cross into europe after turkey said it would no longer force its border but it's right now to john psaropoulos who is on the island of lesbos john what we've been seeing there. well the numbers and also overwhelming today we have 2 both arrivals on the island here are less worse and 2 more further south in the south e.g. and not an overwhelming rate of flow across the waters today but in the previous 24 hours between sunday morning and this morning we did have close to a 1000 arrivals in these to jian and the government says that they prevented another roughly 10000 arrivals on the land border with turkey so there is a heightened level of anxiety especially here in these to jian especially on lesbos which has traditionally attracted more than half of the a.g.m. flows from turkey of refugees the islanders here are mostly keeping come but some people are particularly anxious quite resolved in fact to disrupt the normal operation of the morea refugee camp and of newsgathering on the island there are many international networks here and lots of international print media and they have been blockadi

that report from john psaropoulos there he is on the greek island of lesbos more from him later and from maritime borders we look at land borders natasha going to name on the borders between turkey and greece and also bulgaria tasher an update from you. once these migrants and refugees behind me left their country they're used to being mistreated to having to wait for long periods of time not knowing what's next and they're used to being patient but they're telling us stories that show and explain why they are angry frustrated and have a lot of concern we're in a village called to iraq and you see this river bank behind me full of families and single people who've been camped out for the last several days they're camped out here because as you can see if it's along a river it's called the merchant river on the other side is green it's a short distance by boat it's about a football field away but as we're hearing it's become a rather arduous journey we spoke to a few syrian refugee men who made that journey they said that they paid a smuggler about $25.00 to head across to the greek borde

for many refugees and says it can't cope with any more people fleeing the violence and it nip john psaropoulos joins me now live i believe from the greek island of les voss and john the greek prime minister has been speaking about the situation was he had to say. he has he asked for greater european supports not just in terms of men and materials which are all valuable and european commission president. promised plenty of that beginning with 7 votes in the aegean adding to the european border and coast guard forces already here but what the greek prime minister really wants and has been asking for since he was elected 8 months ago is a common asylum policy that allows european member states to share the burden of asylum processing at the moment that is being borne mainly by the countries of 1st arrival i.e. the external border countries like greece italy and spain are multiple and what he said was we haven't really used our time wisely since the last refugee crisis the time has come for us to do this we need to show we are sharing the burden and facsimile. we cannot have the burden pushed onto

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al-jazeera lesbos u.s. secretary of state my pump says his hopeful talks between the afghan government and the taliban wales daunte in the coming days earlier deal signed between the u.s. and the afghan taliban appeared to be hitting a stumbling block afghanistan's president ashraf ghani said the government did not commit to releasing $5000.00 taliban prisoners and it cannot be a precondition for talks with a group to him it is in kabul with more of what president danny had to say. in less than 24 hours president went from praising the agreement signed by due u.s. and the taliban as a stepping stone towards peace and stability in afghanistan you know saying that he refused certain aspects of that agreement president when he was referring to prisoners that is part of that agreement about 5000 taliban held in afghan jails versus a 1000 afghans held in taliban jails well president said that it's way too soon to talk about this that he was not part of that agreement and this is what he ha

on the greek islands closest to turkey on sunday most of them landing on the island of lesbos john psaropoulos is in less valse and that's the main entry point for refugees and migrants coming from the aegean sea he has this report. a single boat load of refugees is asked. altered to the shores of less force high winds have likely prevented many others from crossing but they are forecast to die down and more boats are expected to come all who arrive and up here in moria camp there are 22000 people here 7 times what it was built for and many have to find space among the olive groves most are from afghanistan they've escaped war and death but many say they haven't found life here there are no formal schools so 14 year old 4 operates his family stand selling fruit and vegetables is morea good not good. read. home very a small maybe that people here have little to do but wait for their asylum applications to be decided upon and their wait has just become much longer a new asylum law took effect at the beginning of the year that fast tracks new applications so the trajectory applicants can be sent

