mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, on the croatian borders. >>> japan has passed a law that says the soldiers can fight overseas, for the first time since world war ii. shinzo abe says,. >> translator: this are bill is important to protect people's lives and peace and prevent war. children in the future generation and for their peace. >> let's get some analysis now from rob mcbride in tokyo. >> given what has been at stake there are wide ranging reaction, the government of president shinzo abe is still insisting that japanese troops will only be used in an active pas pacifi. , the opposition has vowed to continual their fight against these changes. they are in law, it will take a change of government to change the laws back again. the next election doesn't take place until a year from now. they are threatening to fight these controversial new regulations in the court. internationally the response will be fairly predictable. the united states will welcome this seeing the strongest reaction is likely to come from china, possibly returning to a more impressive fans but those o take a more indepe

we're going to talk immediately to mohammed jamjoom who has been making his way towards that border. how far are you now and what's happening? >> reporter: well, kamal we're about ten kilometers away from the border with austria but as you can see behind me there is a huge line of cars that goes on for kilometers behind us as we well. hungarian media is quoting hungarian officials saying that austria has closed off the border to anybody except the refugees that have gone through. and the refugees that are expected to go through within the next couple of hours. so that is causing huge gridlock right now. so much so that we have not been able to make it to the border. we should have been able to make it within 45 or 50 minutes, that's why we are stopped on the side of the road talking to you kamal. >> you've sent us some pictures that you've received from people who were in bicske. will you roll them while we're talking. judge. >> reporter: yes, i've been in >> reporter: i've been talkingtf the mothers i was in touch with throughout the day she got through to me started sending me mess

. >>> mohammed jamjoom has an update from the situation in hungary. >> just behind us there were refugeeshat were trying ocross over but in fact were stopped by local police who told them they needed to go to the official border crossing. this is an interesting development because as far as we knew, we've been told by the government the border was going to be sealed only tonight by midnight. we're trying to get comment from the police around here. they are not commenting to us about when exactly this border will be sealed, is it considered to be sealed already? certainly there are no refugees that are crossing over on these railroad tracks as they have been thousands over the past few days. at this moment they have been stopped. police are continuing to stop them, there is more of a security presence. where exactly they are going it is unclear at this stage. we were actually on the other side of this border in serbia and what we found were buses taking refugees close to the border so they could walk over. they were taking them here to this railroad track line on the serbian side. after th

unclear exactly [ inaudible ]. >> i'm afraid we seemed to have lost mohammed jamjoom. the -- excuse me, the line to mohammed has not been terribly good. sorry for that. some lines also coming out -- diplomatic developments regarding this. we're hearing that romania has summoned the hungarian ambassador to protest against the scenes that clearly everybody in romania is witnessing. and serbia too. serbia has said that it will demonstrate the harshest possible protest at the use of hungary using tear gas in this way. so we're seeing the start now of some diplomatic reaction to the scenes that we have been witnessing. stay with us here at al jazeera, because of course we're going to keep you right up to date. but so far these are the events that we have seen. there have been angry scenes of violence for the past hour and a half along this border between hungary and serbia. hungarian riot police have fired water cannon at asylum seekers trying to push them through a border post. people gathering close to the fence could be seen covering their mouths after being sprayed with

mohammed jamjoom talked to some of them in zagreb. about how they are going to push forward on their journey. >> we are free now. >> reporter: in croatia the taxis were waiting but the obstacles still remain. confusion was only compounded. >> translator: every question has a thousand different answers. there are no right answers, no clarity on what we're supposed to do. >> reporter: on an extremely hot day optimism was apparent but the waiting seemed endless. >> i'm sure there will be a solution but we don't want it to take too long. people have no money or food or water, babies without milk to drink. they need aid. >> even after they boarded buses they weren't sure exactly where they were headed. >> we got word they opened the border to syrians from croatia to slovenia. >> they are expecting to be taken to slovenia. they have no information that the border to slovenia has been accused. >> this man from aleppo says no matter the roadblocks he won't stop trying to reach his mother in germany. >> we are going to be patient until we get

let's spoke to mohammed jamjoom, joining us from serbia. tell us about the situation. we saw earlier pictures of tents put up there and people milling around. what has been happening? >> for a hero, we are between the border that goes into serbia, and the border behind us which goes in to hungary. what we are seeing is hundreds of refugees, dozens of dents. a short while ago i was up at the gate, and there are refugees chanting "open the door", plaideding with the -- leading with the hungarian government to let them through. there's a lot of confusion. mostly from syria and iraq. and they don't understand why hungary is taking the stance towards them. a man i spoke to said that he's very worried about trying to go into croatia, that he heard that it wouldn't be secure, may not be a secure route. a lot of concern, a lot of chaos here, no one knows what the next step would be >>> thank you mohammed jamjoom, reporting live from the serbian-hungarian border. >> israel's prime minister is considering tougher penalties so people that throw stones at security forces. days aft

