this is how you summon a waiter in myanmar. i know. i know.uld be rightly ejected. it takes some getting used to, for sure. this is a big noisy fish house. named for you this khine people. >> now we're talking. it's one of the things we're told you have to eat here. frogs from the river, then tomato curry. try this. good sauce. that's good. that's some good stuff, my friends. we shall know them by the number of their dead. early morning in yangon. among the crush of commuters, shoppers, people trying to make a living, rise up the last remnants of empire. faded, often crumbling, but still there after all these years. these are the offices, businesses, and public buildings of the british colonials. this building was once one of the swankest department stores in rangoon. a century ago in the poem by kipling, young englishmen, you could buy fine egyptian cigarettes, french liqueurs. the floor tiles were shipped over from manchester. now people live here. a half century of a pariah state has left very few of these buildings in good repair. there ar

countries say that myanmar needs to do more to stop the flow of migrants. what are authorities there saying? >> indeed this is quite a departure from what south-east asian countries have traditionally done. they have adopted a method of noninterference. not commenting on neighbour's affairs. in the past few days we had senior officials, and the malaysian prime minister saying that this is an internal a myanmar problem. the myanmar's government response from senior officials in the past few days say the same thing - this is not a myanmar problem, saying they do not have a problem of rohingya being ill-treated. in fact, they do not recognise the people stuck on boats adrift in the andaman sea as being myanmar, saying they are victims of human trafficking, they don't know the origins, and until they do they can't. and that it's not a refugee problem, it's human trafficking. and other countries is trying to shift the blame to myanmar, which it is not accepting >>> florence louie there. thank you, apologies for the quality of that line to yank gone >>> a group o

are bengalis and do not belong to myanmar.hailand is taking the lead by conducting this meeting in trying to find immediate humanitarian medium and long-term solutions with a comprehensive approach. >>> the trade in people has affected the whole region. our correspondent visited one village in bangladesh that was a safe haven for traffickers until a cent police crackdown. >> reporter: from the mountains of myanmar it's a short hop across the river. tens of thousands of rohingya have been crossing the border and setting sail for malaysia. not anymore. with world attention on boats packed with migrants off of the coasts of malaysia and thailand the bangladeshi government has tried to put an end to people smuggling. we went to visit one man's home. it is inside a large fenced compound surrounded by the homes of his associates. his third wife says she has six young children. his first wife is paralyzed and can't speak. unlike most homes his house is made of brick and the walls are painted, but his familiarly with and associates sa

this is from myanmar. put clear here. go ahead. >> thank you charles.he president of the country says the rohingya, root cause in myanmar is what needs to be fixed or this problem will continue. >> well, i think all of us are saying the same thing. it is a two pronged process. one is you need reforms and changes. fundamental changes in myanmar. at the same time, asean governments need to be responsible. asean governments talk about responsibilities, this is the time to own up, to be responsible and to put pleasure on myanmar to give citizenship rights to the rohingya, to remove them from the camps that they have been kept for 30, 40 years, this has to change on both sides. >> do you think the malasian government and other governments should put pressure on myanmar to treat the rohingya better and not flee their country. >> i think time has come for the asean governments to convene to impress on the government of myanmar that our policy towards the minorities including the rohingya has to stop and stop now. malaysia was one of the few countries that lobb

that myanmar is saying, no, this is a human trafficking problem these people are not refugees.shot of it however, is that people are dieing out at sea and not being rescued, they are simply being pushed back. one possible sign of the way the people rather than the governments in southeast asia feel is that we have heard in the last few howard that a boat of 800 people pushed out by the indonesian navy was in fact fouled by just ordinary indonesian fishermen. who took it upon themselves to take the human tracking victims put them on their boat and bring them in to hands and they are as they all are in desperate situations terribly hung are you and their health is suffering. >> thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date with those developments, veronica pedestrian roast alivepedroza. >> reporter: live from bangkok. >>> 300 children soldiers released. part of a u.n.-backed peace deal hoping to bring an end to more than two years of conflict. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: once fighters in the central african republic, these children have now been released from the so-ca

