the international organization for migration estimates that, in 2014, around 1,400 traveled.ast year, the numbers spiked to 11,000. the vast majority come from here, benin city, where the economy runs on remittances from abroad, and women are regularly approached with false promises. you trusted him? sandra is taking about her deputy pastor, who told her he had a vision from god that she traveled overseas. then he said his sister in russia could get her a job in a hair salon. sandra went willingly, but for added insurance, he took items from her. when she arrived in russia, the sum was more than she could have ever imagined. >> $45,000? >> and the only way to pay that off was prostitution. bound by the spirits in a strange city for the next three years, sandra's life was hell. she lost count of the men per night -- at times 10, 15, 20, even more. she thought about killing herself, if only to spare herself being killed. they pushed her out a second-story window, and she broke her wrist, but she didn't go to the authorities. the trafficker had given the items he took from her t

agencies say many more still missing and put the death toll as high as twenty five the international organization for migration says the mediterranean sea is the world's deadliest border it says almost one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants arrived in italy by sea last year. now talks between germany's two major parties to form a new ruling coalition are resuming on sunday a potential sticking point between anger miracles question democrats and social democrats as the refugee crisis they are divided over whether to allow relatives of people who are already in germany to join them from the varia dominic cain reports . it's time for nine year old michael michael to do his homework and as in many families his big brother is on hand to help in fact twenty two year old math mord is more of a father to michael than an elder brother. because as yazidi refugees these two have been granted asylum in germany but for the past two years their parents and siblings have been stuck in a holding camp for migrants increase. the news of the view of marco germany told them they could come join us here but then a few m

agencies say many more still missing and put the death toll as high as twenty five the international organization for migration says the mediterranean sea is the world's deadliest border at least fourteen people have been killed today as strikes and artillery attacks and rebel held suburbs of damascus there's been a spike in violence in eastern guta in recent weeks activists say it's coming under the near daily bombardment about four hundred thousand people remain trapped under a government siege running out of food and medicine ivan princes have been detained in saudi arabia after protesting austerity measures at the royal palace they're being held in a toy a high security prison in contrast to dozens of other high profile figures who were detained at a luxury hotel last year during what the crown prince called an anti corruption drive those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us thirty is coming up next. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that much of. al-jazeera. the home

agencies say many more still missing and put the death toll as high as twenty five the international organization for migration says the mediterranean sea is the world's deadliest border it says almost one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants survived in italy by sea last year. those are the headlines on al-jazeera produce stay with us counting the cost is next. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades. took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job we'll look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle east second largest economy also this week meltdown and suspect these are the nicknames for the two major flaws discovered in the hardware of nearly every computer and digital device worldwide the race is on to fix the. new

boat off the coast of libya rescue agencies say many more are still missing the international organization for migration calls the mediterranean sea the world's deadliest border one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants arrives in italy by c. last year. now protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed orthodox christmas celebrations in bethlehem demonstrators are angry over the alleged sale of church land to israelis they say it would make it harder for palestinian suicide or own state june reports from bethlehem. the protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem's manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount a

according to the international organization for migration around two thousand four hundred people crossed in december alone. now the plan put forward by the myanmar the bangladesh governments to stop repression ranger that wants to go back to myanmar is due to start a couple of days but it's new arrivals like these that highlight just how vulnerable and afraid the regime germy remain. the u.n. and international aid organizations say it's too early for refugees to return when the security cannot be guaranteed i when was not involved in we've had three lease talks are happening file actually between the two governments but as you can see today we are still having people arriving on a regular basis in desperate need of humanitarian support to here and the boys are taken to the place where aid workers a building the shelter this chinese bamboo wood tops all in heart will be home for the full see will future i hope my husband daughter and grandmother can find to see here she says. the refugee camp phone with. germany's chancellor angela merkel says she's optimistic that the opposition social d

integrate and help the development of those who were forced to flee their countries the international organization for migration reports at least five thousand migrants and refugees died in twenty seventeen more than three thousand of those deaths were in the mediterranean sea with half of those refugees departing from north africa the un's most recent report says there are more than two hundred fifty million migrants around the world thirty million more since the year two thousand and this year the u.n. hopes to achieve a global agreement on migration. well father thomas reese is a jesuit priest and the senior analyst of religious news service he says pope francis will continue to fight for the rights of refugees well this pope has consistently for the last five years deborah since he became oh has been a strong advocate for refugees and migrants remember his first trip outside of rome was down to the buddha of italy where migrants were flowing up on the v h yeah because of the gains years of coming across the mediterranean sea so he has been a voice challenging christians to welcome migrants to protect them t