mohammed jamjoom is at the border. >>> there are police on horseback guarding this border, there are helicopters hovering above the border with serbia. behind us this is a pretty chaotic situation are right now. behind us there were refugees that were trying to cross over but in fact were stopped by local police who told them they had to go to the official border crossing. this is an interesting development because as far as we knew, we have been told by the government, the border would be sealed by midnight. the police are not commenting to us when exactly the border is sealed, is it considered to be sealed already? certainly there are no refugees that are crossing over on these railroad tracks as they have been thousands over the past couple of days. police are continuing to stop them. there is more of a security presence, so where exactly they're going is unclear at this stage. earlier just a couple of hours ago we were actually on the other side of this border in serbia. what we found there were buses taking refugees close to the border so they could walk over. they were taking t

mohammed jamjoom reports from the hungary serbia border. >> hungary's riot police stood firm. unwavering in the position they promised to keep. most of the crowd is now dispersed on the front line of the standoff with hungarian riot police. but the mood does still remain tense. there are men who have come up in the last few minutes urging the young men to please step back and let cooler heads prevail until this situation calms down. the mood changed almost moment to moment, veering from defiance to jubilance. when the gate into roske, hungary opened, they were met not with welcome rather force. parents were as stunned as their children. the young just as affected as the old. kids cried from both the tear gas and the trauma they'd experienced. ilham never imagined she would see her eight-year-old daughter hit by police. >> they hit her with a baton. we came from death in syria and look what we saw here. >> free and clear to cross out of serbia, it was the first he felt happy in days. >> we fell when running and they kept on hitting us. they also kicked us. i got hit in the eye

mohammed jamjoom tell me more what you've seen mohammed. >> well, ca kamal, we have seen empty buses several of them coming back from the border, they have carried thousands of refugees there that have since crossed over into austria last couple of hours and we are expecting even more refugees will be arriving at the border, possibly within the next hour or two. dozens of more buses have picked up refugees from the main train station in budapest and they will be heading over and taking the refugees over to austria very soon. we expect to be encountering them in the next 30 to 40 minutes. this has been a very sad couple of days for many refugees. i'm in contact with several of them. they are worried what's going to happen now, even though it's crossed over into austria, they said they suffered so much inside hungary and they are hoping their journey will be safer and easier from here on out, kamal. >> some level of determination suspect it mohammed to have made the journey already, a desperate journey as we call it and then to get on foot to the border itself. the determination is qui

. >> and that is where mohammed jamjoom joins us live from now. mmed tell us what the situation is where you are. >> reporter: yeah, stephanie, we're on the croatia n side of croatia's border with slovenia. i have spoken to refugees from syria just a few moments ago, they said they came here by taxi, that they tried to get into slovenia and were turned away. as you can see behind me, this area is rather empty. the official border crossing is just down that road over there. it is not too crowded right now, but the border beyond that is rather porous, we have seen just down that road, several taxis dropping refugees off. obviously they are going to try to cross. the question is going to be if they can't get through the official crossing, will they try to cross the field. it's literally an open field. you see one tree on each side, so are they going to try to cross by foot? that's the biggest question now. we are seeing enforced security measures on both sides. there is a helicopter hovering above on the slovenia side. they are trying to make sure peo

mohammed jamjoom, bicske, hungary. >> 77 different operations since monday, pulled 2300 refugees off dangerous bolts. these pictures were taken off the coast in western turkey, more than 430,000 refugees have crossed the mediterranean to europe this year. that's more than twice the number that crossed last year. >>> while there's no sign of the crisis abating, with many, many more refugees crossing to the greek islands this week. earlier al jazeera spoke with the head of the united nations refugee agency who says a complete overhaul of europe's policies is needed to sox the problem. >> the crisis is absurd. they move from greece to hungary, hungary to austria. some people should come to greece, they come to an island they are properly treated in that island they are screened and if it is proven that the person is a refugee, then they should move either to sweden or to germany os or to france and e received properly, be integrated into the society, receiving a future, instead of going on country by country step by step, we need to have an orderly system that is manageable. we are talk

our correspondent in there who is there is mohammed jamjoom. and the contrast between the experience of the refugees in hungary and that which they are experiencing in austria couldn't be more stark, could it? >> oh, absolutely not, martine. in fact every refugee i've spoken with here, many of them waking up for the day, hoping to board the train behind us and get to vienna, all of them have said it's been so much easier once they got into austria, they were provided with clothing blankets and tents, even though many of them have had to sleep outside, it couldn't be more different than the horrendous experience they had in hungary these past few days. so there is a real palpable sense of relief here this morning and we're starting to see some hope emanating from these refugees who have been through so much on their desperate journey. i met one lady from homs, syria, an english teacher, she told me she almost died, almost drown from going from turkey to greece. i want to tell you her story. for humsa the road has been longer and more dangerous t