eastern mediterranean and make their way to the greek islands over lesbos soldiers there is john psaropoulos is there. the greek prime minister stressed the need for a common asylum policy it's been one of his main causes in the european union since he came to power 8 months ago he said that we have not used our time wisely since the last refugee crisis the time has come for us to do this we need to show we are sharing the burden effectively and to show innovation we cannot leave the burden pushed on to the so shoulders of external e.q. member states this is a cry of help from europe's mediterranean coast that the external border countries cannot be gatekeepers to europe without solidarity and support from the rest of the continent let's listen to what he had to say this is a blatant attempt by turkey to use desperate people to promote its jus political agenda and to divert attention from the horrible situation in syria the 10s of thousands of people who try to end to greece over the past few days did not come from a blip they have been living safely in turkey for a long period of time most

europe to take action it cannot handle this challenge alone are less now speak to august there is john psaropoulos who is on the greek island polls john many refugees have been arriving over the past 2 days on less poles what are they finding when they arrive and what have they been telling you i know you've been speaking to some of them. well today's arrivals of more than 500 at last count and operations are still ongoing at sea as we speak was a significant ramping up compared to yesterday's numbers of 151 who arrived by sea so clearly there is a response now to the turkish government's change of policy we've spoken to some people who came here free of charge at least 2 people told me that they were approached by turkish smugglers and told boats were being prepared on the beach they could just jump in at no charge. whereas other people who had made their deals with smugglers weeks ago obviously before the change in government policy 3 days ago paid their money normally but they too are being speeded up they were receiving text messages saying the time has come for you to go across now. the gover

take time to rebuild trust in this complex community on the frontlines of an ongoing crisis john psaropoulos al jazeera lesbos. there are nearly 80 attacks in afghanistan since the us the taliban signed a peace deal in qatar a week ago despite the continued violence the taliban is due to hold talks with the afghan government to the coming days. reports know the hurdles those negotiations are likely to face. was celebrations have been taking place in taliban held areas since an agreement between the u.s. and the taliban was signed in doha nearly a week ago that would have the goodness this is a big achievement for all afghans says the local commander they lost and now we have gained their freedom for civilians caught in the middle and welcome relief. it's been very difficult there were a lot of night raids the taliban fighters were escaping and its civilians who suffer we were the victims not the taliban the message here is that the taliban inflicted the historical defeat on the us but there's another war going on one between afghans at least 80 attacks have been carried out since sunday kill

allowed to apply for asylum and in some cases won't be documented either thank you for that john psaropoulos live for us on the greek island of less posts plenty more ahead on this news hour including feeling the strain we'll look at how the corona virus outbreak has put the global economy in survival mode was dated back and your football team makes it and molest a beaut peter will be here to tell our stolid they got a. price israelis are voting in their 3rd general election in 11 months people hope this will bring an end to months of political turmoil that had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election last april prime minister benjamin netanyahu has failed twice to form a coalition government in september the blue and white party's leader benny gantz was asked to form a government and also face it. go vote it's a proud day this is a democracy you have a great right that you should exercise with confidence the corona thing is completely under control today we've taken all the precautions that are necessary people can go and vote with complete confidence this is a celebration

have landed on lesbos and 4 other jian islands from turkey over the past week let's bring in john psaropoulos now who's on let's 1st john what's the latest. hello well you can see behind me the warped and twisted metal sheet sheet metal of the roof which has buckled under the fire the girders underneath that have also buckled we can see. the roof that's left the steel frames of the long tables and benches were children so of course the plywood is now turned to dust this was the school of peace a section of the one happy family day center which offered a number of services to refugees living on the island standing with me here is nick nicola who is one of the people in charge of this center good morning thank you for joining us thanks can you tell me had you received any warning that something might happen and do you know what the cause of this fire was so for we don't know anything about the cause of the fire the police is investigating. been very tense on the island recently island has been host to more than 20000 asylum seekers in the notorious morea refugee camp and refugees are very frust

