you want to go back to myanmar? >> translator: no, i want to go to australia. >> translator: why? >> translator: because i have relatives and friends there. >> reporter: a survey done by the u.n. hcr and another group shows that about 90% of the refugees from myanmar don't want to return. apparently being away from the country for many years has made many feel that myanmar is no longer their home. >> translator: we're still not emotionally ready to return to myanmar. >> reporter: as people become refugees in other parts of the world, the pressing challenge is helping them find a place to settle peacefully. >>> buddhism is one of the oldest religions on earth. it's passed down its traditional beliefs through various forms of cultural heritage. thailand is no exception. at some temples buddhist carvings may be some graphic for some viewers however in modern tie society they still serve a function. nhk has the story. >> reporter: beautiful sculptures of divine beings and characters from myths and legends form an import

it's to tell myanmar that they have to look -- take care of the fighting and it's to show myanmar that china is able to deal with any military emergency in its area including a spill over of violence. and a warning to myanmar to rein in the escalation in fighting. now, the chinese say they don't -- they haven't -- the chinese haven't revealed when this exercise will take place until or when it will go on until. and they say they have informed the myanmar government that we haven't yet had a response from myanmar. >> florence, thank you. >>> now, the u.n. is allocating $50 million in aid to help people escaping the political unrest in burundi. 10s of thousands are in neighborhoodsing tanzania and burundi. opposing the president's plan to run for a controversial third term. we have a report. >> reporter: isn't sure if it will be safe to go out on tuesday, so he's doing it now. opposition leaders in burundi are planning to protest against the president's decision to run for a third term which violates the contusion. >> translator: there is no frost. civil society and the opposition have c

china says it's already informed myanmar government about the exercise, but myanmar has not publically. >>> al jazerra has found evidence of a russian troop buildup and military ma moves near the eastern ukraine again border. but moscow continues to deny its helping separatist fighters in eastern ukraine. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: russian military equipment on a train close to the ukrainian border. al jazerra has no way of verifying where these vehicles are being moved to or from. the equipment includes armored personnel carriers, medical supply vehicles and tanks. the russian military insignia and number plates have been removed or seemingly painted over. we drove out of town to an area where we had heard there was a makeshift military camp. across the fields we noticed clouds of dust in an area around what looked like a farm. large military vehicles were moving in convoy along the mud tracks. around 10-kilometers behind me is the border with eastern ukraine, the russian military say the reason why there are so many troops and military equipment in the area is because it

myanmar escorting a boat crammed with hundreds of migrants to an undisclosed, safe location.meet the kurdish campaigners trying to loosen the grip on power in turkey. ♪ hello, iraq's prime minister describing the advance of i.s.i.l. fighters as a failure for the world community and he is accusing the u.s. led international coalition of not doing enough to stop them. foreign ministers from 24 countries are in paris and they are there to find tune their strategy against i.s.i.l. but the meeting is being marred by mutual suspicion and blame for what has been going wrong. crossing over to mohamed who is joining us from just outside the venue of that meeting in paris and at least he was speaking before that meeting started, the meeting took place, have we heard from other participants mohamed? >> not as of yet. we are expecting there will be a press conference probably in about one hour from now maybe a little bit less. hopefully at that point we will be hearing a bit more about what exactly was discussed and what possible solutions were put forward in this meeting today. as you m

♪ hundreds more migrants like these are crammed on a boat and being escorted by myanmar's navy into bangladeshaters. ♪ hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha i'm rochelle carry and also ahead a chinese cruise ship with 458 people sinks in the jiang river. the prime minister about to meet his international allies in paris plus the new cancer treatment scientists are saying it's a once in a generation discovery. ♪ myanmar's navy is escorting a boat crammed with 727 migrants to neighboring bangladesh. the migrants were found inside a converted fishing boat drifting in the sea four days ago and we will go to yangtze and this is disturbing and where do things stand now? >> saying the myanmar navy is going to escort this boat back to bangladesh waters after giving the people food water and medicine and saying that because they have been told these people say they want to return to bangladesh and we also have news agencies saying these people will be returned to wherever they departed from but we spoke to the presidential spokesman just over an hour ago and the myanmar navy will be taking this b