mohammed jamjoom there. >> as tempers flared, hungary's riot police stood firm. water cannon may have pushed these refugees back into serbia but they failed to extinguish their anger. the front line of the standoff hungarian riot police on the odor side of this fence but the mood remains tense. urging the young men who have been protesting this past hour to please move back and let cooler heads prevail so this situation calms down. the mood changed almost moment to memo. veering from defiance to jubilance. when the gate into hungary opened, hundreds of refugees began streaming in. thank you they chanted and cheered in unison. but they were met not with welcome, rather, force. parents were as stunned as their children. the young just as affected as the old. kids cried from both the tear gas and the trauma they'd experienced. ilham never imagined she'd see her eight-year-old daughter beaten by police. >> they hit her with a baton on her head they hit her the hungarian police. we are from aleppo, we came from death in syria and look at here. >> reporter: hussein fro

let's join our correspondent mohammed jamjoom live in budapest. okay. we have a problem with that. out a second to see if we can establish a contact with mohammed. he is where the refugees have traveled in hungary, where they were taken off of the train. no, we don't have a chance to join mohammed jamjoom. we'll try to do that a little bit later on. thousands of farmers driving more than 1500 tractors have converged on paris. the french government has announced an increase in aid and a one-year moratorium on debt payments. >> reporter: it's milking time here. the owner has 150 cows and does most of the work himself with help from his family. but despite working from dawn until nightfall he finds it increasingly difficult to make a living. >> translator: it's unbearable. >> reporter: it's a familiar story for farmers all over france which is why they have rolled into paris on their tractors to protest. many of the problems facing the farmers are global, but they say all of the taxes, rules, and regulations imposed by the french government are making it even more difficult for them to

mohammed jamjoom joins us from the hungarian serbian border. >> people wouldn't have been hearing jean paul jeonga's warm words. they are still feeling very unwelcome. >> that's absolutely right. in fact, i have spoken to many refugees who have crossed over. let me tell you where we are. along the train tracks there are refugees, some makeshift encampments behind me. that is turkey. there are tents, people picking up the tents. bringing the families down the train tracks, and to my left. that is the fence that they are building. they are trying to get it done as quickly as possible, the razor wire fence that they are building, even at this hour. the refugees i have spoken with are concerned about the reception they'll get now they crossed into hungary. i spoke with an afghan family, they had questions about what is happening to them, and if they'll be allowed to across into austria. i spoke to a syrian father who came from damascus, he had his 2-year-old daughter on his shoulder, he was carrying her into the country. other family members had every worldly possession. they told me again

. >>> 20 miles outside budapest police faced a standoff with police, mohammed jamjoom is in bicske. >> reporter: the dread and despair only continued throughout the day. please let us leave, her and her daughter, two of the many many who escaped deft and destructiod destruction at home. i have a two-year-old baby at home. >> stopped in bicske hungary. when i asked them what they wanted to go the answer was clear. germany, germany, germany. >> some waved their travel documents. others held up signs. where is humanity, read one. they begged authorities to let them continue their journey. and implored the media to shine a light on their suffering. while hungarian riot police prevented journalists from getting too close to the train, one woman sent me a note from inside. girls shattered by a journey without end and boys exhausted by the life of a refugee. water was eventually distributed but refugees said they needed much more. when an empty cargo train pulled up our view was obscured and communication became much harder. fears grew and others fled. medics attempting to resuscitate a paki

mohammed jamjoom joins us live. talk us through the situation at the border, mohammed jamjoom. >> it's effectively a bad scene. there are dozens of tents that have been erected. most of the refugees are syrian and don't understand the stance that the hungarian government has taken towards them. a short while ago i was at the gate. there was a crush of people. there was an iraqi mother with a child. she was begging people, begging them to let her anchor, saying her child was sick and needed treatment. i spoke to another. she had a 2-month-old. she had the baby with her, making the journey from baghdad where their house was decimated because of an attack, an explosion there. because of that, they made the journey. her husband left a week before she did. she has not been able to get into hungary. hungary, or germany. a lot of confusion here. there are aid workers, volunteers and folks from the unhtr. it's very much complicating a complex situation. an infix that doesn't mean it will be over to. >> given now that hungar

mohammed jamjoom is live at the train station in budapest.re are still thousands of refugees at the station now. given what happened earlier with that train that left and stopped an hour out of budapest, do the people behind you still want to get on the next train if they are allowed to? >> reporter: i can tell you, randall that the people here that i have spoken with, most of them syrian refugees would love to be able to get out of hungary, want to be able to get on a train, but they are so worried now because of what happened earlier in the day, that they believe the prime minister has taken towards them, that they say even if a train opened up now, they wouldn't get on it. because they are afraid if they were to board a train, that it would only take them to an encampment here. most of the people i have spoken with said they traveled so far, and spent so much money to get to europe, and now to be stopped here is a tragedy. they say, if the prime minister here doesn't want us here, why doesn't he let us get out of here in why doesn't he let