last boss are at serious risk from the coronavirus need to be moved immediately al-jazeera is john psaropoulos reports now on how the camp there is ill equipped to tackle the pandemic. mike thousands of other asylum seekers this resident of moriah camp is lighting a fire to warm himself and cook lunch and like thousands of others he's using a piece of plastic to start it fires are the only source of heat in winter aid groups say they cause serious respiratory problems and the burning of plastic makes them even more dangerous one of the asthmatic patients the father explained to me that one night he came back home they were heating the tent with the hold coals inside and when he arrived back none of his family members. were it was unable to wake them. and yet to drive them outside they slowly recovered so most probably this was like a carbon monoxide poisoning it's easy to burn rubbish because it isn't being collected a local contractor is paid to pick it up inside the official camp and to a radius of 10 meters outside the camp fence but within that space we found this ravine filled with it gre

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al-jazeera lesbos. israel is preparing for its 3rd election in a year from monday the vote will be the 1st say since the announcement of the us middle east peace file which has been roundly rejected by the palestinians they say the 2 main candidates don't have a palestinian state on their agendas and competing to take even more of their rights away made abraham reports some coerced ms apartment overlooks israel separation wall but he says this view could get worse the israeli housing ministry has started the process to approve $9000.00 new houses they form part of a new illegal israeli settlement that would cut off the east jerusalem neighborhoods north of the wall from those to its west. that would prevent the development of the most central metropolis in any future palestinian state just our shot of us all of us is a lot in which i bought this apartment because there was some sort of an open air view and not a cramped neighborhood but if the open space is gone i'll be forced to leav

john psaropoulos reports from the island of less spots on the frontline of what could be another refugee crisis. asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open police can't process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria it's been blockaded by angry islanders who want to shut down but moreas occupants aren't happy to be here either. this was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year to relieve them doc said it didn't sound very productive and i am saying that this is very difficult for everyone to set every night that i got pretty good what are the dark and this is very important hundreds of moria's asylum seekers recently much down to the port after receiving misleading or mistaken messages that the government was evacuating them to athens police had to turn them back this tense situation is likely to become worse as turkey has opened its border and is advise in refugees on its soil to go to europe that's the reason why this 15 year old fro

let's speak to john psaropoulos in less balls for is so john the greeks under pressure no doubt just bring us up to date for us with the numbers of people who've been trying to make it into greece in recent days and the reactions i've been there's no official tally for the numbers of terms and across to dave foley but in the last 24 hours from sunday morning to monday morning we do know that the number of people who were picked up at sea was 977 that is a coast guard figure. were about. 2 dozen or so a terms in individual boats resulting in the number of individuals being picked up today it seems to be quieter for example here or less because we've only had a couple of those arrivals and so what's been the response from from locals to these new arrivals. well officially. dismisses these videos as turkish propaganda and deliberate the terms to blacken the name of the helmet coast. and the helmet coast guard has also released its own videos of turkish coast guard ships escorting rubber dinghies filled with asylum seekers to the international was a line between greek and turkish territo

to get across the u.s maritime borders and then up on greek islands like les voss from there john psaropoulos reports. the greek prime minister stressed the need for a common asylum policy it's been one of his main causes in the european union since he came to power 8 months ago he said that we have not used our time wisely since the last refugee crisis the time has come for us to do this we need to show we are sharing the burden effectively and to show innovation we cannot leave the burden pushed on to the so shoulders of external you member states this is a cry of help from europe's mediterranean coast that the external border countries cannot be gatekeepers to europe without solidarity and support from the rest of the continent let's listen to what he had to say this is a blatant attempt by turkey to use desperate people to promote his jew political agenda and to divert attention from the horrible situation in syria. the 10s of thousands of people who tried to end to greece over the past few days did not come from it live they have been living safely in turkey for a long period of time mos