in the past 24 hours and faced discrimination and persecution in myanmar. migrant workers from myanmar, cambodia and louse waiting to return home after being rescued from slavery and they were in indonesia in early april. and forced to work on foreign-owned fishing tours and we have spoken to one of them. >> reporter: he is telling me he is very happy he finally can go home after six years working as a slave on a fishing boat here in indonesia and trafficked from thailand but originally from myanmar and he and his friends have told us stories about abuse and about working throughout the night, throughout the day without hardly any payment and now they are here to finally go home in the next few days together with a group of 58 cambodians to be finally reunited with their families. but more than 300 former slaves are still stuck in the east indonesia waiting for travel documents to be finalized soon before they can go back home. according to the international organization for migration after 367 former fishermen they interviewed 360 were victims of human tra

thailand says the surges of refugees reached alarming level and asks myanmar to reconsider treatment. >>> the latest news from fifa headquarters and getting israel out of futbol and this is coming up, for you. ♪ fifa is set to vote for a new president, and blatter leadership of world futbol has them plunged of arrest of the top charges and the top job from jordan and blatter says the organization is at a turning point and he needs help to restore fifa's reputation. >> translator: the events of wednesday unleashed a storm and it was questioned at one point in time whether this congress would take place or if the agenda might be changed. today appealing for unity and team spirit so we can move forward together and it may not be easy but it's this reason we are together here today to tackle the problems that have been created, we are here to solve them. >> reporter: lawrence lee is line from zurich with the latest, so a while ago, lawrence we heard blatter addressed the 65th congress of fifa, the vote is coming up, soon tell us what is happening now. >> yes, the votes due to start in thr

daisuke iijima, nhk world, rakhine state, myanmar. >> and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence. the push for peace. the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world "newsline." >>> young chinese are finding their country's cooling economy is heating up the competition for jobs. so government leaders are encouraging them to employ themselves and helping them get their businesses off the ground. nhk world's naoki makita has more. >> reporter: thousands of young people flock to a job fair in shanghai. 370 companies were looking to hire new people. the number of students completing university is the largest ever this year. as more young people with high education enters the workforce, many are finding it difficult to get their dream job. despite a drop in china's birthrate, the number of college graduates has more than doubled over the past ten ye

on western myanmar.sible corruption of fifa and this is one of seven officials arrested in zurich and anger over 2014 cup has not died away and many are angry about the amount of money spent on stadiums that now stand empty and lopez reports. >> reporter: for many this is an example of everything that was wrong with the 2014 fifa world cup and it costs $600 million to build, twice as much as originally planned and after hosting less than a handful of matches from the world cup it never has been filled again and it's mainly a parking lot for these buses. after seeing cases of miss management and disproportionate spending around the country, the sign of wrongdoing where the world cup are flaring and took few by surprise. >> translator: the brazil people never trusted fifa and some of us already suspected that corruption was rampid and the depth of the corruption scheme. >> reporter: it was such that thousands took to the streets in 2013 to protest what they thought were misused resources in a country where

thailand says the surge of refugees reached an alarming level and tells myanmar to consider the treatmentf rohingya. and captured in afghanistan, at 15 we meet the man who is trying to rebuild his life after more than a decade in guantanamo. ♪ fifa set to vote for a new president blatter's leadership of world futbol has been plunged in crisis by arrest of seven top officials on bribery charges and facing a serious challenge for the top job from prince ali of jordan and blatter says the organization is now at a turning point and he needs help to restore fifa's reputation. >> translator: the events of wednesday have unleashed a storm and it was even questioned at one point in time whether this congress would tainting place or the agenda might be changed. today i'm appealing for unity and team spirit to move forward today and it may not be easy but it's for this reason we are here together today to tackle the problems that have been created. we are here to solve them. >> reporter: and let's go live to our andy richardson at fifa headquarters at zurich and the vote is close and 2 1/2 hours aw

nearly 400 from myanmar have been brought ashore. search and rescue have seen 400] more stranded in boats, the latest among thousands who fled in the past year. let's get more from rob mcbride. we are waiting on the joint statement. what is likely to be agreed on? >> that's right. the meeting is taking place, there should have been a statement. it is overdue. according to human rights groups, a response from the nation an adequate one is long overdue. they are, of course extremely critical of the handling of this developing cries circumstances this push back policy by all three nations to not accept the migrant boats to push them into the territorial waters thereby endangering life and having resulted in death at sea. we are expecting to see what they come up with. a consideration for all three nations, they are aware of the international criticism they have been facing on the way they have handled this crisis. they have been careful not to give false hope to thousands more migrants that might travel south. we hear about both travell