our mohammed jamjoom also there.e spoke to us over the phone a short time ago. >> it's complicated right now since the border has been shut down. we're in essentially a no man's land. and we're on a stretch of the motorway that has been closed off where there are now dozens of tents, people sleeping on the road, there are hundreds of refugees. in fact there are at least two helicopters. the crowds around us are -- are cheering because they are continuing to protest the fact that they say they are detained here in serbia, and they should be let into hungary. that all being said, though, the hungarians standing firm on their pledge not to allow refugees into hungary. they have now criminalized crossing illegally into hungary, and we suspect that is the reason why they deployed the water cannons. where we are, there is at least one water cannon. it has not been used, but it is there, they have bolstered the police presence. as the temperatures have risen, the refugees have gotten angrier and angrier. the fact is, people

mohammed jamjoom is there waiting for them ahead of the next stage of their journey. >> we are free now reporter: in croatia the taxis were waiting. but obstacles still remained. for the refugees taken here by train, confusion was only compounded. >> translator: every question has a thousand different answers. there is no clarity on what we're supposed to do. >> reporter: on an extremely hot day optimism was apparent, but the waiting still seemed endless. trb i'm sure there will be a solution, but we don't want it to take too long. there are a lot of people who don't have water or food or water. a lot of babies. >> reporter: even after they boarded buses they weren't sure where they were headed. >> translator: we got word they opened the border. >> reporter: most of the refugees tell me they are expecting to be taken now to slovenia. they say they have gotten no information that the border to slovenia has been closed. this man from aleppo tells me no matter the roadblocks he won't stop trying to reach his mother in germany. >> translator: we're going to be patient until we get to where

mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, on croatia's border with slovenia. >>> according to a new report from the u.n. children's agency in total unicef says one and a half million children are homeless because of boko haram. more than half of them under the age of five. as a result, the u.n. says tens of thousands are, 000 now suffering from malnutrition and cocholera. >>> officials say a rocket hit the front yard of a home causing damage to the house and to a bus that was parked nearby. no injuries were reported, this is the first rocket to hit sterot since the gaza war last year. the incident comes as israel deployed 3500 forces to the lawkal-aqsa compound. the compound is holy to muslims christians and jews and it's one of the most contested sites in jerusalem. >>> the u.s. opens up with cuba, as the pope gets ready to begin his first visit to cuba, a look at his church's role in the communist country. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfini

mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, nicholsdorf, austria. >> 17,000 refugees on the island of lesbos. people are waiting to get their papers processed before they can continue to mainland europe. but they say the conditions are worse than the wars they are fleeing. al jazeera'al jazeera'sal jazeai drveghts is there. >> stranded sometimes for weeks and growing more vulnerable by the day, desperately trying to find answers. >> it's just like this all the time. people come up to you, they don't know what to do where to go how long this is going to last, most of the time we don't know as much as we don't know. >> i give you his number. you ask me. >> others come up to us, begging to find a solution. afghan nacialtion say they have to wait even longer. they have run out of money. >> they ignore us. >> it's especially hard for parents. this syrian who escaped kobani is worried about his children. >> what should we do? i don't have food or milk for them. what do we do for now. what's the solution? >> the refugees chec can't checo a hotel even if they had cash. so they set up on any sidewalk

mohammed jamjoom on the confrontation there. >> as tempers flared and tempers ignited. hard line they had promised to take, water cannon may have pressed these refugees back into srve buserbia but failed to damg their anger. the mood does remain tense. the men came up in the last few minutes urging the young men protesting in the last hour to please move back to let cooler heads prevail so this situation calms down. the mood changed almost moment to moment. veering from defiance into jubilance. hundreds of refugees began streaming in, thank you they chanted and cheered in unison but they were met not with welcome. rather, force. parents were as stunned as their children, the young just as affected as the old. kids cried for both the teergz antear gasand the trauma they'd experienced. ilam never bleef believed she wd witness her four-year-old beaten by police. >> we came from syria and look what happened to us here. >> from iraq, he was free and clear to cross over serbia, the first he had felt happy in days. >> we fell when running and they kept on hitting us, kicked us

mohammed jamjoom has the story. >> fathers and mothers are in as much need of comfort and compassion as their sons and daughters. i wanted to protect them, how could i have known we would be treated the way we were in hungary? as they depart nicholsdorf on austria's bownary witaustria's n hell now we're in heaven ah la tells mallahtells me. they slammed their doors in the faces of all syrians. allah who fled war ravaged syria last month, explains why he has never been treated worse than in last month. >> translator: swear to god, hungary humiliated us, says allah. refugees aboard this train while relieved are also thoroughly exhausted. all the ones i've spoken to have said they wouldn't believe their journey to this point could have been so hard. for some though moving ahead allows them a moment or two to drop their guard. i didn't believe it at first when they told me we would finally get on the train. i didn't believe it would happen but it did. my niece says it is the first time she has seen me smile in 15 days. little amia echos her uncle telling me just how happy she is. life go