standing by for his own turkey's border with syria live to her in a moment but 1st let's fix it john psaropoulos he's on the greek islands of lies false enjoyed less force is already under considerable pressure at the moments now the greeks stand accused of physically turning asylum seekers away and firing on their boats what's the latest where you are. that's right and we saw those videos released yesterday by the turkish government which clearly showed hello nic coast guard boats in some form of deflection or repulsion of refugee boats using those poles and it appears that one of the vessels fired into the water a couple of warning shots as well now we don't know when that video was filmed but it is clear from everything else that we've seen that greece is now engaged in a policy of deflection and repulsion we've seen it on the land border with us where the government says between saturday morning and last night 24000 attempted forced entries were prevented and we've seen the migration minister say on monday. on national television and again this morning that the hellenic navy and the heavenly

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al jazeera lesbos if you expressed disappointment with the latest u.s. efforts to resolve a long running dispute over a major down river boycotted talks in washington this week saying go stations with egypt answered on are far from over p.o.p.o. says the dam is essential to with development but egypt is worried about its effect on irrigation and drinking water malaysia's king has revealed. as the country's new prime minister the world statement sidelines the former leader mahathir mohamad who is ruling coalition collapse last week but mahathir insists he should remain in power alexei o'brien reports. a changing of the guard in malaysia that critics are calling the death of democracy. appointment by the king capping a tumultuous week in the country's politics. i thank the king and would like to thank all of you for your moral support i only ask that all malaysians accept the decision announced by the palace today. the king's move sidelines former leader mohammed his ruling coalition co

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al-jazeera lesbos the us is tyson's travel restrictions for countries most affected by corona virus after recording its 1st death from the infection president donald trump called for calm after confirming a man died in washington state the u.s. is banning all travel to iran and blocking entry to any foreign citizens who visited iran in the past 2 weeks it's also issued do not travel warnings to parts of italy and south korea trump is considering closing the border with mexico despite the southern neighbor having only 4 confirmed cases additional cases in the united states are likely but healthy individuals should be able to fully recover. and we think that will be saved and that we can make with great surety now that we've gotten from me with this problem they should be able to recover should they contract the virus so healthy people if you're healthy. you will probably. go through a process and you'll be fine. joe biden has won the south carolina democratic primary securing almost ha

arriving on greece's islands to the government suspended new asylum applications for a month john psaropoulos tells us what it's like for families left out in the cold only islands of last boss. now this boatload of asylum seekers arrived just before sunday there are 42 of them 36 afghans 4 from african countries and 2 syrians they are going to spend the night here in this courtyard of a small chapel by the sea. but they've been given a tarpaulin to bed down on they've been given some blankets and an evening meal and passes it there is nowhere else for them to go and that is a problem because when they arrived it was raining and their clothes soaked among them 12 very small children and infants who could easily get very sick here tonight where the air is damp there's no fire going there's no source of heat other than body heat they could have spent the night in a tent or in a local death by the unit unfortunately that was burned 3 days ago by a group of angry locals who don't want to have any sort of reception center here on the north shore of the island for more asylum seekers because the fa

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al jazeera lesbos a deal signed between the us and the afghan taliban may have already hit a major stumbling block of college those present a shotgun he says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners and it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan and a longstanding peace. that there was a request regarding the release of taliban prisoners but it can only be part of negotiations and it cannot be preconditions for starting the interim afghan negotiations also there must be no issue of goodwill because the afghan nation must be assured that whoever is going to be released will not stand against it one day. now the afghan government turns previously strange taliban prisoners in the town to kick start negotiations in 2013 both afghanistan and pakistan released dozens of taliban prisone