as they are prepared for repatriation back to myanmar. authorities here have made it plain they can no longer accept the kind of numbers that they have been accepting in the past. and that unless they take this tough action now there will be influx of more migrants in the future. >> rob, the malaysian prime minister says this is a regional problem, that demands a regional solution. so how that likely to play out. >>> yes, the malaysian prime minister once again quoted in today's paper saying this is a regional problem it has to be a regional solution as you say there are meetings coming up when the whole issue of people trafficking will be addressed. there cements to be some recalls trans on the part of myanmar in whether they will even take parts in the talks seem to go shift the blame elsewhere. malaysian problem says this problem started in myanmar and has to be solved there. there is an empathy here in this muslim-majority country with the plight of the rohingya. the persecution, the poverty that they have endured. so there is an empa

she wants to be myanmar's next president. for now she is banned from running because her late husband and two sons are foreigners. roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> director of international advocacy for amnesty international. when aung san suu kyi was awarded the nobel prize she was lauded in being a symbol against oppression. now desmond tutu is saying, if you are neutral in situations of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor is that fair to suu kyi? >> that's an accurate description by desmond tutu. and aung san suu kyi's silence on the issue of rohingya is nothing new. two years ago when there was a massacre happening and women were gang-raped she was extremely silent, even at that time. >> and nick christophe of the new york times wrote in aspiring to be president of myanmar or hoping her party would be dominant, arguing that the moral giant has become a calculating politician. so is that what this is all about, political expediency? >> i would say more than political expediency. she belongs to the majority com

as you say the influx of people began out of western myanmar because the me myanmar government refusesrecognize a certain ethnic group. they remain uncounted in the census as you say there are a million people uncounted in the census that has meant this massive outpouring of people. and because of the crack down on human trafficking there has been nowhere for them to go and so we have had these boat loads full of people who have been starving and abused by traffickers. the so how to reach a balance between the humanitarian needs and the long-term political solution when the country that they come from, refuses to recognize them. >> veronica, tell us about the delicate balance of talks the tone at this meet to go actually be able to get anything done. >> reporter: a little earlier the thai foreign minister was actually asked at a press conference whether or not the thai government had strucked participants not to use the term rohingya which the myanmar government reject. he denied that. he said this is an open area. but the point about not using it is in order to, as it were, save face

leaving from myanmar is the political and social situation on the ground.der to development a sustainable and durable solution the union government must fulfill its previous commitments to improve the living condition, and secure the full protection human rights and fundamental freedoms of all communities in the state. >> reporter: the u.s. has been a strong supporter of myanmar's transition to democracy since the process started four and a half years ago. but the human rights record is once again in the spotlight with the international community urging the country to stop its persecution of the rohingya minority. we don't know how well this message has been received by the myanmar government. this is an incredibly sensitive topic. this is a topic that has been ripped up by ultra nationalist groups and there's no indication from the government that it is ready to change its policy towards the row min ga. >> reporter: a number of aid organizations and ngo's seem to be lining up behind the government efforts in what seems to be a communal effort to get the ki

and researchers went to myanmar and found what they termed early warning signs of genocide. >> we'rehe 1948 u.n. convention on genocide and that talks about group targeted violence and targeting a pap lags based upon their religious, ethnic or national characteristics. >> reporter: others agree, and believe there is enough evidence to take legal action against the government and individuals. >> there needs to be argent political action to myanmar in terms of to change. so i'm not just talking about dealing with the people who are flying now, but in terms of a long-term strategy. >> reporter: there is no doubt in the minds of this man, friends and family believe those still in myanmar are in a lot of danger. this is a big test for the international community not just for myanmar's neighbors in southeast asia but also from western nations who have rushed to engage with the government of myanmar after it returned to partial democracy five years ago, the plight of the rohingya shows just how far it has to go. >>> government leaders in burundi say they won't wow to international criticism

telling myanmar in no uncertain terms that it would be expected to take part.is seen as being very much a part of the solution. being the source of the migrant vessel. and i think there is a growing sense of frustration the almost ambivalence of many people in myanmar to deal with the situation with some senior officials even distancing themselves and saying it's not really their responsibility. so the very fact that they will be there at the negotiating table is indeed a breakthrough. >>> britain's prime minister david cameron has announced plans to restrict immigration. about 300,000 people moved to the u.k. last year, that is the highest number in a decade. from london, simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: british police on a raid looking for illegal immigrants in london. it was a good photo opportunity for a prime minister trying again to get tough on immigration. the latest numbers are an embarrassment to david cameron who keeps promising targets he can't keep. >> do you normally mind more than you think? >> reporter: immigration was an issue in the r