mohammed jamjoom is our correspondent there. he is on the border with serbia. and where you are now, i think i can just about see the train track that's the major thorough fair for the people through greece, serbia and into hungary, hoping to get further into western europe. >> that's right, and on both sides of the track is where they are building - continuing to build the razor wire fence. you can see it beyond my left shoulder, many workers there, many prisoners, are the ones that continue to build this fence. it's a marked contrast as far as the reception that the refugees are getting here, versus what you saw that they got in jacky's package, or yesterday we were in austria and saw how the refugees were treated. it's so different that several iraqi and syrian refugees got to the border and decided to turn back. they are not able to get answers to whether they'll be held in hungary, leaf a detention facility, whether they'll end up or seek asylum. the folks are desperate to get to austria, germany and some to get to other countries. we spoke to a man that w

the journey is far from over >>> mohammed jamjoom joins us now from vienna. good to see you. look, the refugees that you were with on the train came from hungary where they had been stuck for days, how do they feel about being in the austrian capital now? >> thanks, good to talk to you. they feel so gratified by the treatment in austria. first, when they crossed to nickelsdorf, and then when they cotton goton the train. the treatment is so starkly contrasted to that in hungary. so many said the treatment they received in hungary was appalling. not by ut hungarian people, but the hungarian government. now that they are in austria, the scenes have been lovely to see. even at this train station today, you saw the report. when they left the train they were greeted with allows and welcome. we have seen various trains come, carrying refugees. every time they get off the train on to the platform, they are greeted so warmly, getting food and water right away, giving them medical help. signs written in persian and arabic, trying to help them as much possible. >> do they plan to stay i

. >>> mohammed jamjoom reports from bicske in the south of hungary. >> in an overcrowded refugee camp, the hungry are frantic for food. in this scene of chaos an in hungary, the luck refugees are y to catch their food. authorities aren't letting us in but everybody i've spoken to board these buses are worried what they're going to face when i go in. i'm trying to go to holland, ahmad tells me. causing even more concern is how exactly they'll be treated. rights groups say conditions inside the camp are appalling. >> the hung ran government has s neither the capacity nor the desire to face these conditions. >> these are thoroughly miserable conditions? >> absolutely. people are just crowded in these pens like animals. >> believes the hungarian government is attempting to send a message by deliberatelily mistreating refugees. >> they frankly want to make their lives as miserable as possible so word gets out to the many thousands still planning this journey to try to avoid hungary as much as possible. >> in a statement, hungary's ministry says these images have been taken out of context a

mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, nicholsdorf austria. >>> 15,000 syrian, iraqi and afghan migrants waiting for transportation to athens. some of the afghans say syrians are getting highest priority. many african refugees who hoped to reach europe. now are making a new home in morocco but not all. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> now they are rehearsing for a farewell party. the aim is to raise awareness of the plight of thousands of africans who have been forced by conflicts and tough conditions to seek a better life in europe. frank arrived five years ago. his fight for legal rights paid offs. he is now a legal resident here. his next move is to find a decent job. >> translator: migrants should have access to health care. be able to find work and take their kids to school. above all be treated equally and with respect by the moroccan officials. >> some live in caves and in the forest spending the day hiding from the police. they try to climb fences, to get into the city of sirte which is connected to the land by water but is part of europe. >> i am here for one purpose: to get to europe

mohammed jamjoom is on the scene. >> unwavering in the hard line they promised to take. water cannons may have pushed these refugees back into serbia but they failed to extinguish their anger . >> on the front line of riot police, the mood does still remain tense. in fact there are men who have come up in the last few minutes, urging the young men who have been protesting the last hour to step back, let cooler heads prevail until the situation calms down. the mood changed almost moment to moment, they chanted and cheered, thank you, in unison but they were met not with welcome, rather, force. parents were stunned as their children, the young just as affected as the old. kids cried from both the tear gas and the trauma they'd experienced. she never imagined she would see her eight-year-old daughter beaten by police. >> translator: they hit her with a baton on her head. they hit her, the hungarian police. we're from aleppo, we came from death in syria and look what happened to us here. >> he was finally free to cross from serbia, was the freest he felt in days. >> translat

mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, bicske, hungary. >> three-year-old elon kurde. drown along with his three-year-old brother and their mother. as they tried to get to greece. the father who survived said he does not plan to make another attempt to get to europe. >>> president obama is trying to reassure the saudis about the iran nuclear deal. mike viqueria joins us live from washington. good evening to you mike. >> hi erica. it was a meeting at the white house marked by words glowing of mutual respect. in the end the meeting appeared to reach its aim, to get the relationship between saudi arabia and united states back on track. palpresident obama met the kingl manhimself in the drive. moving past agreements how to deal with iran's nuclear ambitions. >> we'll discuss the importance of effectively implementing the deal to ensure that iran does not have a nuclear weapon. while counteracting its destabilizing activities in the region. >> reporter: with the saudis now publicly backing the iran deal and with mr. obama fresh from victory in his battle to save it in congr