island overcrowded but he residents say they can't cope of called on the greek government to help john psaropoulos reports from the island of les paul's. rock is in greece after escaping from an abusive husband in iran and religious persecution in her native afghanistan now that she has asylum here right how wants to help other women living on lesbos refugee camp we're doing here no cars in a car and a police we're doing here free but it's make me happy. because i don't my job i don't think about the money just i was i want to help them because i understand the home and she's one of 40 refugees helping other refugees at the hope project many of their donations of goods and labor come from locals but after turkey opened its borders to refugees heading to europe they saw a different reaction anger and intimidation aimed at non-governmental organizations like theirs this is being a wind up by the government as well as the local authorities everything's the ngos fault. you know come here they take all the money everything couse the refugees are getting 400 a month and think that it is just the constan

port after being prevented from reaching its of a crowded camps by angry local residents but as john psaropoulos reports from les paul said let me be a briefer spite of those on board. a greek navy transport ship arrives in lesbos to pick up more than $500.00 refugees and migrants they arrived after turkey opened its borders to europe and won't be allowed to apply for asylum instead they will be taken to athens and eventually deported people here hope this will act as a deterrent to more refugee crossings. the people who crossed illegally from the land border got 4 years in jail and a 10000 euro fine it serves them right and it will make others think twice the refugees have bones whatever happens here gets to the other side security around the port is high police have their hands full preventing daily attempts by refugees to board ferries to athens lesbos has been the most hospitable island to refugees but people are frustrated a year ago there were about 5000 people in the island's refugee camp and this was an olive grove the camp and tent city mushrooming around it now hold 20000 villages from

migrants on the island in less than a week after an unknown assailant torch a reception center john psaropoulos reports. the school of peace burned to the ground 3 years to the day after it opened that date and recent political tension caused by a far right faction of islanders targeting refugee charities has raised suspicions about how this fire started investigations into the cause are ongoing the school had been closed for 2 weeks because of the tense atmosphere on last post refugees living in the island's refugee camp and moria were told not to come it doesn't feel like the same place when i walk in the state of mclean a don't feel safe at the moment i love to walk and i like to sit in places now he doesn't feel safe anymore when you know when we go when you know when we drive around sometimes we get stopped and we get questioned and then there are some words we cannot go sometimes. that tension came after the greek government tried to build a detention center the islanders don't want to replace the overcrowded morea camp and became much worse after turkey opened its borders to refugees who

migrants are trying to get to is the greek island of lance bass which is close to the turkish coast john psaropoulos is there for us. at the moment we don't have refugee both arriving here today because a very strong winds in the area but it is clear from what we've seen in the last 24 hours that the greek policy towards those that do come and will continue to come in the coming days has changed to the policy of open borders uneven promotion of refugees towards its western borders with europe has led to a change in the greek policy from one of search and rescue to one of deterrence and deflection not only on land but also at sea and we've seen that in videos released by the turkish government yesterday the greek migration minister will be traveling to brussels tomorrow to ask for help specific things the greek government wants in equipment and personnel to help defend this 1000 kilometers along maritime border which is europe's main maritime border with turkey but he is also going to ask them he said this morning for pressure on turkey diplomatic pressure economic pressure i presume that means in or

it's calling an appropriate share it's something greece has been requesting for months but as john psaropoulos explains it doesn't address the whole problem. at 14 and 17 years of age ali and ali hamza are unaccompanied afghan minors they've been a refugee camp for months but haven't managed to apply for asylum because all forest trees are overwhelmed with applications. says at 60 his father is too old to make a living as a builder and his 14 year old sister is taking in sewing work to feed the family farm and i thought of that when i told my family that where we live is not a good place ican find many constantly i discussed it with them and they sent me here 17 year old saleh from syria is relatively lucky he's one of about 400 minors staying in moreas police protected area for vulnerable refugees but before that his life was heard why. for 7 months i lived on the mountains around here i survived by doing petty jobs for people in the last month i was taken into the facility for miners but before that i slept on the ground without blankets or a bed i often walked barefoot and was miserable i k