the row henga muslims of myanmar. so dillon recently visited the tate and spent two days touring a refugee camp that tens of thousands of row henga muslims call home. no country claims these people. the row henga have been stateless for centuries. they are descendants of people who live in what is now bangladesh. they are unwanted both in the land of their distant ancestors and in myanmar. this decade the plight of the row henga turned from statelessness to persecution. long simmering tensions between the buddhists and the poor muslim neighbors have exploded into violence. mobs armed with machetes have killed hundreds of row henga proximating more than 100,000 to flee. many thought they would find freedom through traffickers who instead left them for dead floating on ricketing boats on the sea or in near boats in malaysia and thailand. this might tempt us to look away. but matt dillon is making it his mission to make sure that we do not look away. speaking to the press after his recent visit to the refugee camp, dillo

>> well, since myanmar has opened up, western countries have business and political interests in myanmarnd there are human rights and humanitarian considerations. so far the pressure on myanmar has been essentially applied by the u.s. government in diplomatic and whether it is the secretary of state, president obama, the assistant secretary of state for human rights and they went there and said all of the right things publicly and they probably say stronger things privately so the message has been right but the u.s. has been pretty much alone. the rest -- the european countries, the u.k., have been pretty subdued in addressing the issue of the rohingya. now if diplomatic pressure does not work, the second thing is do you reverse to sanctions being suspended, et cetera, this is not for us to decide. this is the tools that the government has. and the u.s. cannot be alone in addressing that. and right now the urgency is to have more governments toll the line with myanmar, which is one of engagement and discussion and not of stratization but with firmer and firmer tools at their disposal. wh

why is this such a sensitive issue for the myanmar government? >> well, the myanmar government essentially, they've been under a lot of international pressure coming from countries like the u.s., where barack obama has said that they have to do a lot more because myanmar is seen as really the root cause of this refugee and migrant crisis or rather a big part of the problem, because many people getting on boats to leave and making this dangerous journey trying to get to a third country are rohingya, a minority that faces persecution in myanmar. it is the policy of discriminating marginalizing making sure they state stateless with very little rights that is driving tens of thousands to leaf this country. myanmar's government does not acknowledge that they are the cause of this problem. in fact, the myanmar government's attitude is that this is a human trafficking problem. in fact, a lot of the people who have been found on boats only claim that they are from myanmar because they want to obtain international aid but in reality, they are all from ban

what does this mean politically myanmar in november. what does this mean politically for aung san suu kyi? >> they are setting the stage now for potentially the league being in a much more powerful position than it is now. so i think it's hedging and that's why it's invited aung san suu kyi here. it's interesting, this is basically a party to party visit. aung san suu kyi is here as leader of the national party for democracy, this is not a state visit, we will have no access to talk to her during her visit in the country. she's here for five days but there will be no media conference no access, that's a view of the sensitivity of the visit, because aung san suu kyi represents everything the regime here, this government in a sense represents everything that aung san suu kyi has railed against in the past. restrictions on democracy restriction on you know freedom of speech. >> adrian thank you. be. >>> land owners on the u.s. mexico borders are taking matters into their own hands for stopping undocumented people to cross over into america

people in myanmar have been critical of china. they suspect the militants may be receiving its help. observers believed china pushed for the truce to help maintain ties between the two nations. >>> the latest figures show american consumers are heading out to stores to spend more of their money. this after a cold winter kept them at home. ai uchida joins from us the business desk. good morning. so the data shows americans are spending again. >> exactly. retail sales did rise in may. and this actually follows another set of data suggesting that the u.s. economy is firmly on a recovery track. the jobs data last week showed steady improvement along with a moderate increase in wages. the positive trends could help the federal reserve to hike interest rates sooner rather than later. the commerce department says retail sales stood at $445 billion last month, that's up 1.2% from april. that contrasts to sluggish figures through april when the cold weather put a damper on the economy. sales in may increased in many categories. americans s