florence lui has been speaking to myanmar's presidential spokesman. >> reporter: human right groups have long held it's the myanmar government's policy of persecution and discrimination against them that driving so many away. traditionally southeast asian countries have noninterference. that's why they shy away from the treatment, but that's slowly changing with malaysian officials saying that myanmar is the source of the problem and has to do more to address the issue within its borders. this is the myanmar minister of information had to say in supply. >> all the people claim they're coming from there, so this is why until we conduct the revision process we cannot assess all these people are coming from myanmar. is it actually a trafficking problem? >> reporter: the minister can't confirm whether or not myanmar officials will attend a region conference later this month to talk the problems of human trafficking in the migrant crisis. thousands are adrift at sea with little food and water while countries debate on whose job it is to save them. >>> three generals who tried to launch a coup

myanmar alone. what is your sense of the scale. how big is it? >> we are looking at the situation. there may be up to 8,000 people at sea at the moment. we know from intelligence that there is - there are no nor leaving myanmar, but there may be up to 8,000 at sea at the moment. they may have been at see since early march. there are fears for the safety of their health. we expect going by what we see, 2% of them to have berry, berry. a deficiency disease. they'll need vitamin b injections to save their lives. there'll be acute malnutrition. people have been at sea on part diet. there has been deaths and burials at sea, we are concerned about the effects and we want the governments in the region to facilitate disembarkation so they can receive humanitarian aid. >> you pointed out the condition they are in. who exactly are the migrants and where are they coming from? >> they are coming from bangladesh, and myanmar. they are the ones we registered in bangladesh. >> what should the regional governments

myanmar's rohingya muslims do not have citizenship. u.n. officials estimate more than 3,000 migrants are still adrift at sea. an nhk crew has entered the state of rakhine, near myanmar's border with bangladesh. clashes there three years ago left many people dead. since then, the rohingyas there have been pushed into isolated areas. many rohingyas make their living farming and fishing, but they face hardships farming poor land with no rice to move freely. >> translator: we need to get approval from the police just to leave our village. >> reporter: this boat anchored to the pier was carrying migrants. they managed to leave their villages but were later caught when the boat was seized by myanmar's military. they say they were adrift for three weeks with little food. japanese foe tojournalist uzo ota has covered myanmar for 20 years. he says the situation of the rohingya minority is the result of discrimination in the country. >> translator: i think people who are not rohingya feel superior to them because they have the rights and all the bene

in western myanmar had become so unlivable.ple we spoke to expressed so little hope in the future and that is why we think we are seeing so many rohingya risking their lives and becoming subject to trafficking because they are so desperate to flee. just from speaking with people we heard so many common patterns, people talking about the physical segregation of their minority group from other groups talking about how they had been denied on purpose humanitarian assistance including necessary medical care and denial of voting rights. we heard so many stories from people who just expressed so much desperation at the current situation >> who is responsible for stopping this for lessening the suffering of these people? >> well we asked that question to many people in rakind state who had been forced from their homes and really struggling to get by. they all pointed to the government of myanmar, to the national government. they said all of these policies the statelessness that is forced upon rohingya, all of the discrimination, that

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manyin myanmar. florence louie reports. >> moirn is >>> myanmar is the only state this woman has known. >> i have already begin it up, i don't know what will happen now. >> she used to hold a citizenship card but in the late 1980s the government took them back from the ethnic rohingya minority to which she belongs many have been here for generations. they were promised citizenship documents but were instead issued temporary registration cards. they still had some rights including the right to vote but now that is gone. this is one of the offices set up to collect temporary i.d. cards. it is in the former school business in the camp for displaced rohingya because they are still not allowed to travel into town. the muslim rohingya remain segregated from others, partly this animosity that caused the government to revoke the temporary cards also known as white cards. with elections scheduled for november and a possible referendum over constitutional rights. >> the right to vote from the rohingya and in s