port arthur being prevented from reaching its overcrowded camps by angry local residents but as john psaropoulos reports from les paul said let me be a briefer spite for those with money is to get on board. a greek navy transport ship arrives in lesbos to pick up more than $500.00 refugees and migrants they arrived after turkey opened its borders to europe and won't be allowed to apply for asylum instead they will be taken to athens and eventually deported people here hope this will act as a deterrent to more refugee crossings. the people who crossed illegally from the land border got 4 years in jail and a 10000 euro fine it serves them right and it will make others think twice the refugees have phones whatever happens here gets bound over to the other side security around the port is high police have their hands full preventing daily attempts by refugees to board ferries to athens lesbos has been the most hospitable island to refugees but people are frustrated a year ago there were about 5000 people in the island's refugee camp and this was an olive grove the camp and tent city mushrooming arou

islands and that's triggered a backlash against aid groups supporting refugees are like roads john psaropoulos reports now from the island of les paul's ra is in greece after escaping from an abusive husband in iran and religious persecution in her native afghanistan now that she has asylum here right now wants to help other women living on lesbos refugee camp be doing her cause in a car and a police everest saying we're doing here free but it's makes me happy. because i don't my job i don't think about money i just i was i want to help them because i understand their home and she's one of 40 refugees helping other refugees at the hope project many of their donations of goods and labor come from locals but after turkey opened its borders to refugees heading to europe they saw a different reaction anger and intimidation aimed at non-governmental organizations like theirs this is being a wind up by the government as well as the local authorities every thinks the ngos fault. you know come here they take all the money everything couse the refugees are getting 400 a month and think that it is just

cross the eastern mediterranean route making their way to the greek island of lesbos from where john psaropoulos sent this update. the greek prime minister stressed the need for a common asylum policy it's been one of his main causes in the european union since he came to power 8 months ago he said that we have not used time wisely since the last refugee crisis the time has come for us to do this we need to show we are sharing the burden effectively and to show innovation we cannot leave the burden pushed on to the so shoulders of external you member states this is a cry for help from europe's mediterranean coast that the external border countries cannot be gatekeepers to europe without solidarity and support from the rest of the continent let's listen to what he had to say this is a blatant attempt by turkey to use desperate people to promote his jew political agenda and to divert attention from the horrible situation in syria the 10s of thousands of people who tried to end to greece over the past few days did not come from it live they have been living safely in turkey for a long period of tim

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al jazeera lesbos migrants have also been trying to cross into greece by land after circus soldiers guarding their side of the border were ordered to retreat it's also been a reports from n.p.r. news. president. has made it clear his forces won't stop hundreds of thousands of syrian and other refugees from trying to get into your one of the. i'm going to europe because i want to continue my education my education in syria and work here in turkey isn't quite my celery is barely enough life is bit of you will have health care and many other opportunities. we don't have identity cards nothing hospitals don't treat us they don't give us medicine the bosses take our money sometimes don't pay our salaries we don't have residents permits we have many problems. in a 24 hour period reset it had stopped $4000.00 migrants from entering it was sending reinforcements to secure its land and sea or. the situation is now difficult a number pleasant thousands of suffering people are messing up how bog

into europe have to take he said it would no longer in force the border let's cross over to john psaropoulos who joins us from the island of a less boss and john you've talked and witnessed the impasse between your thora t's and those migrants who have arrived and survived that sea journey it is a very tense situation. it is indeed the greek coast guard has confirmed the death of that one child the coast guard's accounts of this and counter is that the migrant vessel rubber dinghy approached the water line of greek turkish territorial waters accompanied by a turkish coast guard vessel which then turned away after it had insured that they had crossed over into greek waters following that the greek coast guard says the people who were on the boat capsized it deliberately in order to be saved at sea in accordance with the international law of the sea because under those circumstances once you have people in the water without a boat. the international law of the sea obliges you to conduct a rescue operation this was done 46 of the 48 people the coast guard says were rescued in good condition 2 c