i fled to myanmar and then ended up in thailand. >> we aren't showing mohamed's face his work permit is for construction not selling roti. but he is better off. >> the ones that just arrive over the last couple years do not have any documents. >> reporter: that's because myanmar's government does not recognize the rohingya. they view them as illegal immigrants from bangladesh. known as being a multicultural community thanks oits location underto its locationon trade routes. this congregation has been going. >> we can't really identify that they are rohingya. they have told us that they are not rohingya but burmese muslims. >>> as there are many buddhists living in shanghai. he can't go back but encourages the rohingya still in moirm myanmar to stay on. >> they should stay and fight not with guns but with law and prove we are entitled to be here according to history. >>> as myanmar's government has shown no signs of changing its stance on the roing, scott rohingya. scott heidler, al jazeera myanmar. >>> tearchedingattending talks it's uncertain who will attend if at all. we'll be keep

hinge georgia people, ethnic minority that the myanmar government does not recognize and myanmar wantsreturn these people to wherever they came from is in essence not acknowledging that it is part of the refugee and migrant crisis in southeast asia. other countries have said it's myanmar treatment ofro rohingya causing tens of thousands to leave the country and discriminated against and persecuted and not granted citizenship and stateless and no future for themselves but myanmar government clearly refused to acknowledge it's part of the problem. there also has been a complete lack of transparency in how this particular incident is being handled. i said earlier no reporters were allowed access and not sure how myanmar is conducting this verification exercise. as i understand it normally an official from the reported country of origin will be invited to conduct verification exercise and this boat has been in the country for four days and doubtful any official from bangladesh or from whichever country would have had time to conduct the verification exercise. >> reporting from myanmar and

so far the pressure of myanmar is applied by the u.s. government is in diplomatic ways for the assistant secretary of state for human rights they said the right things publicly musset's stronger things privately but the u.s. that the european country they are subdued in addressing the issue of the rohingya. if diplomatic pressure is on suffice then this is not for us to decide but if course the west cannot be alone to see the of one of the engagement with tools at their disposal to not be imposed by government by companies individually. >> it seems like the current crisis comes after democratic reforms in d.c. any connection in-betweens the events? is the conflict based on religion? are muslims living in a buddhist country is that the trouble? >> what is happening with the process of the democratization is populated by a those that are not from burma they all have the issues the central government with the process there is the aspiration to have the better say in the political life there has ben war protester demand to lower those strong

the myanmar government is saying they are all from bengal-y.y use that term because -- because it's a term that implies that they are from bangladesh but so many of these rohingya have been here for generations nobody has been able to gain access to the 727 people found on the board. they were turned back by naval boats. they had to erase their memory cards of the pictures and videos that they have taken the one thing that's consistent is myanmar keep saying that all of these people -- this is the second boat that they found with people, there were an earlier boat they found two weeks ago that had 200 people aboard the board. they keep sang these people are from beige los angeles dish, the myanmar has not accepted that they are part of the problem problem of the my plants, that many people from myanmar are fleeing because they feel persecuted and discriminated guns but the myanmar are saying it's not their problem it's a human trafficking problem. that the people leaving on the boards are from bangladesh. >> thank you very much for that update

but the myanmar government says it is not the problem, because these people are not from here anyway refuses to recognize that it is its policies that is driving tens of thousands to leave the country. >>> it has been a year since hamas and fattah formed a unity government, but they still haven't put aside their differences. stay with us. ♪ >>> welcome back. i'm shiulie ghosh let's remind you of the top stories. a bomb has exploded in northeastern nigeria. up to 50 people are reported killed. the attack follows another major blast on saturday when at least 30 people were also killed in the capitol of borno state. >>> hundreds of migrants found drifting in their boat off of the coast of myanmar have been escorted to an undisclosed location. >>> iraq's prime minister is describing the advance of isil fighters as a failure for the world community. he is accusing the u.s.-lead international coalition of not doing enough to stop them. >>> the u.s. say there is reports that the syria regime is help isil target rebel-held areas. government troops have faced setbacks which is now under rebel

