the recent arrival of migrants on a tiny italian island is polarising attitudes towards migration lampedusahas been a key landing point for thousands of people trying to get to mainland europe in the past 2 days hundreds of migrants have made the dangerous journey across the mediterranean mama john jhoom sent us this report from lampedusa. they knew they might die at sea but these migrants took the risk leaving from tunisia on a dangerous voyage across the mediterranean that this year alone has claimed more than a 1000 lives arriving hours later on lampedusa a tiny italian island closer to tunisia in italy. this is the 4th group of migrants to have arrived here in the past 17 hours or so now all the migrants i've spoken with here in lampedusa they've been too afraid to be interviewed on camera most of them are traumatized by what they describe as a harrowing journey across the mediterranean and they're also terrified about the uncertainty they now face days earlier a far sattar scene when a boat carrying approximately 50 migrants capsized off the island of lampedusa 22 people were rescued b

the identities of most of the migrants buried in lampedusa cemetery are unknown aid workers are there too a mulatto believes it's important for him to be among the 1st europeans to welcome people who've suffered so much he blames italy's politicians for polarizing opinion unfortunately lampedusa is an italian island which is influenced by the overall public break and right now well many people even if they face they are a little. better of people that see this sentiment i would say quite sane. on other parts of the island sit other types of graveyards the remains of vessels that were meant to deliver so many desperate people to safety i start reminder a futures in visioned but never realized. producer italy. in spain dozens of catalan independence protesters were injured on monday night in violent scuffles with police it began in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 cuts land separatist leaders who've been sent to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence protesters brought. to the city's main airport and more than 100 flights were canceled sonia gago has more fr

arrival of refugees and migrants on a tiny italian island is polarizing attitudes about migration lampedusa is a key a vital point for thousands of people trying to get to mainland europe. reports. they knew they might die at sea but these migrants took the risk leaving from tunisia on a dangerous for years across the mediterranean that this year alone has claimed more than a 1000 lives arriving hours later on lampedusa a tiny italian island closer to tunisia than italy. this is the 4th group of migrants to have arrived here in the past 17 hours or so now all the migrants i've spoken with here in lampedusa they've been too afraid to be interviewed on camera most of them are traumatized by what they describe as a harrowing journey across the mediterranean and they're also terrified about the uncertainty they now face. days earlier a far sattar scene when a boat carrying approximately 50 migrants capsized off the island of lampedusa 22 people were rescued but at least 13 migrants all women died others are missing ambulance driver giacomo martinez helped transport bodies pulled from the water

trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa but they don't know for sure whether they were among those arrested by the italian coast guard or those who. lost their lives when the boat capsized it took place at midnight when the boat carrying dozens of migrants was this way to the island of lampedusa but there were very rough weather conditions that and suddenly most of the biography of the pandemonium rushed to one side of the boat that's cup sized polities ballast a risk to $22.00 mine died and and there is the search continues for the missing and over the last few months the number of migrants trying to reach italy has picked up particularly from north africa algeria 2 days in july 82 vibrance died when the boats cup sized off the coast of those these which is a citizen city in the south of the country raising many concerns about the need to tackle this now when the italian government implemented this hardline approach when it comes to dealing with african migrants to the point where they are fighting and trying to rescue those biogas for up to 50000 a year as it has created a

members later this month and it will remain voluntary that's raising some eyebrows in the lampedusa there is also skepticism over the offer of help from the e.u. well you and i say they do nothing at all everyone thinks about themselves you would if you thought it would like to trusts birdseye do not because everyone has their own interests in europe germany looks after its own interest from. cradle to sea i believe you rip looks more to tell me interests than to those of a single country that has often left alone too many times. even if even members agree on a way forward to deal with migration it still doesn't resolve the issues italy continues to face as a. result of migration that's already taken place 6 countries have already reimposed to run the border checks to stop migrants moving and stop and search operations being ramped up on the german border and if the levels of immigration rise once more many italians fear that they will be wrong so again left struggling alone with the butcher in charlotte deep in ski for altie. still to come a twitter executive has been exposed as a britis

to look people landed on lampedusa the island for years has been at the front line of it to these my question crisis. warm. former interior minister mr you said beany may not be everyone's cup of tea but its hard line anti immigration policies did seem to resonate with italians his most famous perhaps and most popular move was to close italy's ports to charity rescue ships before so the nice party believe came to power as part of the coalition italy had been described as collapsing under the weight for my quince in 2017 almost 120000 or right by sea routes in 2018 the yourself we need close the ports that dropped to a little over 23000 many had hoped that the end was in so right now that seems to be fading and i think there has already been a new immigration pick this is the new beginning of immigration from purdue. i'm very worried to go home i'm especially worried but all the small boats that are landing i would not want the situation as it was in 2011. i hope that sold me my feet turned to the government so that he might be established let's say an equilibrium in the island and st