greece's islands as well the government has suspended all new asylum applications for a month john psaropoulos tells us now what it's like for families left out in the cold on the island of last boss. now this boatload of asylum seekers arrived just before sunday there are 42 of them 36 afghans 4 from african countries and 2 syrians they are going to spend the night here in this courtyard of a small chapel by the sea. but they've been given a tarpaulin to bed down on they've been given some blankets and an evening meal and passes it there is nowhere else for them to go and that is a problem because when they arrived it was raining and their clothes a soaked among them 12 very small children and infants who could easily get very sick here tonight where the air is damp there's no fire going there's no source of heat other than body heat they could have spent the night in a tent or in a local death posed by the unit unfortunately that was burned 3 days ago by a group of angry locals who don't want to have any sort of reception center here on the north shore of the island for more asylum seekers b

island in less than a week after unknown assailants torched a reception center for lies boss john psaropoulos reports. the school of peace burned to the ground 3 years to the day after it opened that date and recent political tension caused by a far right faction of islanders targeting refugee charities has raised suspicions about how this fire started investigations into the cause are ongoing the school had been closed for 2 weeks because of the tense atmosphere on lesbos refugees living in the island's refugee camp and moria were told not to come it doesn't feel like the same place when they walk in the streets feel safe at the moment i love to see places now he doesn't feel safe anymore and when we go when we drive around sometimes we get stopped and we get questioned and then there are some was. that tension came after the greek government tried to build a detention center the islanders don't want to replace the overcrowded morea camp and became much worse after turkey opened its borders to refugees who want to go to europe greece sought to defend its borders and push the migrants and ref

john psaropoulos reporting now from the island of lead spots on the front line of what could be another refugee crisis. asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open police can't process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria it's been blockaded by angry islanders who want to shut down but moreas occupants aren't happy to be here either. this was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year really very dark said it didn't sound very good back then and certainly this is very difficult for everyone here said every now and then i'm going for a good example the good ones are really the dark and this is very important hundreds of moria's asylum seekers recently much down to the port after receiving misleading or mistaken messages that the government was evacuating them to athens police had to turn them back this tense situation is likely to become worse as turkey has opened its border and is advise in refugees on its soil to go to europe that's t

biggest entry point for migrants in the agency with more than 20000 arriving there since 2016 john psaropoulos now reports on why the conditions are quite so bad on the island. like thousands of other asylum seekers this resident of moriah camp is lighting a fire to warm himself and cook lunch and like thousands of others he's using a piece of plastic to start it fires are the only source of heat in winter aid groups say they cause serious respiratory problems and the burning of plastic makes them even more dangerous one of the asthmatic patients the father explained to me that one night he came back home they were heating the tent with the hold coals inside and when he arrived back none of his family members. were it was unable to wake them. and yet to drive them outside they slowly recovered so most probably this was like a carbon monoxide poisoning it's easy to burn rubbish because it isn't being collected a local contractor is paid to pick it up inside the official camp and to a radius of 10 meters outside the camp fence but within that space we found this ravine filled with it greases rec

against europe rather than as people who've crossed over as free individuals think that that's john psaropoulos there live from lisbon us movie is already there is a refugee or specialists at the university of reading he joins us now live from rating good to have you on the program. the e.u. commission's president on the main stage that the e.u. will give greece all of the support it needs in terms of what's happening at greece's border with turkey but greece as we just heard there is continuing to 10 people back so what should we take from that message of support what is the e.u. actually likely to do in real terms to help these people. yes. so the prime minister of greece said something that is correct which is that since the refugee crisis and 2015 europe has has not come together to form a policy of responsibility sharing that alleviate some of the but otherwise disproportionately falls on from tier states such as greece and italy there was a emergency relocation scheme that was going to read okayed about 120000 people from both italy and greece and even those 'd places haven't fully been m