many rohingya muslims fleeing myanmar.eased its latest census figures which exclude recipients hundred ga. exec clouds rohingya. >>> the current boss, sepp blatter is refuse to go resign despite calls for him to do so. ear vinniesyrian rebels have cap' cured another city. it was the last government-held city in the province which borders turkey, it provides access to bashar al-assad's home province and the coast. >>> to the war in generally now where the saudi-led campaign against the houthis is now in its third month residents continues to flee coalition-led air strikes and fighting on the ground that left at least 40 houthis and their allies dead on thursday, the latest rounds of bombing coalition planes targeted the houthi strong hold of sad a in the north and southern port city of aden. the fighting in yemen has also forced many schools and colleges to close. but for the small number of students still able to attends lessons, the challenges of learning in a war zone, they are immense. victoria gatenby reports. >> repor

this includes myanmar where most of the rohingya migrants are from. it's being singled out over the crisis, thailand, meanwhile, says it will allow the u.s. to fly surveillance planes from its territory to identify boats of migrants adrift at sea. >> we have to stabilize urgently. we have to develop better ways of discussing and meeting on these issues and taking action when people are setting sea in the boats and then we need to look at the root causes of why people feel they have no alternative but to flee their own countries and take such a dangerous, dangerous trip. >> let's go to our correspondent scott heidler now he's live for us in bangkok. looks like we might have some progress scott? >> reporter: a little bit yeah, we heard from the u.s. assistants secretary of state and she mentioned the root causes. that is an area where we might be making a little progress at the end of the day the. at least some channels of communications have opened up. what they are focused on, the attendees and the united states is here, and that is helping the people

most of them or ethnic rohingya escaping persecution in myanmar. boats have been turned back while myanmar said it is not responsible for the crisis. we have more from kuala lampur. >> the authorities here in malaysia continuing to keep a tight control on this developing situation, even on the information about migrant vessels that are arriving in malaysian waters and then leaving again presumably escorted by naval ships from the makes navy as the country puts in place this controversial pushback policy of not accepting any vessels if they are seaworthy and if they can continue their journey. only those vessels in danger of sinking are allowed here. people are taken ashore. of the hundreds brought ashore in the past weeks, they are kept in detention centers as they are processed presumably for repatriation back to myanmar as malaysia now takes a tough stance with these new arrivals. there is emapproximate thee here in this muslim majority country with the polite of the rohingya in the way they are percent cute and facing extreme poverty and there h

if they are coming from myanmar and they have enough evidence to prove that, myanmar will be ready to bring our people. >> speaking on friday, the minister referred to those who have reached indonesia and malaysia and cast doubt on their status as refugees from myanmar. he said some are claiming to be rohingyas because they think this will help them get assistance from u.n. organizations. roselyn debhavaly, nhk world, bangkok. >>> iraqi leaders are preparing to take back the key city of ramadi from the islamic state militant group. but there are worries that deployment could fuel sectarian violence in the predominantly sunni city. this footage was posted online on monday. the vice governor of anbar province told nhk that the city has fall into the hand of the militant group. he said all government troops have withdraw. local media say islamic state fighters are search for remaining soldiers and setting their homes on fire. an civilizational 8,000 residents have fled city. the iraqi government called on shia militias for support. a local lawmaker says 4,500 fighters have gathered outsi

florence louie, al jazeera myanmar. >>> demanding the president steps down. it's been one week the vice president stepped down after one of her aides was linked to a multimillion dollar corruption scandal. david louie reports. >> guatemalans demand an end to corruption. they won't rest until guatemala's president steps down. >> what we all want is for the president to go, and he face prosecution from stealing from the people. we want him to lose his immunity. >> reporter: guatemala is at the end of its biggest cries you, since the end of the civil war. in response to a multimillion dollar corruption scandal that led to the arrest of dozens of officials. one week ago president otto perez molina announced that his vice president was stepping back. she could face an investigation. >> translator: in her resignation letter she says she is willing to cooperate. >> in the wake of the news congress scrambled to select a new vice president but the move might have come too late to restore credibility to the presidency. >> translator: the government suffered strong blow

many persecuted rohingya in myanmar leave and die in the journey. we have a glimpse into the plight of myanmar's rohingya community. >> the rohingya people are a distinct muslim ethnic group living in predominantly the western state that borders bangladesh. myanmar does not recognize them and considers the roughly 1.1 million people as illegal bangladesh immigrants. government policy happen denied them citizenship and land rights and severely restrict their movements. their plight came to prominence during 2012 with two waves of violence with the buddhist population. that unrest combined with years of economic hardship drove many to seek refuge in many malaysia. 130 those people have taken the journey across the bay. they get in boats and fall into the hands of human traffickers who demand a steep price for package. once they reach southern thailand, they are typically held at ransom before transported by land to malaysia, but in response oh to a recent crack down by the thai government, the trackers began abandoning the rohingya at sea. thailand ma