rescued from a boat off libya's coast rescue agencies say many more are still missing international organization for migration calls the military mediterranean sea the world's deadliest border one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants arrived in italy by c. last year. now protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed orthodox christmas celebrations in bethlehem the alleged sale of church land to israeli squawks the ten scenes demonstrators say this is could make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state. the government of saudi arabia says eleven princes have been detained in riyadh have been sent to a notorious high security prison after protesting against the kingdom's decision to make royals pay their water and utility bills that's in contrast to dozens of other high profile figures who were detained in a luxury hotel last year during the what the government called an anti-corruption drive. talks between germany's two major parties to form a new ruling coalition are set to resume on sunday they're divided over whether to allow relatives of people who are

according to the international organization for migration around two thousand four hundred people cross in december alone. now the plan put forward by the myanmar on the bangladesh government's to stop repatriating ranger that wants to go back to myanmar is due to start in a couple of days but its new arrivals like these that highlight just how vulnerable and afraid the regime germy on law remain. the u.n. and international aid organizations say it's too early for refugees to return when the security cannot be guaranteed. between us. we are still helping people on a regular basis. of humanitarian support to here and her boys are taken to the place where aid workers a building shelter this tiny bamboo and tall pool in heart will be home for the full sea will future i hope my husband daughter and grandmother can find is here she says stratford al-jazeera the refugee camp fun with the. u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel to jerusalem the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital

boat off the coast of libya rescue agencies say many more are still missing and the international organization for migration the i.o.m. calls the mediterranean the world's deadliest importer one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants arrived in italy by sea last year mahmoud up to one head has the latest from libya's capital tripoli libya's coast guard spokesman says that they have not intervened in that latest risk you operation. it has been all taking care of by coast guard at the spokesman also said that the boat sailed off and go to bali that's a town east of the libyan capital tripoli and the boat capsized around thirty five miles away from a good coast now the reasons why libya's coast guard has not spotted this boat is that usually these boats are very small and libya's coast guard says that they cannot spot such a small boats unless they are reported by one of the patrols of libya's coast guard or they get a call from the migrants on board of of the boat now in some cases smugglers give the migrants a wireless device or as for your phone to call libya's coast guard in case the boat capsizes n

and joining us on skype from geneva is leonard doyle he's the spokesman for the international organization for migration good to have you with us so two thousand and eighteen has already has just started and we're already seeing a number of cases of attempts to cross the mediterranean of people drowning and so on. are the numbers increasing once again well the numbers are starting at about eight hundred so far and considerably down and last year i think what's troubling is you're seeing these apparent number of drownings perhaps as many as one hundred. people are taking desperate and the smugglers the traffickers are putting them to sea in really all in conditions there's caught between a rock and a hard between the risk of abuse and potential being sold as slaves if they stay in libya or drowning is the city so there's clearly a big problem here what is driving people to continue to try and make this journey after all the measures which the european union took coordination with the libyan coast guard i think at the root of everything that we're seeing is an enormous disparities in income huge income in

agencies say many more still missing and put the death toll as high as twenty five the international organization for migration says the mediterranean sea is the world's deadliest for water. at least fourteen people have been killed in airstrikes and artillery attacks in rebel held suburbs and there's a mask this has been a spike in violence of the east and in recent weeks. around fifty fires have been reported around the astray and state of victoria as temperatures soar above forty degrees firefighters have been battling dry and windy conditions to contain the flames the fires calm as for the north sydney is enjoying its hottest day on record setting forty seven point eight degrees celsius at one weather station. those are the headlines on al-jazeera face to face continues next thank you very much for watching. max and martin luther king two legendary figures with opposing visions for american civil rights and into their rivalry plays out on primetime television in the united states common. dr king is equality and all right citizenship or not the goal of dr martin luther king is to give negro the chance to si

than one hundred twenty thousand refugees arrived in italy by sea according to the international organization for migration funerals have been held for four policemen killed in a bomb attack in indian administered kashmir this is the latest in a series of bombings by rebels who want to end india's rule of the north western region which is disputed with pakistan mohammad vall has more. i know most ten dollars to the hundreds of this funeral in the northern town of us was it's the best place of one of the four policemen killed in the blast happened in the nearby town of support in the northern part of indian administered kashmir. security sources say opposed to india rule an improvised explosive device targeting a police patrol. thank you to the town of about fifty kilometers northwest of synagogue city some a capital of the regional government they say fighters planted the device beneath a shop in a marketplace to talk of. the blast or so damn good shops in the area. we were called to the town today and this was all normal deployment for maintaining law and order these boys were deployed in a small alley in