. >>> myanmar is due to go to the polls in november. it'll be e the first general election in the transition from military to civilian rule. resolving the international armed conflicts is a vital step in the democratic process. nhk's aiko doe da has more. >> reporter: advises the minister in charge of peace talks with ethnic groups. he attended a conference held by the japanese government on peace building and democratizization in asia. experts came from 12 nations in the region. the audience paid close attention to what was said in the panel discussion. >> we know deep within our heart that it is a rare opportunity for our country to make peace with one for all. failure is not an option for us. >> reporter: 51 million people live in myanmar. in 2011 it went from military rule to a civilian government. since then natural resources and the labor force have attracted foreign investment. but there have been conflicts between government forces and ethnic armed groups wanting greater autonomy. in march myanmar's government and 16 ethnic grou

. >> rohingya muslims have been fleeing myanmar for decades after being denied rights.maybe have tried to enter neighboring thailand. for many there life can be a struggle. we hear one refugee's story. >> a rohingya, he fled myanmar 20 years ago. he runs a small stand. he makes a meager $10 a day to feed his family of five. like many of his fellow rohingya muslims, he left because of persecution, but fled well before the recent violence that prompted a spike in the number of migrants. muhammed left because he attacked undercover soldiers. they were beating his father before they took him to prison. years later the incident is still raw. >> i never saw my dad again after he came out of prison. i threat to bangladesh and then india. i came back to myanmar and then ended up in thailand. >> we are not showing muhammed's face. his work permit is for construction not selling food but he is better off than new arrivals. >> rohingya who came years ago can work with a permit. the ones that arrived over the last couple of years cannot as they don't have any documents. >> that's b

myanmar's government doesn't recognise the rohingya. viewing them as ige immigrants. chang high is a multicultural community, thanks to its location along the trade routes. the rohingya that came fleeing violence and per cent sayings hide the identity. the mosque was founded over 100 years ago, the congregation has been growing. >> we can't identify if it is rohingya. they told us they are not rohingya, but bermees muslims. >> for safety, mohammed does not tell people his background. there are many buddhists living in chang high. the violence in his home drew along ethnic and religious lines. he can't go back. >> they should stay and fight. not with guns but with law, and prove that we belong to that country, according to that history. >> as mohammed watches the fight from afar it will be a difficult one. as mean mar's governments shows no sign of changing its stance on the rohingya. >> in sri lanka, the government has given back hundreds of tam ills their land, taken over by the military during the civil war. after 25 years of waiting, many are going back home. rebui

china has been strengthening ties with myanmar's government since the country was under military rule. the opposition nld is expected to make big gains in the next general election scheduled for november. >>> japanese government are highlighting the lingering impact of the fukushima nuclear accident. they say radioactive materials at the reactors released four years ago is still japan's biggest environment catastrophe. staff at released their annual white paper. they say some parts of the country report high levels of radiation. they say communities near the crippled nuclear plan are suffering depopulation and the economic damage resulting from rumors and misinformation. the ministry staff proposed ways to help those communities recover. they urged municipalities to generate more power from renewable sources and they suggest using some of the revenue to support businesses that help evacuumies move back. >>> members of an international environmentalist group have given japan an award that doesn't come with bragging rights. they have given a satirical fosse of the say for what they say

. >>> hundreds of migrants found drifting in their crowded boat off of the coast of myanmar are beingorted by navy vessels to an undisclosed location. navy commanders in myanmar say they won't be taking further action until the identities of the boat people are verified. florence looi has more. >> reporter: the myanmar government hasn't revealed a lot of information about what it plans to do with the 727 people sound on board a boat in its waters on friday. the minister of information says they will be taken to an undisclosed location but refused to clarify whether they would still be on a boat or be allowed to disembark, they will be held until all of their identities have been a verified. but he told us earlier that they would be taken to bangladesh suggesting the a very indication exercise has already been completed. so there is a lot of confusion surrounding this entire matter and there's also a lack of transparency in the way the myanmar government is handling this matter. we do know that reporters who tried to reach the boat speak to the people there, and see what kind of condit