let's go live to mohammed jamjoom, who is on that border between hungary and serbia, where where continues look miserable. >> absolutely. terrible weather today. it was bad enough before. it's been raining constantly in the last two hours. every refugee is freezing. while they are getting help, there's charities, aid workers, medics. refugees say it's not enough. what you were mentioning a few moments ago, about how the military is being ready to be deployed to the border here, and the training exercises going on right now in hungary. that is a reason all the refugees, whether from syria or afghanistan, why they are concerned crossing into hungary. they don't know how long they'll stay in the camps or venture into washington or germany. yesterday we spent practically all day out here, speaking to so many refugees that are so concerned, and they just want a bit of comfort and compassion, here is the where were. >> reporter: with hearts heavy as their spirits weary, they keep walking. for many, the borders hardly matter any more, because it's their pain that can't be escaped. >> translation:

as mohammed jamjoom reports from the border town, some refugees claim they've been abused. with hearts as heavy as their spirits weary, they keep walking. for many, the border hardly matter any more. it's their pain that can't be escaped. >> translation: when my husband and i got to greece, a policeman beat us, he hit my husband with a metal stick, he was three months pregnant. for her, every day is like torture. i don't know why this man would hit us, beat us. we came to europe to feel secure. i want a home for me and my husband. i want to take a shower. i want to sleep. on hungry's border with serbia, it's fear and fatigue you encounter more than anything else. >> translation: she ask me, i will sleep. i don't know what to say. i'm trying to make a better future, better for us than they were in syria. >> reporter: the dozens of refugees are lined up waiting to get on to buses. they've been told they'll be taken to a refugee camp down the road. there's a lot of fear amo the refugees, they are not sure what will happen if they'll be processed asked to apply for asylum seeke

mohammed jamjoom is in vienna with more. >> we have proposed megacenters and registration centers established in greece. we would support that, in italy and hungary, people arriving could go to the centers, be received in decent humane conditions. they could apply for asylum. >> the comments come on the heels of warning from the u.s. president. who said the current situation was an ando does from war torn countries, adding that it could last years. >> hungary is a flashpoint of the crisis. on tuesday, hundreds forced their way through police at a camp with the border. heading to the capital. at the budapest station, thousands are seeking transit. making their way through to austria. in austria, volunteers and medics are welcoming refugees. uncertainty added a lair of confusion to a chaotic situation. >> the refugees arriving from vienna told me that they are gratified by the treatment received. many are concerned about relatives that are in serbia or hungary, and are worried they will not get here in the days to come. >> meanwhile, from germany, the ultimate destination for so many refugees c

mohammed jamjoom joins those who managed to make the train journey to vienna. >> reporter: looking back on all they've survived it's clear the trauma won't be easy to overcome. parents may be the ones cradling their children but the fathers and mothers are obviously in need of as much comfort and compassion as their sons and daughters. i took my family out of iraq because i.s.i.l. was getting closer, nabil told me. how could we know we would be treated the way we were in hungary? as they travel away from nicholsdorf, we are in hell now we are in hfn. he tells me. they slammed the doors in our faces. they slammed their doors in the faces of all of syrians. allah, who fled war torn syria last month explains how he was never treated worst than he was this past week. >> translator: i swear to god hungary humiliated us. >> reporter: the refugees on board to the train to vienna, while relieved, thoroughly exhausted. all never would have believed that their journey to this point could have been so hard. >> for some though, moving ahead, allows them a moment or two to drop their guard. i didn't

. >>> mohammed jamjoom is our correspondent, and he has the latest from the austrian-hunk ian border. >> there are hundreds of refugees here at the trin station. many are from syria. conditions like dire, but everyone i spoke to said that it's been so much better for them here in aufrtrya than hungary. the situation improved 100%, so grateful for the austrian authorities. let me set the scene. at the train station, many refugees waiting for a train to take them hopefully to vienna. after that, everyone i spoke to says they want to get to germany as quickly as possible. >> the head of the catholic church, pope francis, called on every parish and religious community in europe to take in one refugee family. the pope speaking after his customary sunday address at the vatican, saying two vatican families will take in a family of refugees within the coming days >>> almost 2,000 more refugees arrived in the mainland port in greek. they travelled by ferry from the island lesbos. early on saturday fighting broke out between refugees and police from the island of lesbos, beginning as they tried

our correspondent mohammed jamjoom is in the town. the austrians seem to have an organised way for dealing with the numbers of people come into the country from hungary. >> yes, that's absolutely right. i can tell you that every single refugee that i have spoken to today, and i have spoken to dozens, told me they are so gratified at the treatment from the austrians - they've been getting food, water. local volunteers, charity and aid workers are here. they got blankets. it was cold, many people here behind us slept outside. they are so happy with the treatment they received. they feel better than when they were in hungry. we spoke a while ago to the spokesperson for the local police. we asked about the logistics under way to take care of the refugees, here is what he told me. >> we have a situation that was a challenge for us. austrian police yesterday morning. along yesterday we had to face about 2,000 people, just to come in or over the border, and to have to get them shelter, and to bring them, transport them to vienna. yesterday w