integrate and help the development of those who were forced to flee their countries the international organization for migration reports of at least five thousand migrants and refugees died in twenty seventeen more than three thousands of those were in the mediterranean sea half of those refugees departed from north africa the un's most recent report says there are more than two hundred fifty million migrant around the world that's thirty million more since the year two thousand this year the u.n. hopes to achieve a world agreement ome migration right let's talk to father thomas reese now who's a jesuit priest and a senior analyst at religious news service is joining us joining us live from washington d.c. d.c. thank you very much indeed for talking to us what do you think the pope would hope to achieve by performing mass on this day to day this being recognized by the vatican for more than one hundred years. well this pope has consistently for the last five years deborah since he became pope has been a strong advocate for refugees and migrants remember his first trip outside of rome was down to the buddha of i

integrate and help the development of those who were forced to flee their countries the international organization for migration reports that at least five thousand migrants and refugees died last year more than three thousand of those deaths were in the mediterranean sea with half of those refugees departing from north africa the un's most recent report says there are more than two hundred fifty million migrant surround the world that's thirty million more since a year twenty twenty thousand this year the u.n. hopes to achieve a world agreement on migration. father thomas reese is a jesuit police a priest and a senior analyst at religion news service in these as pope francis will continue to fight for the rights of refugees. well this pope has consistently for the last five years deborah since he became pope has been a strong advocate for refugees and migrants remember his first trip outside of rome was down to the buddha of italy where migrants were floating up on the beach again because of the dangers of coming across the mediterranean sea so he has been a voice challenging christians to welcome migrants to

myanmar to bangladesh in recent weeks has dropped considerably according to the international organization for migration around two thousand four hundred people crossed in december alone now the plan put forward by the myanmar on the bangladesh government's to stop repatriating ranger that wants to go back to myanmar is due to start in a couple of days but its new arrivals like these that highlight just how vulnerable unafraid the ranger myanmar remain. the u.n. and international aid organizations say it's too early for refugees to return when the security cannot be guaranteed iran is not involved in the tree she lease talks are happening file actually between the two governments but as you can see today we are still having people arriving on a regular basis in desperate need of humanitarian support to here and her boys are taken to the place where aid workers are building the shelter this tiny bamboo and top hole in heart will be home for the foreseeable future i hope my husband daughter and grandmother can find us here she says stratford al-jazeera a refugee camp on the. facebook is launching a survey

boat off the coast of libya rescue agencies say many more are still missing the international organization for migration calls the mediterranean sea the world's deadliest border one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants arrived in this city by sea last year mahmud up to one hundred has the latest from libya's capital tripoli. libya's coast guard spokesman says that they have not intervened in that latest risk you operation. it has been all taking care of by italy is coast guard at the spokesman also said that the boat sailed off and go to bali that's a town east of the libyan capital tripoli and the boat capsized around thirty five miles away from a get a bali coast now the reasons why libya's coast guard has not spotted this boat is that usually these boats are very small and libya's coast guard says that they cannot spot such a small boats unless they are reported by one of the patrols of libya's coast guard or they get a call from the migrants on board of of the boat now in some cases smugglers give the migrants a wireless device or as for your phone to call libya's coast guard in case the bo

is head of communications for the un's international organization for migration joins us now from dallas thanks so much for taking the time to speak to us there we don't often hear about immigrants drowning off the coast of yemen but it's very interesting in this case the refugees who drowned off the coast of aden how unusual is it for them to have emerged from this departure point well i think tragically this is happening more and more as we're just not hearing about it it's not getting on to the media well enough it's very unusual in this case what we're seeing is it seems like a deportation on the seems to be all sorts of abuses going on in which margaret's are being put forcibly effectively back on boats smugglers are being paid to take them and then the smugglers are turning out to kind of rocketeer from the markets themselves in this case it ended tragically for the lives of thirty migrants and there's been a big rescue operation and our colleagues at i.o.m. as well as the units your have been patrolling and trying to bring aid and comfort to those who've been rescued what do you k

have been rescued off the coast of libya in the last week that's according to the international organization for migration the number of people attempting to cross the mediterranean to reach europe is down from last year however the number of people killed remains high at least two hundred refugees drowned in the first two weeks of twenty eighteen that's a similar figure to this time last year the story is government is defending its tough stance on immigration highlighting the fact that in per capita terms it took in more refugees from the un's refugees resettlement program than any other country but just one percent of refugees in the world put forward to be we settled and or thomas reports. australia is known for being tough towards refugees denying asylum to anyone who arrives by boat but its government says that in fact the country is generous towards refugees. markel area is a refugee who agrees the magician originally from iran says australia has been welcoming everybody respect each other they're good things more to cut their country and all these different different nationalities live together in