n.g.o.s here say that there were many aboard the boat the cup size of the coast of the island of lampedusa the boat sailed frontin is carrying also migrants from sub-saharan africa and tunisia has been widely seen as a transit point for like grants for from africa desperate to reach europe in july for example 82 migrants fleeing fighting in libya lost their lives of the coast of the disease which is in the southern part of. spoken with senior members of different political parties here in this seem to be pretty much concerned about the situation as. being the scene of an attempt to put together a coalition government it comes against the backdrop of a growing disillusionment with the political establishment in the country mallets in his ears have lost hope the government's. willing to sort out their problems particularly unemployment poverty and budget deficit and they say that this puts more pressure on the next parliament of the next coalition government to try to tackle economy which has become a bigger problem in the country hundreds of climate change protesters have been arrested in a

coffins containing the 2 bodies were transferred to lampedusa cemetery on thursday the bodies of 7 other migrants including a child were also recovered. italy's far right opposition leader matteo salvini has led a mass anti-government rally in rome he says he wants to regain power with his party elite savini lost his position as deputy prime minister and interior minister in august after he ended the government coalition and a new one formed without it. hundreds of mourners in eastern afghanistan have attended funerals for the victims of a bombing at a mosque in the village of joy dari there killed more than 60 people on friday no group has taken responsibility for the attack. a senior kurdish official in syria says his forces will pull back from a border area if turkey allows its remaining fighters and civilians to be evacuated from the besieged town of russell i mean turkey and kurdish forces have accused each other of breaching the truce reached on thursday the u.s. brokered deal promised a temporary halt to a turkey offensive in northeastern syria on the condition that kurdish milita

yet again that urgent action is needed when it comes to the situation in the mediterranean here in lampedusa as we said the search is ongoing the mayor here tells us that the search will continue tomorrow that at that point robots undersea robots will also be deployed to assist in the search we're also told that this evening there will be a memorial service for those who perished in that boat capsized well as more and everything we're covering right here all the latest on our breaking news story but don't forget you can watch us on life streaming here as well if you want. it recap of the headlines before we go take has launched a ground offensive in northeastern syria hours after its warplanes in artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish fighters and syrian democratic forces say a turkish as strike as a prison holding i still think cheney's turkish military operation is designed to clear its borders of kurdish fighters and the army says it's 181 target so far u.s. secretary of state might pompei are saying washington did not give the green light for attacking to invade syria followin

and migrants at least 15 people are missing homage and jim has more now from the italian island of lampedusa. italy's coast guard still searching for migrants who've been missing since a boat capsized off the coast of lampedusa on sunday that boat we're told originated in tunisia there were about 50 people on board most of them tunisian and west african we're also told that the migrants who were on the boat 22 have been rescued 13 have been found dead we've been told that those 13 were women and there is a fear of the rest who have been missing that many of them are women and children now the u.n. refugee agency says that what happened proves yet again that urgent action is needed when it comes to the situation in the mediterranean here in lampedusa as we said the search is ongoing the mayor here tells us that the search will continue tomorrow that at that point robots undersea robots will also be deployed to assist in the search we're also told that this evening there will be a memorial service for those who perished in that boat capsized i have will from london and about 20 minutes from no

its only has capsized killing at least 13 women it overturned in bad weather near the island of lampedusa as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those onboard it was carrying around 50 people from tunisia 22 have been saved this is a native long line of sea disasters to hit migrants trying to cross the mediterranean and reach europe. has more from tunis. it was by midnight when the italian coast guard received a distress signal the weather was bad and the waters rough it was at the panic that followed that most of the migrants in the boat rushed to one side of the boat which then upsized the. coast guard managed to rescue 22 migrants but the line drawn and the search continues for those missing the number of migrants trying to reach italy from north africa has increased over the last few months in july for example 82 migrants leaving fighting in libya died off the coast of the disease a city in the south of tunisia when they were trying to reach the island of lampedusa and that i can so that that number would further increase in the coming weeks as the fighting for example in libya still co