and hungary is facing mounting criticism over the treatment of the refugees as mohammed jamjoom reportsm the south of the country. ♪ >> reporter: in an overcrowded refugee camp, the hungry are frantic for food. in this scene of chaos and confusion in hungary, the authorities distribute what they have by throwing it through the air. t the lucky ones are able to catch their meals. these refugees on these buses are waiting to get into the camp. everybody i have spoken with aboard these busses are worried about what they are going to face. many fear what being fingerprinted in hungary would mean for them. i'm trying to get to holland he tells me, but i'm told that germany is the only country that will take refugees who have been processed and fingerprinted here. causing more concern is how they will be treated. rights groups say conditions inside the camp are appalling. >> the government has neither the capacity nor the political will to address the humanitarian needs of these people. >> reporter: he shows me videos of men and women fenced in, desperately to leave. so these are thoroughly m

mohammed jamjoom is there. a lot of people waiting behind you. >> that's right. as you mentioned, yesterday a record number of people crossing serbia into hungary, over 4,300 people giving you an idea of how many are coming in behind me. they have doubled in size since we were out there yesterday, and while conditions are better, while there are more volunteers picking up trash, distributing water and food, the fact of the matter is that it is still fairly dire. i want to move around a little bit. if you follow me, giving you an example. setting the scene. u.n.h.c.r. pleading with the hungarian government, allowing them to set up the encampment. look at the tents behind us. so many more than there had been three days ago. trash. strewn everywhere. discarded clothing. food rotting in the sun. kids sweeping out here at night. wading through some time in the day time. there's not nearly enough titles. look behind me, there's more volunteers here today. there's essentially a soup kitchen area over there, where volunteers, charities, cooking, but the refugees telling

. >> that is mohammed jamjoom speaking from the capital budapest. >>> meanwhile, eu leaders are meeting in lumple bowr luxemboun answer to the crisis. jacky rowland has the story. >> a coordinated approach to the tens of thousands of refugees who are turning up in europe. it until now the approach has been very patchy. we have seen in particular the front line countries like italy and greece and hungary struggling with the daily arrivals pretty much. the destination countries for those refugees thus far haven't really been coordinating their policies. it's difficult to see though, how the leaders will be able to reach some kind of a common policy, when you bear in mind the huge differences of opinion that exist across the european union. some countries like france and germany are saying we need to have an organized system for sharing the new arrivals throughout member states. then you have other countries, particularly eastern european countries and the united kingdom who are very wary about taking in numbers and reluctantly or refusing to take on imposed quotas. so that is the position

as mohammed jamjoom reports, frustration is running high. >> reporter: akmed thought fences were a thing of the past. croatia would be for him and others a route to slovenia. instead, he feels trapped again. >> they tell me the delay is a sprays. and that many here would have paid similar to help them on their way. if they only had the money to do so. it cost 2,000 yoourors for them -- euros for them to take you to serbia. >> many were met by riot police. children in the clashes are easy to spot. >> tensions are rising here at this hour. most of the refugees i have spoken with say they expected to be in slovenia by now. meanwhile, here at the camp more tents are being put up. preparations made to handle an influx of people, and most of the folks i spoke with say they don't know when they'll leave. one syrian refugee is enraged. >> we've been treated like animals, treated better than us. at the end of the day we are human being. they have gone four days without a shower, and today things have gotten worse. >> we wanted to go to the title for 10 hours. i have not been able to. there are wo

. >>> mohammed jamjoom is on the hungarian border with serbia and sent this update. >> at the beginning of the day weather conditions were miserable. they have gotten worse throughout the day. tonight it's the rain. temperature is colder, you can see the refugees, tonnes of them, put on to buses. they'll be taken to a refugee camp a few kilometres away from here. we tried to get access to the camp, to talk to the refugees. we have not been able to connect with the camp or have other journalists covering the crisis. human rights watch and others say conditions in the camp are terrible, they are appalling. the hungarian government must do more to help the refugees that more to help the refugees that filed into the country. all of this said, the hungarian government announced that they may be imposing a state of crisis or state of emergency next week, making it easier for the government to deploy troops to the border. we know for the past week they planned to do so. that could happen as early as next week. they want to do all they can to staunch the influx of refugees. we were on the borde

al jazeera's mohammed jamjoom is there. >> reporter: as tempers flared and fires ignited. hungary's riot police stood firm, unwavering in the hard line they promised to take. water canons may have pushed the rev device to serbia, they failed to extinguish the hanger. the crowd has dispersed on the front line but the food does remain tense. there are men in the last few mrnts urning the young men who are protesting to move back to let cooler heads prevail to the situation calms down. the understood >> the mood changed almost moment to moment. veering from defiance to jubilation. >> when the gate opened. hundreds of refugees streamed in. thank you they chanted and cheered in unison. they were met not with welcome - rather force. >> parents were as stunned as their children. the young as affected as the old. kids cried from the tear gas and trauma that they had experience this woman never imagined she'd see her 8-year-old daughter beaten by police. >> translation: they hit her with a baton on the head. they hit her. the hungarian police. we are from aleppo. we came from death

