turkey was promised free visas for all its citizens and fresh association talks with the e.u. along with 6000000000 euros but the deal was only successful in parts as a venue in fa

commission introduced a new pact for migration and asylum in brussels it was designed to end years of bickering among e.u. member states. for years previously european governments had already attempted to reach an agreement on how to handle the crisis with no success. countries like hungary rejected any obligation to take in refugees. or your hands and knees the european commissioner for home affairs as the politician responsible for the new pact she calls for a measured approach. of course it's natural to be emotional because they talk about people as human beings and there are many of them are in a crisis situation and of course it is good that you have emotions tell us people in a crisis but just solve the problem and to be able to find a political solution i think that we should try not to dramatize migration i think that's really part of the problem we have seen too many drama queens in this debate actually and i think that we should be a little bit more sober and pragmatic. and so the proposal is full of technicalities it calls for a maximum of 5 days screening at the new out of

the only thing europe a green zone is that rejected asylum seekers should be deported. leaving the up to those who have been rejected must leave that's the vast majority of people arriving at our accidental borders. then the citizens of europe will be happy to welcome those in need that way we can stand up to right wing populism secondly if we can assure citizens that the people coming in are true refugee community 50 percent. but many attempts at repatriation fail because the countries of origin and not willing to take these people back. to the past years have taught us that europe can only manage to deport those obliged to leave the country in large numbers when the countries we depend on per cooperation are made an attractive offer a collective has become and. within the e.u. will manage to pass the new pact on migration and asylum will depend on its member states but they are as far away from reaching a consensus as they were 5 years ago. and when it comes to migration 5 years of agonizing debate have shown that there's nothing left to say all that's left now to be

asylum of migrants to seek asylum at the us mexico border so it's very concerning i think we saw a. couple of stories come out yesterday that a pro you don't need to fish will buy in the industry shiny essentially saying you know we will open the border asylum seekers are going to be able to seek asylum requests but not now that now is not the time to travel which is really tone deaf considering that millions of people are are been affected by hurricanes in on us that people are fleeing violence they're fleeing for them a lot of sort of telling someone who's fleeing for their life and face a certain death but now is not the time to to migrates is just really telling that . joe biden has said that his administration would use more compassionate immigration policies with the immigration policies look like as far as you're concerned. so 1st of all on the trumpet ministration we've seen a near total shut down at the border for asylum seekers for migrants specifically not for other border crossers there are thousands of people will continue to cross the ports of entry along u.s. border e

well everybody has a right to apply for asylum and those that have reasons to get asylum will get asylum and are welcome in u.p.a. in union but those that are not eligible for asylum they cannot come and they have to return to the country of origin that's an important part of our migration policy but why is that not happening if we look at the conditions there they can't they're essentially stuck they'd like to apply for asylum and get to the european union what i think would be seeing right now in in this area off the closing of the camp just before christmas we are having a humanitarian emergency situation and this will now we need to solve and that's why i spent actually part of my christmas holiday with a lot of phone calls to their forty's and the politicians on both national and regional level in boston has to go into and also together with the high representative. so now we have today temporary solution where the red cross reopens the leave camp with winterized tents that could help for the emergency situation right now but commissioner johansson i want to come back to you and not

in human overcrowded facilities and a high risk of exposure to cohabit hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. go on hunger strike over conditions they say are worse than prison some even attempting suicide and empty shelves in northern ireland to supply a struggle to get past new breaks its red tape barely a fortnight after the u.k. officially left european. hello there you are watching r.t. international just gone for. now it is being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users are abandoning whatsapp. which would mean users sharing more of their data with the parent company facebook even global leaders to making the switch to more previously centric rivals such as telegram looking at the trend his to me. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users to telegram has only accelerated we may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history

it could get everything we get arrested even the more have your home asylum taken away so it may be a barracks a former military citing folks in kent now used as temporary accommodation for about 400 man asylum seekers has reached boiling point the men inside have taken to the streets surrounding the barracks. in protest over grim conditions they are living in and painful uncertainty about their futures hunger strikes demonstrations even sleeping outside of their last resort is very cold some are protesting about it. some are protesting for transparency. they need news about how long we're going to stay in this part you know we have no idea of our future but we lost hope and we are desperate. been here for 3 months and i feel really bad 14 people in one room people breathing on each other there is no privacy the room is separated by a partition we have to share toilets and it only has to cubicles between people you know there are reports of a number of suicide attempts inside including one just days ago with victims being returned to the barracks shortly after. one thing so. follow th