reach italy has capsized killing at least 13 women it overturned in bad weather near the island of lampedusa as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those on board it was carrying around 50 people from tennessee are 22 have been saved it's the latest in a long line of sea disasters to hit migrants trying to cross the mediterranean and reach europe. has more from 2. n.g.o.s here say that there were many aboard the boat the cup size of the coast of the island of lampedusa the boat sailed from tin is carrying also migrants from sub-saharan africa until this year has been widely seen as a transit point for migraines for from africa desperate to reach europe in july for example 82 migrants fleeing fighting in libya lost their lives of the coast of the disease which is in the southern part of to have spoken with senior members of different political parties here in this seem to be pretty much concerned about the situation as it is now being the scene of an attempt to put together a coalition government it comes against the backdrop of a growing disillusionment with the political establishment in the

he say that there were many to the bow the cup size of the coast of the island of lampedusa the boat sailed from carrying also migrants from sub-saharan africa and to this year has been widely seen as a transit point for migrants from from africa desperate to reach europe in july for example 82 migrants fleeing fighting in libya lost their lives of the coast of the disease which is in the southern part of. spoken with senior members of different political parties seem to be pretty much concerned about the situation. now being the scene of an attempt to put together a coalition government it comes against the backdrop of a growing disillusionment with the political establishment in the country many have lost hope that the government's. willing to sort out their problems particularly unemployment poverty and budget deficit and they say that this puts more pressure on the next parliament and the next coalition government to try to tackle economy which has become a big problem in the country a u.s. appeals court has granted donald trump a temporary stay on a decision that could have forc

hopes have faded for migrants missing after an overloaded boat capsized near the italian island of lampedusa 13 women some of them pregnant drowned on monday rescuers were able to save 22 people following their latest sinking in the mediterranean sea 7 you nation said they were willing to accept asylum seekers as part of a new plan to reduce the number of deaths how much of june has more from lampedusa . italy's coast guard still searching for migrants who've been missing since a boat capsized off the coast of lampedusa on sunday that boat we're told originated in tunisia there were about 50 people on board most of them tunisian and west african we're also told that of the migrants who were on the boat 22 have been rescued 13 have been found dead we've been told that those 13 were women and there is a fear that of the rest who have been missing that many of them are women and children now the u.n. refugee agency says that what happened proves yet again that urgent action is needed when it comes to the situation in the mediterranean here in lampedusa as we said the search is ongoing the mayor

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of the coast of the island of lampedusa and when the mood there to try to rescue in the pandemonium was surrounding the situation over there most of the migrants rushed to one side of the boat and the both cup size 22 people were rescued mine died and there is a search which is continuing for those missing and this is a situation which has sort of picked up over the last few months with a growing number of migrants from trying to. leave north africa particularly algeria libya and tunisia to reach the italian coast for example in july 82 migrants fleeing fighting in libya died when their boat capsized off the coast of the disease a city south of the south of tunisia now the italian government says 2018 has adopted a very hard line when it comes to dealing with migrants. ensuring that most of them don't reach the. shores of italy. and returned back to countries like a period of years all tennesseans meant keeping only those facing political persecution in the homes here in tennessee of this is an issue which is raising debate as the governor as the political parties are scrambling about t

a migrant boat has capsized killing at least 13 women near the islands lampedusa it overturned in bad weather as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those on board it was carrying around 50 people from tennessee 22 have been saved. and a u.s. appeals court has granted donald trump a temporary stay on a decision that could have forced the president to release his tax returns earlier a judge rejected a district judge that is rejected trump's challenge to the release of the documents which are part of a criminal probe. let's talk about this with claire finkelstein she's the faculty director of the center for ethics in the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school she's joining us now from there now thanks for being with us on the al-jazeera news hour so it seems perhaps that donald trump may have a little bit more time now when it comes to tax returns and he may not have to release them as soon as we had anticipated what's your reaction to the. well actually this is a very significant development the other direction which is that a federal judge has said that the arguments t

release of the tax documents a migrant boat capsized killing at least 13 women near the island of lampedusa it overturned in bad weather as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those on board it was carrying around 50 people from tennessee a 22. let's return to our leading story that is the u.s. making way for turkey to launch a major military operation in northern syria and will speak to him callin he's a spokesman and chief advisor for president joining us from belgrade thanks very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera so if we start with the latest developments out of the u.s. callinan the pentagon is saying that the u.s. does not endorse that circus offer ration a state department official describing it as a very bad idea so clearly there's a lot of pushback what is the actual aim of this military campaign that turkey is planning in northeast syria. the actual goal is to establish a safe zone which will serve 2 purposes one is to secure turkey's border with syria by eliminating the terrorist elements whether dice isis or p k k p y d y p g and other elements and 2nd one is to create a space