. >> reporter: 51 million people live in myanmar. in 2011 it went from military rule to a civilian government. since then natural resources and the labor force have attracted foreign investment. but there have been conflicted for more than half a century between government forces and ethnic armed groups wanting greater autonomy. in marjts r mashlgts, knewmyanmar's government signed a cease-fire that calls for the introduction of a federal system to give the groups relative autonomy. >> translator: everyone leer go down in myanmar's history for helping bring peace to our country. >> reporter: however a nationwide cease-fire remain ss uncertain. in march you reached an agreement with 16 ethnic minorities. that would lead to signing a full agreement? the nationwide cease-fire agreement? >> translator: some minority leaders who were not present at the talks told us they want to have some of their demands included in the agreement. we're still looking for a way to address the problem. the election must be held. we need it for our country

earlier, matt dillon traveled to myanmar, to the poorest state. he sat down with the bbc. >> of all the causes in the world, what drew you to this? >> well, having been on the border with refugees international now for seven-plus years, i heard a lot about them. this is a crisis that has been ongoing. but i really wasn't fully aware of it until i heard an advocate for the rohenga. i heard him speak at an event. the first thing he said was i do not exist. this got my attention. when you visited the camp in western myanmar, what did you see? >> first impression is nobody would live there if they had a choice. they are sort of forced to live there. that is due to the ethnic violence that has flared up over the last three years. there is a feeling of hopelessness. when i saw people with health problems that really needed attention, but there was no means to get attention, the clinic there serves 30,000 people. one doctor comes four days a week for a couple of hours a day, and it is not enough. >> the people you talked to, how do they feel being effect

. >>> hundreds of migrants found drifting in a crowded boat off the coast of myanmar have been escorted by navy vessels, commanders in myanmar say they will not take action until the identities of 727 people are verified. they were found in a converted fishing boat in the andaman sea four days ago. >> let's get more from florence louie. bring us up to date on the latest on what the government plans to do with the migrants. . >> for the last few days we have researched from officials that the fishing boat crammed with 775 people will be brought to rakind state. and we had confirmation that the boat will be brought to mondor in the north, close to bangladesh. they'll be given food, medicines, water, wherever they need. beyond that we don't know more. we know that mongdor is where the government is keeping another group of people about 200 found 10 days ago. the government said the 200 are from bangladesh but we don't know the identity of the 727 people found on friday. as far as we know no international aid agencies have had access to them. reporters trying to get near the boat were block

this is myanmar's first free vote in 25 years. meanwhile, the art scene is making a comeback in myanmar. after years of strict censorship artists are now enjoying new freedoms. >> gloves, plaster powder. today he's with one of myanmar up rising participants who spent years in prison. >> it is the rule of the prisoners should be recognized. as a whole community. >> there is no bitterness when he retowns his detentioncounts his detention. just acceptance and human. >> this process is part of an artwork. himself a former political prisoners making molds of inmates and recording their stories. >> right now we're in transition. that's why i wanted to create a kind of conceptual piece of work as part of the history. and then also other things are important to increase express of ourselves. >> to date he has made nearly 500 models. he started in 2013 not long after the country started moving away from a military government to what is a semi civilian one. even they he said somewhat initially unsure they should participate in his project.

myanmar say they will not take action until the identities of 727 people are verified. they were found in a converted fishing boat in the anna man sea four days ago. >> let's get more from florence louie. bring us up to date on the latest on what the government plans to do with the migrants. >> right for the past few days we heard from owe fcials that the boat will be brought to the state. we may get conformation that the boat will be brought to a town in northern states close to the bangladesh border and where the government is holding another group of boat people found about 10 days ago, a group of 200 people. now, the myanmar government said most of the people on board the boat of 200 are from bangladesh. we don't know the identities of the people the 727 people found last friday. and as far as we know no international aid agencies have been given access to the people. we don't know the continue that they are in. we know reporters try to get to them. they were turned away by the navy. the government will provide the people with food and water and whatever me sin they