and those that have reasons to get asylum will get asylum and are welcome and you have been union but those that are not eligible for asylum they cannot come and they have to return to their country of origin that's an important part of our migration policy but why is that not happening if we look at the conditions there and i can't they're essentially stuck they'd like to apply for asylum and get to the european union. well i think it would be seeing right now in in the area off the closing of the camp just before christmas we are having a humanitarian emergency situation and this one now we need to solve about swire spent actually part on my christmas holiday with a lot of phone calls to their sorties and the politicians on both national and regional level in boston has the governor and also together with the high representative. so now we have to dig a temporary solution where the red cross reopens the leave camp with winterized tents that could help for the emergency situation right now but commissioner johansson i want to come back to you and not the humanitarian situation which

one of the biggest loopholes we closed was asylum fraud. the old, broken system if you merely requested asylum you were released into the country. the most ridiculous thing anyone has ever seen. we were taking in some people that you didn't want to have in your country. we instituted a series of historic policy changes to shut down asylum fraud. that's what we did. this includes the ground breaking agreement with mexico known as the migrant protection protocols. or m.p.p. under this agreement if an illegal alien requests asylum, they have to wait in mexico until their case is heard. they used to wait here. and when they were waiting they would say bye-bye and they'd disappear somewhere into our country and essentially we'd never find them again, never see them again. this one measure alone ended a humanitarian crisis an saved countless lives. especially i have to say lives from crime. i want to thank the great president of mexico, he is a great gentleman, a friend of mine, and president obrador, he is a man who really knows what's happening

seekers to be sent to countries that have essentially no existing asylum seeker whatsoever asylum system whatsoever so we want immediately that the biden administration to work with these with these other countries but also not lose sight that people do need to migrate that they are coming to the united states to seek protection and to stop you know putting the responsibility on other countries but instead work together and be in the united states needs to be seen as true leaders and welcoming refugees not only in our neighboring countries but this needs to be a message to the world really good sort of healing to many thanks indeed for being with us and to reverse the executive director of last american last americas the immigrant advocacy center. it's only is facing a political crisis at a critical moment in its fight against the coronavirus prime minister contest is scrambling to find enough allies to survive confidence votes meanwhile lockdown rules are being extended meaning born misery for businesses who are sinking into debt al-jazeera stephanie decker reports now from rome. throug

inhuman overcrowded facilities and a high risk of exposure to cope with hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. go on hunger strike over conditions they say worse than prison even attempting suicide. calls on the e.u. to speed up the passports to get water or risk lying on holiday tours and she still insists that those who want vaccinated should also be able to travel. the nation should not be the only consideration we don't have to wait for a. good afternoon just gone 2 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international it is being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users sick of top level censorship scandals with online giants like facebook and twitter migrating on mass to user friendly rivals. takes a closer look. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users to telegram has only accelerated we may be witnessing the largest digital migratio

overcrowded facilities and a high risk of exposure to hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. go on hunger strike and even attempt suicide when conditions are worse than prison . grade schools in the e.u. to speed up covert passports to get more tourists flying on holiday again but tourism chiefs insist unvaccinated people should also be able to travel. the only can see their ration we don't have to wait for that seems to have a. member of super. cold somehow need to be deprogrammed. a mainstream media's calls to reeducate all voters who voted for the president leads them shocked outraged. people who voted for want to change people are brainwashed by the media to divide people i mean you just cannot wipe out all 75000000 people that don't agree with you. just to not in the morning here for the 15th of january live from moscow woman welcome to you this is our. international with me kevin how in 1st than the hits being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users sick of top level censorship scandals with online giants like facebook and twitter migrating on

health crisis appears to be unfolding at military barracks used to help hundreds of asylum seekers in the united kingdom or than a quarter of them have tested positive for corona virus many say it's impossible to socially distance trying to help travel to the site in kent in southeast england to speak to those inside. they've survived oppression poverty and war but for many the worst part of escaping has been arriving in great britain what is life like in this . widely battle last week 100 it was all about 130 years old boy was up to everybody everybody this is not a lot of a lot of people really are coded 19 is the latest hardship they face a recent outbreak has infected more than a quarter of the $400.00 asylum seekers housed at this former military barracks behind the curtain a man who has tested positive this is what passes for isolation and social distancing. in a statement the government blamed residents themselves for failing to take proper precautions in response they addressed an open letter to all british citizens when we are becoming more and more mentally vulnerable and ph