crisis to be nipped in the bud as it were ok john thank you for that update status al jazeera is john psaropoulos reporting there live from the greek island of less posts like haiti fallen is a migration on a century says the renewed influx of migrants and refugees has left less poles a breaking point. i think one of the main points to keep talking about that response now 132015 has a lot exactly and that's not such a dire city now people in that force at high and that angry and angry standing out not just to its people rioting but what's known as arians what's janet strand situation feeling on the ground it's incredibly tense it feels like everyone at breaking point that i number of journalists were out attacked yesterday that went out because it's my number and you know why things have been attacked and other cars and destroying so. it's a real breakdown kind of community and it really feels like the tension that can't continue to rise to teach us the way it's not just to be honest and down with a new more right of under our america that's going to happen so that's the current situation right n

turkey in a few moments we'll hear from john psaropoulos who's on lens possible 1st and speak to national attention again then who's in on turkey's side of the border with greece i mean obviously a fast moving story in terms of the way that these migrants are moving natasha but what are you seeing and hearing from them. migrants are on the move but we're seeing and intermittent trickle that's how i would describe it we're certainly not seeing thousands of people if you look behind me there's a road and that will lead to the checkpoint with turkey and greece we've seen groups of people maybe in i'd say 10121012 proceeding since we arrived several hours ago but not hundreds of people and certainly not thousands of people arriving the turkish interior ministry is saying that more than 76000 people have left turkey via the northwest border with greece and ball garia since it opted to open its borders on friday the people we're speaking to say they're not convinced of those numbers simply because it's been quite difficult for them to proceed any further then beyond the turkish border of course

on the turkish side of the border with greece john psaropoulos continues our coverage from the greek island of les paul's the main entry point for refugees and migrants coming from the edge and see. a single boat load of refugees is escorted to the shores of less force high winds have likely prevented many others from crossing but they are forecast to die down and more boats are expected to come all who arrive end up here in moria camp there are 22000 people here 7 times what it was built for and many have to find space among the olive groves most are from afghanistan they've escaped war and death but many say they haven't found life here there are no formal schools so 14 year old for operates his family stand selling fruit and vegetables is morea good not good. red. maybe a small many bad people here have little to do but wait for their asylum applications to be decided upon and their wait has just become much longer a new asylum law took effect at the beginning of the year that fast tracks new applications so the trajectory applicants can be sent back to turkey as quickly as they a

troops to secure its border with turkey over concerns that migrants will want to cross over john psaropoulos reports now from the greek island of less valse where he says the increase in arrivals is creating political tension. this boatload of asylum seekers came ashore on the island of lesbos on sunday police stopped us from interviewing them on camera but this congolese man told me turkish people smugglers promised him and his wife a free ride while they were in church for sunday service this man from sierra leone says he was walking on the beach as the boat was being prepared he was told to jump in for free as well it's unclear if someone is paying the smugglers to do that on the island's north shore a boatload of afghans paid $500.00 each to get out of turkey their deals with smugglers had been struck weeks before turkey's president the chapter you put on ordered the opening of borders with neighboring belgariad and greece both members of the european union what did the agents say to you. the same. source yes you know this was the 1st day of significant arrivals since turkey opened its b

european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent john psaropoulos al-jazeera lesbos. well you know kind of cool lucky is a researcher on violence and borders at the university of birmingham in england she joins me now via skype good to have you with us on the program we all sort of welcome today's migrants expect from the e.u. compared to those arrived on europe store 5 years ago. i would say i would say a rather violent welcome because it's clear that the year does not a one term and it is clear because we have been saying the past couple of there is what is happening at the greek turkish border and the euro has been completely silent about the situation so it's will not be welcomed in the your by the e.u. governments is it more a case of obviously you're saying the e.u. would find them give them an unwelcome. arrival but greece itself is not willing to allow them to enter without any sort of financial support and that's the problem that greece faces that now it's going to be seen as the bad guy of europe stopping migrants with force in some cases