mohammed jamjoom has more. he's on that border. >> every refugee that i have known with says that they are freezing. while they are getting pork, they say they are not enough. the military are deployed. that's why they are concerned. they don't know how long they'll have to stay in camps. many i have spoken with have no way to stay in touch with family members back home in places like syria or iraq. family members and relatives are behind them. making the straight journey. iest ir day we had a 16-year-old syrian boy, we het limb use the phone. we let him use our phone to send a message to his father in damascus, because he hasn't been able to speak to him for a week. there was worry, he was worried whether his dad was okay in syria, and his father whether his son was okay here. that's the level of desperation that we are encountering in hungary, with the refugees, who have no idea how long they'll be here and when they'll be reunited with their families and try to go on to a better future for themselves. . >> i

mohammed jamjoom has more on the european-wide crisis. >> reporter: at europe's southern gateway theseugees are some of the thousandses that crossed into greece on monday. with no end in sight to the influx, the u.n. is sounding the alarm bells once more. calling on the e.u. to guarantee relocation for 200,000 refugees. >> we have proposed that there be european union-lead mega reception established in greece. we would support that, established also in italy and hungary, whereby the people arriving there could go to these centers, be received in decent humane conditions. they could apply for asylum there. >> reporter: the comments come on the heels of warnings from e.u. president who said the current situation in europe was part of an exodus from warn-torn countries, adding it could last years. hungary remains one of the flash points. on tuesday hundreds of refugees forced their way through police at a camp near the border with serbia, heading for the capitol. at budapest's main station, thousands more are still seeking transition through as they try to make their way to austria and ge

mohammed jamjoom on his way to the austria-hungary border >>> it's thought there are 25,000 refugees on the greek island of ley boss. where the poured is crowded. this report from hoda. >> reporter: hundreds, sometimes thousands of refugees arrive on the shore everydau. they arrive in overcrowded boats from turkey, the majority syrians. often entire families are on the mood, distressed and tired. >> i didn't want to leave, but these are my children, who stopped going to school and university. there's no more life. there's no more life. c only fear. we had no choice. >> a few meters away. another boat on the horizon. and another. and one more. this rubber dingy's engine was broken. they were adrift. we could hear them scream and shout for help. for a moment, there's an outburst of joy. there's so much anxiety. in a faint voice he says "i'm scared, no one cares about us." >> translation: we have no value any more, we are a commodity. people make money off our back. we are trading commodities. >> reporter: the entire north-east coast of this island looks like this, piles of life jackets

mohammed jamjoom is there waiting for them ahead of the next stage of their journey. >> reporter: theees now on these buses have been brought by train to here now what is interesting is that although the border into slovenia has been closed, most of the refugees that i have just spoken with on these buses believe that they will be taken now into slovenia. they say they have not heard that that border has been closed. they expect to be taken. they don't expect to be taken to any holding facilities or makeshift refugee camp. so it will be interesting situation in the next several hours. many say if they are not bussed to the border, they expect to walk -- or plan to walk, but that on this record hot day will be very difficult. that's a walk that will take at least six to seven hours. ♪ >>> the united nations says it's defense secretary is speaking with his russian counterpart about the military situation in syria. both countries have been at odds for years over the conflict. >> the president believes that military to military conversation is important next step, and i think hopefully wi

mohammed jamjoom reports. >> reporter: as reinforcements arrive and heavy fighting continues, afghanurity forces struggle to regain control of kunduz from the taliban. >> government problem is first that civil people, and the second one is that mining -- mines, they put the mines in the road, and a big [ inaudible ] on the road that is full of mine and the explosive equipment. >> reporter: captain and his fellow fighters haven't been able reach their target yet, insisting that because taliban fighters are hiding among civilians, the fight so far has been much harder than anticipated. here south of kunduz, these forces have repeatedly been ambushed and hit by improvised bombs. >>> afghan government forces now backed by u.s. air strikes and nato special forces are desperate to regain control of the northern city from taliban fighters. the loss of kunduz has been seen as one of the biggest military victories achieved by the taliban, since overthrow of the taliban government in 2001. now anger is on the rise in parliament, with some politicians calling on the president to resign. >> tran

well, now, let's go straight to the austrian border or town of nickeldorf and speak to mohammed jamjoom. that was one of the bottlenecks, that border. give us a sense of what the situation is there now. barbara, right now here at the train station, there are no more refugees left today. officials are telling us the last train left a few hours ago. right now, there are no more trains planned for this evening, no more special trains. they will deal with it tomorrow as far as when the first train exactly will leave. they will see how many more ref uming ease might come in this evening. there are still preparations being made here even though there are no longer any refugees here at this hour. there are medics that are putting up tents to try to treat refugees that may come together. all through the day today. the red cross was here. they were helping refugees that had ailments or injuries because of their journey here many of the ones we spoke with throughout the day, most of them syrian. many had walked a long ways before they reached the border and were able to cross into syria. so every