in the human overcrowded facilities and a high risk of exposure to hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. go on hunger strike even attempt suicide warning conditions worse than in prison. and greece calls on the e.u. to speed up covert passports to get more tourists flying on holiday but tourism chiefs insist. people should also be able to travel to. the only consideration we don't have to wait for the. 15th of january live from moscow international with me kevin i mean for the next 30 minutes you can stick around there's a take you through those headlines we talked about there's just no more detail 1st it's been called the largest digital migration in history millions of use is sick of top level censorship scandals with online giants like facebook and twitter migrating all mussed to user friendly rivals as dmitri poke reports. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users

still ahead on al-jazeera that rain for help has covered 900 through account for asylum seekers in the united kingdom. australia day or invasion day thousands call for a reckoning over the country's colonial past. it's time for the perfect gentle. sponsored point qatar airways. much smaller and now pushing into western parts of europe ahead of that still a fair bit of snow around for many sent into central and eastern parts of europe but these areas of low pressure bring you some very alive the storms in across parts of the region will stay somewhat whether it's essential parts of the mehdi easing across into greece and heavy downpours into a good part of greece as we go on through choose day that could cause some localized flooding follow that wetter weather up towards bald garia snow on the northern flank of that will see some snow just around austria pushing across and he says saga switzerland will see some fairly heavy snowfall too just around the baltic states or the west some moderate also pushing into the british isles but ahead of that we have got cold enough air to produce som

border where they could then proceed with their asylum hearing. morea on less boss was one such hot spot. for him and not let on for instance of it and retrospect a lot when fundamentally wrong in 2015 but think that the hot spots on the greek islands was the post test distribution census and hopefully they were meant to enable rapid processing like new comers were to be registered quickly and distributed within the new member states. happen. but this did not happen and in march 26th jane to deter more new arrivals the e.u. struck a deal with turkey where several 1000000 refugees were stuck in transit the main idea was that turkey was to stop these people from finding their way into the e.u. . anyone who wrongfully entered greece from turkey would be sent back. for every refugee returned this way one syrian refugee living in turkey would be allowed to enter the e.u. . in return turkey was promised free visas for all its citizens and fresh association talks with the e.u. along with 6000000000 euros but the deal was only successful in parts as of an

and a plea for help from his covert 900 sweeps through a camp for asylum seekers in the u.k. . members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th the former president's 2nd to big trial will begin in the senate in february a conviction would require the support of 17 republican senators the lead impeachment manager from the house of representatives said trump should never be allowed to hold public office again. in all this president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government he threaten the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperil co-equal branch of government he thereby betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. well how does your cast is at the capitol for us to just walk us through the next steps the trial doesn't get underway until february the 9th out

detention for asylum seekers because that this is this is important for them to began there to truly be welcomed into our country we believe that that is that is where we need to start. now karega stand has some of the world's largest gold deposits the precious metal accounts for around 50 percent of its exports but high unemployment has some turning to illegal mining specially during the harsh winter months charles stratford reports from the town of narron the river narin flows through the coldest region of kyrgyzstan. temperatures here can drop to 20 degrees below 0 this time of year but the driving snow and bitter winter conditions aren't enough to keep these men from working on the ice and in the freezing rain water because the river narin contains gold. they use steel bars to break through the ice the rubber suits they were off a little insulation but at least keep them dry. big malakoff carefully slips into a hole in the ice. his friends help him clear an area so they can work. they get sand gravel and stone from the riverbed pockets. planning for gold is illegal without a lice

plea for help his cause at 19 sweeps through account for asylum seekers in the u.k. . and the u.s. rejoins the global fight to tackle climate change. the process to formally begin an impeachment trial against former u.s. president donald trump will begin in just under an hour the house of representatives will shortly present the article of impeachment against trump to the senate that will set in motion his 2nd impeachment trial which is scheduled to begin on february the night trump has been charged with inciting an insurrection the u.s. capitol on january 6th my cata takes a look at how we got to this point. manages to walk articles of impeachment through the corridors of the capitol to the senate. this was a little over a year ago but for the 1st time in american history this ritual is to be repeated against the same man. this marked the beginning of the chain of events that led to impeachment joe biden declares victory in the november election but his opponent donald trump refused to acknowledge it and declined to concede if you count the legal votes easily when instead a sittin

for a short break here when we come back a plea for help us cope with 19 sweeps through a camp for asylum seekers in the u.k. . and the $1000000000.00 palace in the black sea that's made russia's president issued a rare public denial stay with us. maybe mid winter but temperatures are actually on the rise in a few places the breezes coming down the gulf is lightning so temps are coming up in doha for example in beirut going from 17 to about 20 so it's warming up in the levant as well car lost obviously and you can see why because what's happening in western turkey will eventually come in effect the whole levant the bay ridge forecast maybe demonstrates it is 20 degrees on wednesday not much when you go to thursday and friday in the wind slams in as just a cloud as to the showers in the temperatures back down to average or indeed below average but happy obviously it's not just going to be beirut the whole event is like to be affected. rain in a rather warmer environment has been showing itself in the society of south africa over the whole lot's move west and if you look at the circulation