-- people in myanmar, what are their hopes for reform. what are they hoping for? >> i think everywhere is looking for a change in the standard of living, and political stability. the mlt used the cout come of the vote to -- the outcome of the vote to reinforce the message that they are a party of change, and only they will be able to deliver on the expectations of ordinarily people and the ruling party represents the past. i think that message will resonate with a number of local people. which means chances at the elections are probably good. what happens when they get in power, in terms of implementing the quality promises is another matter >>> now, ash from a rumbling volcano in indonesia fell on the capital nearly 100km away. mt sinabung has ruptured for weeks. stephanie dekker and her team witnessed winner understandings first hand. >> the army came to some of the villages outside the danger zone to hand people living here masks. these masks are supposed to protect them from the air. it was thick with ash, hard to breath. you won't se

there is economic investment in myanmar. unless they get the humanitarian situation properly dealt with the economics and politics won't work either. i think it's very, very striking. we've worked in myanmar over the last 20 years in a state where a lot of the rohingya are both in camps and in the sort of vidgeses you were describing with the boats. we've also resettled rohingya into the united states about 2,700 rohingya have been brought to the u.s. by the international rescue committee. on the both side the conn assistant message is until all parts of burmese and rohingya society are treated properly we'll never have the political stability to allow for the economics to be deployed. >> rose: does independence increase as democracy increased yes, the voting rights issues became real. the politicization of the rohingya issue became more intense. since the gradual opening of burma, what emerged is a buddhist extremist movement, two words you don't tend to put together. a 969 movement, not officially a military movement that

. >>> and we meet artists facing freedom after years of military censorship in myanmar. >>> department of justice is investigating the shooting of nine people as a possible hate crime. meanwhile, dylann roof appears in the court. andy gallagher reports. >> what is now being investigateas a hate crime. >> we have victims, nine of them. >> but even as the relatives of those who were killed addressed him directly, dylann showed notice emotion. >> you hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. but god you forgive you and i forgive you. >> it's a testament to this community that those who spoke in court offered forgiveness despite the pain of losing those closest to them. investigating whether this is an act of domestic terror, saying that this was designed inflict terror on this community. if this is what was meant it hasn't worked. mother emanuel as it is known pulled people together. >> with some crazy idea he would be able to subdivide and all he did was make us more united and love each other even more. >> the case against dylann roof is now complex. he faces oa a raft of charges including the

. >>> myanmar's navy is escorting hundreds of migrants found drifting off the coast in a crowded boatthe town in rakhine state. rakhine is where most of the persecuted rohingya minority live. it's not clear if the migrants on the boat are row hip ga. the navel commanders say they won't take action until they have identified the 727 people on board. they were found stranded in a converted fishing boat five days ago. floorflorence looi has more. >> reporter: over last few days we have heard from various state-level official that his the boat crammed with 727 people will be moved to rakhine state. now, on we understand morning we got confirmation from the rakhine state spokesman that this boat will be moved to to northern rakhine state very close to the border with bangladesh. it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters on the 22 *pd of may. about 10 days ago. now, the government says this smaller group. most are from bang los angeles deck we don't note identities of the 727 people found on friday. now, when we spoke to the government sp

. >>> myanmar's military has belonged constitutional changes.nal reforms require a 75% majority in parliament. because the military control a quarter of the seats they are able to block change. the military power has disappointed those that wanted to see civilian control over the country. adam cooper is with the center for humanitarian dialogue in myanmar he says he's not expecting any large scale constitutional reform before the election in november. >> i think the outcome of this vote was to be expected. what we have seen over the past few years here is the military open up limited amount of political space for a democratic reform process to begin but they have controlled timing of that form process and they have set shop limits on it. and i think for them, the prospects of any large scale constitutional reform before election in particular it would allow. [ inaudible ] to become president, is something which is really just too fast, too soon. so we won't rule out the possibility of constitutional reform sometime in the future, after the elect

we've got elections coming later this year in myanmar. communities in laos are working for development that are sustainable and protecting the environment. and we are seeing new commitments to the education of young women and girls as is true in cambodia. the people of thailand played a critical role in the global response to the earthquake in nepal, and we are mindful the king of thailand health issues lately come and we wish them the best under hopes and prayers are with him. so southeast asia is stepping up to its on the move their candidate america's russian ship with the region is stronger than ever i'm proud to be the first american president can meet regularly with alton asean leaders. i will continue to do so until i am no longer president. we have strengthened our alliances including with the philippines but we forge new partnerships with indonesia and malaysia and vietnam. our trade with asean has been growing. we're pursuing a trans-pacific partnership. we're working with asean to find the region were closer together and confro