fled violence and poverty in myanmar. this week about 2,000 more were rescued off the indonesian and malasian coast. hungry exhausted and frightened after their ordeal. advocates for migrants are urging regional governments to take action. >> let us now come together. the country has to be open. has to be transparent. you must start having good governance. and most of all i think this can only be sorved if soived if solved if we cut corruption once add for all. >> thailand is title thing security to try and top the trade. the malasian government says it's strengthening its borders but cracking down on migrants themselves. governments in southeast asia are under pressure to respond to the rising influx of immigrants. hux rightshuman right organizers say more of them will risk their lives. >> they are denied citizenship by the government and are considered illegal immigrants. the majority of myanmar's rohingya live in the northwestern state of rathain. since thailand began cracking down on refugees the rohingya started trav

are the people who claim they are coming from myanmar.is is why -- until we make the -- we contact the registration process, we cannot say all of these people are coming from myanmar. it is actually another refugee problem, it is actually a humanitarian problem. >> reporter: the minister says myanmar does not know if they will attend a regional conference to discuss the problem. in the meantime thousands are believed to be left at sea with little food and water. >>> now to another migrant crisis in europe a baby is among nearly 300 migrants to arrive in italy. the german navy rescued them at sea. almost 3,600 people have been rescued from the mediterranean over the last 48 hours. >>> burundi's president pierre nkurunziza is back in the country after a military coup against him have failed. three generals who are behind the takeover attempt have been arrested. protesters took to the streets again on friday but the army disbursed them. >> reporter: the president is back here in the capitol bujumbura, and it seems decisive that the attempted

we can't yet prove these people are from myanmar.may be right that the there are people leaving who have come from bangladesh many have come from rohingya but the government does not accept it is part of the problem. the myanmar government is saying it may not want to -- >> we lost florence loy there reporting. coming up on al jazeera, we meet somali my grant who escaped from the war in yemen but find themselves well nowhere safe to go. mruflings nepal's government is working out of tents as it tries to provide leadership and reassurance after the earthquakes. and game ol or game off. confusion surrounds the cricketer of pakistan. we will have the latest on the that in sport. >>> three generals who try today launch a coup between the president has reportedly been arrested. it happened after coup members admitted the takeover attempt had failed. according to a spokesman, the coup leader is on the run. the latest from malcolm web who joins us from the capitol. i believe we are waiting on the president to the speak. any idea when and wh

most rohingyas, believing to be escaping persecution in myanmar. there'll be a meeting on monday to discuss the crisis >>> three people have been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital. a convoy was targeted near the kabul international airport. the taliban said it planned the bombing >>> the war in yemen is representing. the u.n. representative says the agency reached and helped some families during the 5-day truce but a longer ceasefire it imperative. >> whatever we bring in, planes or ships, it cannot replace fuel food that 6 million require. some ships are getting into the country. however, yemen is cut off from the vast majority of imported goods. and yemen can only exist if it has access to imports. our humanitarian assistance can never deal with that issue. it can treat the wounded. it can provide assistance to the vulnerable, but it will not be enough. we need a pause to be continued. during the last weeks yemenis have not been vaccinated. vaccines have been destroyed. if we are not able to reach and vaccinate the children in t

put forward by a buddhist nationalist group mabata in the myanmar language. it's a group known to take a hard line. >> translator: controlling the population growth of the bengalis is to protect our nation's security. we have a right to protect our country. it doesn't mean we are observeing human rights. >> reporter: he uses the term bengalis. illegal migrants from bshed bangladesh. an estimated 140,000 still live in camps after interreligious violence in 2012 drove them from their homes. human rights activists fear the laws may have far reaching consequences for others in the country. >> not only to the rohingya but it can also -- it can be implemented to other minorities as well. >> reporter: there are 135 recognized ethnic groups in myanmar. some are fighting the government for more autonomy, the rohingya are not one of those groups but they will be affected by the law. tahira is not sure how she will comply. >>> an oil spill in the united states is raising questions about industry safety. more than 300 workers are trying to clear up the spill on the calif