this is angie osorio, a honduran asylum seeker. >> the officers have mistreated us. they have treated us like dogs. "go to country," they say. that is not fair. the children are not at fault. what they are doing is wrong. we have fled many things that are happening in honduras. it is not fair we are treated like this, like dogs, ike animals. amy: the caravan of some 9000 asylum seekers left honduras last week as people are fleeing the devastation left behind by two back-to-back hurricanes that battered the region last november and an economic crisis that worsened during the pandemic. hundreds of them began returning to honduras after being apprehended by guatemalan officials. cbs news reports 700 refugee children -- whose families were forced to stay in mexico while their asylum cases are resolved in the u.s. -- ended up crossing into the u.s. alone. since 2019, tens of thousands of asylum seeking families have been stuck in mexico due to the trump administration's so-called migrant protection protocols program. the program has forced asylum seekers to wait in crowde

commission introduced a new pact for migration and asylum in brussels it was designed to end years of bickering among e.u. member states. for years previously european governments had already attempted to reach an agreement on how to handle the crisis with no success. countries like hungary rejected any obligation to take in refugees. or johansson is the european commissioner for home affairs as the politician responsible for the new pact she calls for a measured approach. of course it's natural to be emotional because you talk about people hurt human beings and then many of them are in a crisis situation and of course it is good that you have emotions towards people in a crisis but just solve the problem and to be able to find a political solution i think that we should try not to dramatize migration i think that's really part of the problem we have seen too many drama queens in this debate actually and i think that we should be a little bit more sober and pragmatic. and so the proposal is full of technicalities it calls for a maximum of 5 days screening at the e.u. out of border dur

asylum processes. the seemingly endless stay on an island in extremely difficult conditions. and even if for once granted asylum their journey remains full of challenges. all of blame the failure of political policies the failure of the un the e.u. of individual countries. seemingly prefer to ignore outsource a problem that has been told time and time again is here to stay. across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants' at all 0 in the race but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is discussing the far right is preparing for battle and there are opponents or anyone who is different. prejudiced some tried in hungary on al-jazeera. talk to al-jazeera we heard scott realistically how can you deal with institutionalized corruption and in this country we listen if this breaks up and real conflict between august on and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global newsmakers and talk abo

commission introduced a new pact for migration and asylum in brussels it was designed to end years of bickering among e.u. member states. for years previously european governments had already attempted to reach an agreement on how to handle the crisis with no success. countries like hungary rejected any obligation to take in refugees. or johansson is the european commissioner for home affairs as the politician responsible for the new pact she calls for a measured approach. of course it's natural to be emotional because you talk about people 1st human beings and then many of them are in a crisis situation and of course it is good that you have emotions tell us people in a crisis but just sold the problem and to be able to find a political solution i think that we should try not to dramatize migration i think that's really part of the problem we have seen too many drama queens in this debate actually and i think that we should be a little bit more sober and pragmatic. and so the proposal is full of technicalities it calls for a maximum of 5 days screening at the new out of border during

welcome back hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike with some even attempting suicide over desperate conditions of a temporary camp in southern england rights groups warn that the former army barracks are worse than a prison overcrowding bear has also left refugees terrified of catching covert shaunie edwards daschle reports. napier barracks a former military site in folks in kent now used as temporary accommodation for around 400 male asylum seekers has reached boiling point the men inside have taken to the streets surrounding the barracks in protest over grim conditions they are living in and painful uncertainty about their futures hunger strikes demonstrations even sleeping outside other last resort it is very cold some are protesting about the food some are protesting for transparency. they need news about how long we are going to stay in this part you know we have no idea of our future but we lost hope and we are desperate i have been here for 3 months and i feel really bad 14 people in one room people are breathing on each other there is no privacy the room is se

of the pandemic, but over the last few years, the asylum system has really been gutted.eekers right now are hopeful is that with the new administration of joe biden, that there may be a lot of dramatic changes that could allow them to settle into a life more qukly and easily in the united states. of course, none of these changes are going to happen overnight. so it may be months or even years for us to start seeing really substantive changes to the asylum system. >> schifrin: nadja drost, thank you very much. >> thanks, nick. >> woodruff: and now it's time for our friday analysis with brooks and capehart. that is "new york times" columnist david brooks, and jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post." very good, as always, to see both of you on this friday night. david, i'm going to start with you. president biden's been in office, what, all of nine days, now, maybe nine and a half. a flurry of executive orders, almost several a day. what do you make of all this? what stands out to you the most about what's happened so far? >> i'm sort of struck by the fact th