says a migrant boat has capsized there killing at least 9 people had overturned near the island of lampedusa as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those onboard. and the u.s. has evacuated 2 observation posts and northeast syria and says american troops are one to protect protective kaddish forces a statement from washington seemed to acknowledge a turkish plan to launch a major offensive in northern syria the united nations has drawn up a contingency plan to provide humanitarian aid in the area. while to talk more about that i'm joined now by pan osman says he's the u.n. assistant secretary general and regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis he's in geneva mr minces thank you for being with us on al-jazeera i believe you've already said that you are preparing for the west was in your mind does that look like how many people are we talking about here. well in the northeast part of syria there is about once a point 7000000 people and in fact there's about 700000 people that receive humanitarian assistance on on a monthly basis we have a sizable of ration united nations internati

italian authorities have begun recovering the bodies of migrants who drowned near the island of lampedusa over a week the wreck of the boat in the bodies of at least 12 people when they hit on wednesday you know the bodies had already been found. the european union's new commission headed by germany's former defense minister also funded lion will not start work as scheduled on november the 1st that's off to the european parliament vetoed 3 of the nominated commissioners france rumania and hungry will now each have to propose new candidates. and if you ever get the chance to travel into outer space you might be wearing something a little bit like this that's because british entrepreneur richard branson has unveiled the world's 1st commercial space suits his company virgin galactic is hoping to start taking tourists into the lower fringes of space by next year. now we've heard these words before but the european union and the united kingdom could be close to finalizing the terms of a withdrawal agreement for the u.k. to leave the e.u. diplomats are saying though that some issues remain on r

world at least 13 people drowned during the nighttime rescue attempts near the italian island of lampedusa officials say 2 patrol vessels were approaching an overloaded migrant boat in rough seas when it capsized the coast guard picked up 22 survivors the exact number of missing is no no. a bomb attack has killed at least 10 people and wounded $28.00 others in eastern afghanistan target was said to be a passing minibus carrying army recruits in jalalabad security forces defused several other devices in the area after the blast. portugal's socialists have claimed victory in sunday's parliamentary election though they have before in short an outright majority prime minister antonis cautious that he would start talks with other parties to try to form a coalition has benefited from solid economic growth following years of austerity. and police in hong kong have arrested and charged the 1st 2 protesters for defying a new law against wearing face masks during demonstrations outside the courthouse supporters used umbrellas to protect the protesters identity as they were ushered away the face mask

31 year old corona recchi to force to rescue ship carrying 40 migrants into the harbor of italy's lampedusa island she was arrested for defying italy's ban on private rescue ships entering its ports as it stands when an aid organization rescues migrants in the central mediterranean e.u. countries are usually forced to scramble to allocate their rifles among themselves both italy and malta which lie close to the north african coast say it's unfair that they have to accept so many of those coming to europe's shores at the end of september interior ministers from italy germany malta and france drafted a plan for a fairer distribution of migrants among e.u. countries they agreed on a mechanism to automatically distribute the migrants arriving by boat for no it looks like these 4 countries a failed to convince most e.u. member states to join the scheme. well for more on this story now i'm joined by the w. reporter honest arrested here in the studio with me good to have you with us so not as many countries perhaps as expected actually go to board with this plan i mean what was the issue why well

the world at least 13 people have drowned during the nighttime rescue attempt in italian island of lampedusa officials say 2 patrol vessels were approaching an overloaded migrant boat in rough seas when it capsized the coast guard picked up 22 survivors the exact number of missing is not. a bomb attack has killed at least 10 people and wounded 28 others in eastern afghanistan the target was said to be a passing minibus carrying army recruits in jalalabad security forces defused several other devices in the area after the blast. police in hong kong have arrested and charged the 1st 2 protesters for defying a new law against wearing face masks to demonstrations the ban has fuelled days of violence in the semi autonomous chinese territory. the climate activist a group extension extinction belly and has begun a series of global protests to pressure governments to do more about the climate crisis demonstrations began in australia and new zealand more than $100.00 protesters were arrested in london here in berlin activists blocked a major city intersection there demanding that world leaders that c