it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters.the 22nd of may about 10 days ago. the government says most of them are from bangladesh in the smaller group but we don't know the identities of the 727 people on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman a tuesday he says they will be moved before they are repatriated back to bangladesh, suggest that go a verification exercise of their identities have been completed but he later corrected the statement to say that the fair take exercise will be conducted and is still ongoing. now, this whole attitude that -- the way the entire incidents has been handled being however reflects the government's attitude towards this refugees migrant crisis. and also is in line with the government's eagerness to portray boat people as being mostly economic migrants from bangladesh. the government refuses to acknowledge many of these people getting on boats to leave are the row hundred gas an ethnic minority in myanmar subject to discrimination and persecution who have to live forcibly segregated

. >> migrants have finally landed in myanmar. the town they landed is where most of the persecuted minority rohingya live. although it's not clear if the migrants are rohingya. we'll look at the humanitarian toll of that crisis. >> struggling with bad weather in china rescuers are searching for people in a ferry accident. at least 18 people died in the sinking. most were elderly tourists. there were tornadoes nearby when the ship went under. 14 people, including the ship's captain and an engineer have been found alive. >> a last ditch effort to stop an execution. >> home in texas where new questions have surfaced about a 1999 prison guard murder here that may have landed the wrong man on death row. >> thanks so much for joining us this morning. it is 7:48 eastern and you are watching aljazeera america. the prime minister of greece heads to brussels with a new proposal for financial form, trying to convince european leaders to give athens the rest of its bailout money. greece is set to make a payment to the i.m.s. friday. >> takat

. >>> thousands of rohingya are leaving myanmar for india.veling by land is seen as a faster and safer way out than by boat. >> reporter: every day this person leaves home with the hope of finding work. he's an ethnic rohingya who came here last month after escaping from myanmar by boat to bangladesh and arrived on foot in india. he says he is safe now, but it hasn't been easy. >> translator: i can understand a bit of the local languages here but i can't speak them fluently. that's why i don't get picked up for day work as much as the locals. >> reporter: others are just settling in to this refugee camp. this man says he arrived here three days ago. >> translator: we have been tortured back home i knew about the rohingya community and escaped here to save my life. >> reporter: in recent years thousands of rohingya have escaped to india, and more than 1700 of them have come here. some are registered as refugees with united nations. others are not. while conditions here are basic. most people seem happy to give up comfort for safety. just a few

the art scene is making a comeback in in myanmar.ne man is creating art and recognizes the contribution of hundreds of political prisoners. >> gloves, plaster powder and a video camera all in a day's work for the artist. today he's with an old friend. one of the leaders of the student up rising in myanmar in 1988. he spent more than 17 years in prison for his political activities. without sacrificing we cannot achieve anything, i think. so we should recognize and as a whole community. >> there is no bitterness when he recounts thinks detention. just acceptance and humor. >> sometimes the prison authorities become friends sometimes become foe. >> this process is part of an artwork by, he himself was once a political prisoner. >> i wanted to create a kind of work that is part of the history. it's like that. and then also other things that is important to increase art. >> to date he has made nearly 500 models. he started in 2013 not long after the country started moving away from a military government to a semi civilian one even then, h

my experience in myanmar, my journey was horrific. for the first time in my life. i feel like a free person. >> june marks the start of a stormy season here. that may beia the thai government things fewer boats are taking to the sea. systems are in place if boats come again. for desperate humans, it has a human response. >>> sunday we'll continue our special "desperate journeys" coverage scott heidler will report from northern thailand where he found rohingya crossing into the country from myanmar. sunday on al jazeera. >>> still to come on this programme - indonesia's aceh province imposes a curfew on women. we speak to a human rights activist >>> black or white - the civil rights activist accused of lying about her racial identity. >> we just have to keep >>> hello again, let's look at the top stories in here at al jazeera. the world health organisation is warning of more people being infected with m.e.r.s. since the outbreak began in south korea, 138 cases have been confirmed. at least 14 people have died. u.s. investigators say there has been a second breach of