asylum processes. the seemingly endless stay on an island in extremely difficult conditions. and even if for once granted asylum their journey remains full of challenges. all of blame the failure of political policies the failure of the un the e.u. of individual countries. seemingly prefer to ignore or outsource a problem that as you've been told time and time again is here to stay. egypt's strongman is ruling within a file and faced and the silence from his allies is deafening the u.s. was perfectly happy to trade off the mark for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong words from let's say berlin or paris or london or man in cairo on al-jazeera a policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman part that she put phillip to be goods and he boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for . poor socially disadvantaged

economic opportunity a valid reason for asylum, you put the asylum statute on that but but yes or no question is economic opportunity doesn't seem to be in the statute as a valid reason for asylum. the question i have for you is economic opportunity reason they should be adding to it? it is not there. do you believe it is there? >> i am a lawyer by profession. i look at the laws and i enforce them as a lawyer and law enforcement officer for 20 years of my career. when one speaks of economic opportunity what does one mean? generally an opportunity to make a better living, if that is what you are referring to my understanding is that is not a legitimate asylum claim to make. >> that is our understanding as well. it seems a plain reading of it if someone is coming up to increase their economic opportunity, any country in the world, any city you live in the world there is improved opportunity in the united states and we are grateful for that in the united states, saying you don't have a lot of economic opportunities, where you live doesn't mean open up our borders for asylum claims, rele

illegally but his teams admitted it will take longer to change trump's asylum restrictions including raising the yearly camp on refugees from 15225000 there's a promise to create a task force to reunite hundreds of children separated from their parents under trump 0 tolerance policy on illegal border crossings with mexico linda rivers is the executive director at last america's immigrant advocacy center she says that as joe biden prepares to take office big changes are needed to start treating migrants humanely right now what we're dealing with under the trumpet not ministration of some of the cruelest policies that we have ever seen implement it to essentially stop asylum so we know that the rebuilding has to start immediately and not only rebuilding but we also hope to see expansion for protections for people who need it so at the very least you're hoping for a more compassionate approach to the the issue absolutely compassionate humane moving away from the idea. immigrants and refugees as a national security risk and united states treating starting to treat people with true humani

and those that have reasons to get asylum will get asylum and are welcome and you have been union but those that are not eligible for asylum they cannot come and they have to return to their country of origin that's an important part of our migration policy but why is that not happening if we look at the conditions there they can't they're essentially stuck they'd like to applied for asylum and get to the european union. well i think would be seeing right now in the area off the closing of the camp just before christmas we are having a humanitarian emergency situation and this one now we need to solve them that's why i spent actually pato my christmas holiday with a lot of phone calls to their forty's and the politicians on both national and regional level in boston has the governor and also together with the high representative. so now we have today a temporary solution where the red cross reopens the leave camp with winterized tents that could help for the emergency situation right now but commissioner johansson i want to come back to you and not the humanitarian situation which we

detention for asylum seekers because that this is this is important for them to began there to truly be welcomed into. our country we believe that that is that is where we need to start. fighting in sudan's darfur region has left at least 83 people dead according to state media and buildings were burned in the capital of west 4 states. people have been fleeing the region of the violence broke out over a dispute between different tribes a local civil society organizations says that armed groups taking advantage of the quarrel and have escalated its officers have a morgan reports now from khartoum. renewed intercom in all violence in the western region of the hour for this time in the west are far in the capital janina has risk questions on the ability of the transitional government to be able to secure and stabilize a region that has been torn and marred by 17 years of conflict that did not end until last november when most of the armed groups fighting in the region signed a peace deal with the transitional government on saturday verbal clashes between 2 individuals from opposing trib

barracks for months denied access to legal assistance and with no idea how long their claims for asylum might take a combination is derelict there's little access to medical or mental health care one for 400 people there been suicide attempts and hunger strikes in protest at the way they're being treated and it's alleged that staff from the private company appointed by the government to manage this and other facilities like it over warn the refugees that if they speak out in any way they'll risk jeopardizing their asylum claims they've got 4 principles of schools aerospace engineers barbers. internationally recognized chefs and athletes and chip chip to find yourself somewhere like this surrounded by barbed wire fencing when you think this this is the country that you are going to to make your life and contribute to society but this society is putting you in a camp like this and leaving you there in you invade with no answer to your asylum claim they came hoping for something better they can't have imagined this i don't know how al-jazeera can't. but even who has reacted angrily after t