who rushed to engage with myanmar after it returned to partial democracy far years ago and the plighthingya shows how far it has to go. wayne. >>> government troops in south sudan recaptured the capitol from rebels after weeks of fighting and unrest forced thousands to seek safety in the upper nile state and it changed hands several times since fighting began 17 months ago and more from catherine. >> reporter: south sudan campaign to retake them from the rebels in upper nile state was vital and who controls it controls the functioning oil fields and they believe opposition and local malitia which previously had been allied by the government over run them last thursday and the rebels had outside help. >> behind rebellions and fought for 21 years for the country and they are capable of protecting itself. >> reporter: after days of fighting government troops also regained control of another county farther north and close to the oil fields and this is what is left until recently it was a thriving community. many residents fled to neighboring places where the oil fields are. for now they w

myanmar played a strange game. in the past week it said that it's not its responsibility now it issued a statement saying yes, it will - it is concerned about the trafficking. it is taking action but it remains to be seen they are not at the talks, whether they will take parts in talks that are coming up in the next couple of weeks. >> in burundi police fired tear gas and beat protesters defying warnings from the government to stop demonstrating. they want president pierre nkurunziza to abandon his attempt to stand for a third term in office. he's trying to tighten his grip on power after surviving a coup attempt last week. >> reporter: even though burundi's foreign ministry warned protesters not to go out, they are doing it anywhere. there were more on tuesday, and nor police who will not allow them to march into the central district of the capital. tear gas is fired, people run for cover. police don't want this shown on television. especially when they make processes clear the road. in another part of bujumbura,

leaving from myanmar is the political and social situation on the ground in the state. develop a sustainable and durable solution the union government must fulfill its previous commitments to improve the living conditions and secure the full protection human rights and fundamental freedoms of all communities in the state in accordance with international standards. >> reporter: the u.s. has been and still is a strong supporter of myanmar transition to democracy since the process started 4 1/2 years ago but myanmar human rights record is once again in the spotlight with the international community urging the country to stop its persecution of the rohingya minority and we don't know how well the message has been ra received by the myanmar government and this is a sensitive controversial topic now that elections are scheduled for the end of the year, this is a topic that has been whipped up by ultra nationalist groups and no indication from the myanmar government that it's ready and willing to change is policies to the rohingya. >> and rob mcbribe reports on how people in m

thailand malaysians and myanmar refuse to accept the immigrants. they are being sent back and forth in what the u.n. is describing as floating coffins. rob mcbride has more from kuala lumpur. >> authorities in malaysia are on t information and the information about migrant vessels arriving in malaysian waters, and leaving again. presumably escorted by naval ships from the malaysian navy as the country puts in place a controversial push-back policy, not accepting vessels if they are seaworthy. and if they cap continue their journey. only those in danger of sinking or capsizing are allowed are allowed to come here much of hundreds brought ashore, they are well secluded in detention centers as they are processed, presumably for repatriation to myanmar. malaysia takes a tough stance with the new arrivals. there is an empathy with the plight of the rohingya back in myanmar, and the way they are persecuted and facing extreme poverty. there has been in the past, in malaysia, a leniency with the arrivals coming from myanmar. that has changed and the govern

myanmar navy detained more than 200 people that arrived in the state in a boat.usands of rohingyas flees persecution of myanmar and traveled to indonesia, malaysia and tie land in the last few week answer the vessel came from thailand and the people on board are from bangladesh, florence is live now and tell us more about this boat and what is going to be done to those on board. >> reporter: well the myanmar navy says it helped the boat to shore on thursday afternoon and this took place near the north part of rakine state on bangladesh border and 20 # people found on the boat are from bangladesh and crew members as well and the boat is believes to belong to a thai person. now, it says it provided humanitarian assistance to needed it, food and water and we expect and believe the people will be repatriated soon and the government said it's ready to provide humanitarian assistance to boat people who need it but still no indication from the myanmar government that it acknowledges that it is part of the problem. now at least half of the people who washed ashore in pla

erik: myanmar is open for business.ton worldwide is the first hotel zwrinet set up shop in myanmar. i went there to see it up close and get a sense of what companies like hilton face perating on this new frontier. erik: for almost 50 years this was off-limits to the west. like cuba, myanmar was a closed economy. now the country once known as burma is opening up. >> just imagine the billions of dollars to get energy and to get roads and infrastructure. that, by default is a tremendous opportunity. erik: it's been only three years since the u.s. lifted sanctions. hilton moved fast. already there's a 200-room hilton in the luxury city. pitaw and now -- >> also from a ledger perspective. erik: for decades, this is what the world knew of burma. a brutal repreparation under a military dictator. now tourism is taking off, growing by more than 400% in 10 years. the rest of the world is starting to discover myanmar's breath taking beauty and rich history and of course -- the food. >> look at the size and color of that. they are