they are listed as 135 recognised races in myanmar. rights watch says the government only inconsistently gives them national i.d. cards. it gives them better access to services like schools and hospitals. the advocacy groups says the mokens have been the victim of violent attacks by the navy. one told the organization: in thailand the mokken are facing eviction from their land. even though they've been here for generations. this 78-year-old has been living in phuket. he may have to rule. the court ruled the land he lives on does not be long to his family. >> translation: i want to stay here i don't want to go anywhere. i want the court to help us. >>> human rights watch wanting thailand to recognise the rites of the mokken people and protect them from abuses. >>> phil robertson is the deputy director for the human rights watch asian division. some of the mokken have given up their nomadic ways most spend their lives on the sea, they are unique and there's few. why aren't they left alone. >> that's an excellent question. we have seen re

i would like to go down to myanmar and check out the camps.t that time, while i was in japan, there were more news articles coming out of ships being pushed out to sea, discovering mass graves, deplorable pictures of people jammed into the hulls of these ships. i wanted to get a sense of why this was going on and a remembered that speech. that is what brought me there. i went down with a couple of journalist friends who are more familiar with the crisis than i am. charlie: do we know about what is happening in burma? guest: i think we know more than we did a few years ago. we started working on it a few years ago. that was before the violence in 2012. that happened at a time when there was more international presence and allow the nation to be better known. i was very grateful when matt foley he was going to burma, because it had given the impression that the government had made an international crisis. i was very happy when matt went to the camp and he said it is not an international crisis. it has its roots in burma. charlie: what do we need

the myanmar government refuses to acknowledge that their policies contributed to the crisis, and said problem is one of human trafficking and many of the people are, in fact economic migrants from bangladesh >>> south korean president park geun-hye said everything must be done to stop the spread of m.e.r.s. making the comments at a meeting to discuss the outbreak, doctors diagnose five new cases bringing the total to 30. >> m.e.r.s. cases have increased in two weeks, a lot have been worried about the situation since two patients died. everything must be done to stop further spread. >>> middle east respiratory syndrome is a serious december that emerged in saudi arabia in 2012 it include flu-like symptoms fever, coughing severe complications such as pneumonia and kidney failure. 3 out of four people who contact the virus have died. >> the number of new infections is five, bringing the total to 30 including a man that travelled from south korea against medical advice to china and is in quarantine in china. one is a tertiary infection, mean that person was not infected directly by the ma

laura: days after it was found in the bay of bengal, myanmar's navy is a bringing migrants for identity checks. most of them are a muslim minority. our south asia correspondent reports from southern bangladesh near the porter. where most of the rohingya are from. >> officially, these people don't exist. they have no rights, no formal status. every day, up to 100 more anger -- 100 more rohingya refugees make the journey. she arrived days ago. >> we have to crawl to the barb wire fences. my son was hurt. we only made it by the grace of god. >> like most of the rohingya refugees she says she had no choice but to leave myanmar, where her family has been for generations. >> the local people beat up my son, took our cows and goats demanded money, and said they would kill us if we didn't leave. we don't have any money. i thought we were going to die. >> they do have a little school but life is hard for the refugees. >> we have nothing. we live as scavengers. and to melt. we don't have any peace, just suffering. -- we live as scavengers. hand to mouth. we don't have any peace, just suffering. >

my experience in myanmar, my journey on the boat and at the jungle camp was horrific. for the first time in my life. i feel like a free person. >> june marks the start of a stormy season here. that may be why the thai government thinks fewer boats are taking to the sea. systems are in place if boats come again. for desperate humans, it has a humane response. >>> sunday we'll continue our special "desperate journeys" coverage out of asia. scott heidler will report from northern thailand where he found rohingya crossing into the country from myanmar. sunday on al jazeera. >>> women in indonesia are protesting against a curve few imposed in banda aceh. women who work in certain industries must go home by 11:00pm. the provincial government wants to protect women from harassment. from banda aceh, we have this report. >> sharia police are on patrol in aceh, the only province in indonesia that adopted islamic law. women are reprimanded for being outdoors after 9:00pm, unaccompanied by family members or husbands. unmarried couples are given a warning for kissing in a park. the