you know authorities have begun recovering the bodies of migrants who drowned near the island of lampedusa over a week ago the wreck of the boats in the bodies of at least 12 people will no case it earlier on wednesday the bodies had already been found. the european union's new commission headed by germany's former defense minister also on the line will not start work as scheduled on november the 1st that's off of the european parliament 3 of the nominated commissioners france remaining and hungary will now each have to propose new candidates. now we've heard these words before but the european union and the united kingdom could be close to finalize finalizing the terms of the withdrawal agreement for the u.k. to leave the e.u. diplomats are saying though that some issues remain unresolved ahead of the crunch e.u. summit that will start on thursday each effect that negotiator said good progress had been made at talks in brussels which is focused on customs issues between the republic of ireland. and northern island which is part of the united kingdom but time is running out to secure a dea

italian authorities have begun recovering the bodies of migrants who drowned in the island of lampedusa over a week the wreck of the boat and the bodies of at least 12 people were located on wednesday 13 of the bodies had already been found. and marine scientists have captured groundbreaking footage of humpback whales feeding off the coast of alaska for the 1st time they were able to film whales blowing bubbles that trapped fish before sweeping those fish into them out with their fins the footage is part of a project investigating a decline in whale. now we have heard these words before but the european union and the united kingdom could be close to finalizing the terms of a withdrawal agreement for the u.k. to leave the e.u. diplomats are saying though that some issues remain unresolved ahead of a crunch e.u. summit that will start on thursday e.g. threats that negotiator michelle obama need said good progress had been made at talks in brussels which a focus on customs issues between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom but ti

italian authorities have begun recovering the bodies of migrants who drowned near the island of lampedusa over a week ago the wreck of the boat in the bodies of at least 12 people were located earlier wins day 13 other bodies had already been found. the european union's new commission headed by germany's former defense minister ursula from the lyon you see there will not start work as planned on the member of the 1st it comes after the european parliament vetoed 3 of the nominated commissioners france were mania and hungary will now each have to propose new can't it's. well there are indications tonight that the european union and britain are close to finalizing the terms of the withdrawal agreement for the u.k. to leave the e.u. unconfirmed reports however from london say that there will be no deal in the coming hours even british negotiators where they've been meeting in brussels to discuss the terms of the withdrawal of treaty the talks have focused on customs issues between the republic of ireland which is an e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and would be part

mediterranean sea more than a week after a crowded migrant boat capsized off the coast of the italian island lampedusa coffins containing the 2 bodies were transferred to love produce the cemetery on thursday the bodies of $77.00 other migrants including a child were also recovered. and surely president sebastian pinera has announced the suspension of metro fare hikes after they sparked 2 days of violent protest the unrest in chile is chile's worst in decades prompting a curfew in parts of the capital santiago. egypt unveiled more than 30 ancient wooden coffin with mummies inside discovered in the southern city of luxor it's the biggest find of its kind in more than a century and gyptian authorities said the decorated coffins are 3000 years old and the mummies are in good condition. a senior kurdish official in syria says his forces will pull back from a border area if turkey allows its remaining fighters and civilians be evacuated from the besieged town of. turkey and kurdish forces have accused each other of breaching the truce reached on thursday the u.s. brokered deal promised a temporary halt to

known to have died some of them pregnant both overturned in rough seas off the italian island of lampedusa in the early hours of monday morning as a coast guard vessel was preparing to rescue the refugees and migrants on board 22 people were pulled out of the sea and taken to lampedusa or been a 1000 people have died so far this year trying to make the dangerous mediterranean crossing. iraq's president has condemned attacks on protesters during violent antigovernment demonstrations during a televised address by him silly urge parliament to address protesters demands and called on security forces to ensure the rights of iraqis are protected at least 15 people have been killed in the past 24 hours bringing the death toll over the past week to more than 110 in one car met one victim's family in the capital baghdad. look at it look how beautiful he is says in the hate them it is one of the protesters shot dead by iraqi security forces he was 27 years old on thursday he joined protesters in central baghdad frustrated with the lack of jobs and opportunities he saw a child's to get his voice hear

coast guard says a migrant boat capsized killing at least 9 people it overturned near the island of lampedusa as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those on board iraq's government is denying accusations its security forces have shot protesters during 6 days of violent demonstrations at least $104.00 people have been killed since tuesday there were it is news agency is reporting that 15 people were killed overnight. a scottish court has rejected a legal bid to force u.k. prime minister boris johnson to ask for a break sit delay judges considered whether johnson could be jailed if he takes the u.k. out of the european union without a deal or as johnson has previously said he will comply with a new law which forces him to prevent a no deal on october 31st and police in london have arrest said 135 people taking part in an organized global climate change demonstration the rallies were organized by the extinction rebellion globe the group which cost chaos in london this year by occupying key roads and bridges wants urgent government action to curb carbon emissions you're upset with headlines on al-