diplomate has been meeting government representatives in myanmar to address the growing refugee crisissoutheast asia, secretary of state is due to give a news conference later on friday, after talking to officials in the capitol he said the only solution to the refugee problem was to address the conditions causing people to seek asylum. boats fill of muslim refugees have either been rescued or are stranded at sea after fleeing persecution in myanmar. malaysia foreign minister is meeting with government representatives in myanmar and malaysia are where many refugees are headed and rob mcbride has more from the island. >> reporter: that search and rescue phase has been ramped up in malaysia with the chief of the navy in this part of the coastline saying four ships and three helicopters have now been assigned for the task of looking for migrant boats, several other vessels are on stand by and only when they start to make contact with vessels that are thought to be out there will we get a real sense of just how many migrants there are likely to come ashore. there has been an important brea

he and his brother escaped from myanmar 20 years ago.er working in thailand and malaysia, were granted residency in new zealand were the people they left behind are never far from their thoughts. >> it's like they are living in the open space prison. because they have no rights to go out. they have no rights to study. >> reporter: if they had stayed in myanmar in their hometown this is where they would likely be. with four of their brothers and sisters in camps. since 2012, more than 100,000 people mainly rohingya muslims have been forced from their houses because of a tax led by buddhists and can't go back home. there has been tension for decades but the issue you is is at headlines again in recent weeks because of a new wave of refugees escaping in boats. and earlier this month researchers from the u.s. memorial holocaust museum went to myanmar and found what they termed early warning signs of genocide. >> we are talking about the 1948 convention u.n. convention on genocide. and what that talks about specifically is group targeted viol

people claim they are coming from myanmar.ntil we make the -- we conduct the process we cannot say all these people are coming from myanmar. it is a huge trafficking problem. >> the minister says he can't confirm whether or not myanmar officials will attend a regional conference to be held later this month to discuss the problems of human trafficking and the migrant crisis. in the meantime, thousands are left with little food or water while countries debate on who's job it is to save them. >> in europe, a baby is among 300 migrants to arrive in italy. the german navy rescued them at sea around 800 kilometers east of tripoli. the navy is looking for a second migrant ship. almost 3,600 asylum seekers have been rescued from boats sailing from africa to europe over the past 48 hours alone. >> three generals who tried to launch a coup against burundi president have reportedly been arrested. it happened after coup members admitted that the takeover attempt had failed. according to a presidential spokesman, the coup leader is still o

believes more than 3,000 asylum seekers are at sea, most are rohingya from myanmar. malaysian indonesians say they'll provide temporary shelter to the migrants that land on shores in thailand which is a major transit point refused to take in the refugees. >> let's go live to rob mcbride, who joins us from the island lang cow which -- lang kau which, any word on whether the malaysian navy boats spotted might ranked boats as yet. >> we are waiting for news of sightings from the navy there has been no sightings as they ramp up the search and rescue efforts. four ships are assigned to the task. they are supported by three helicopters with several other ships on standby, and it is only when they make contact with the migrant vessels that are expected to be out there to get an idea of what the humanitarian need is and how many will be involved. we know that the government is estimating there are about 7,000 in need. and it along with indonesia committed itself to helping up to 7,000. the big question arises what happens once the figure of 7,000 is reached. what happens is

are visiting myanmar to discuss a growing problem. they are trying to find ways to deal with the thousands of rohingya migrants who have landed in malaysia and indonesia and the thousands stranded at sea. malaysia's foreign affairs minister discussed migrant crisis. he says officials will work to resolve tension between the rohingya muslims and buddhist ma joert. malaysian prime minister tweeted on thursday that he has ordered the navy and the coast guard to rescue people drifting in boats. officials in malaysia and indonesia said they would reopen temporary shelters if other country resettle or repatriate the migrants within one year. international criticism has made them stop refusing the migrants. >> translator: we work with international bodies to offer shelter. it's never been indonesia's official policy to turn back boats. >> the u.s. deputy secretary of state visited myanmar to hold talks with the president. he urged officials to work with regional partners to tackle the issue. >>> some rohingya migrants are telling how they go