palau is a tiny pacific island nation of just 20,000 residents. as a former u.s. territory, the country has had strong military and financial ties to the u.s. for years. the uighurs' arrival here was supposed to be a fresh start. but the front page of the main palauan newspaper reported their arrival like this "a plane arrived at the wee hours and emerged six bearded muslim terrorists in shackles and guarded by many fully armed commandos. the men told us that first impression has been very hard to shake. >> they show, the newspapers show us, the others, like terrorists. they think, oh, six terrorists came here, see bad. when they saw us, very angry, they ask, why you are here. >> reporter: the uighurs say they stick to themselves. over the years as what was supposed to be just a temporary stay in palau has stretched on year after year. their lawyers, along with the palauan government have worked hard to bring some of their family members to join them. ahmad tourson who says he went to college back in china, was given a job working the night shift as a security gua

in the pacific island nation of the maldives, a group of masked men forced their way into a pro- stateelevision station in the capital, and set the entire place on fire. it's not the first time e station ha been attacked... last year, someone cut cables to the station disrupting the station's broadcast. the tiny nation has been rocked by political turmoil lately, hoing their first democratic elecons since 2008. police have identified the manho set himself on fire on the national mall in d.c. this the scene friday.. after police say 64- year-old john constantino of mount laurel, new jersey.... doused himself in gasoline. passing joggers took off their shirts to help t out the flames. constantino was airlift to the hospitl, where he died friday night. his injuries were so severe, that authorities needed to use dna and dental records to identify him. new information... in... the... monster truck crash... in mexico .../. that... left... 8 people dead... and. dozens more injured. ---monster truck nats--- you canee the massive red truck... run over a hurdle.../ then plow... into the crowd... which wa

and any asylum seekers who arrive by boat are sent immediately to a tiny pacific island nation that receives a lot of aid or papa new begin 234eu. tanneand it's up to them to be d to be refugees and they not settled in australia. it's a stop on australian acceptance of refugees. that is the idea to dissuede people from getting on boats in the first place. >> you have got the u.n. refugee convention that australia has signed up to. how does that work with the tough policy that you just described? >> it's a good question and it's a grey area i may say a fudge that australia has come up with. what they are saying is that their obligation is to make sure that the people that are claiming astyl asylum are not pt persecuted or sent back to where they came from without being properly assessed is. they think they can send people to other countries and leave it up to them to assess their refugee claims and naru and papa new guinea they did sign the convention. the asylum seekers do not want to go to those countries but australia says they are doing their duty to send them to those countries. it's a b

spend time in detention centres like this, but are transferred to other country, nauru, a typy pacific island nationr pap , and in -- or pap ua new guinea, and their status is assessed under those laws and if found to be refugees - they are not settled in australia - either in nauru or patch ua new guinea or -- pap papua new guinea or linger for years. it's a tough policy, hoping that people don't get on the boats, so they don't sink and drown and from people claiming to be genuine asylum seekers. if they are, they should claim it elsewhere. it's a tough, cruel policy. it pushes the misery, the suffering beyond australia's shores. they don't have to deal with it here, it's up to other countries. in weeks the government in australia put pressure on other asian neighbours to toughen policies too. the immigration minister has been in malaysia and has encouraged them to toughen visa requirements to stop people going through there and ending in australia. >> how popular is the controversial policy with the general public in australia? >> well, you get a mix of views. people, of course, here have compassi

. >>> a man from the pacific island nation is trying to convince new zealand judges he's a refugee. he's not escaping a war of prosecution but climate change. stephanie cowan explains. >> reporter: as he works the land on an auckland farm, this migrant worker wonders if he can stop worrying about his home and family. we're not allowed to identify him under new zealand law, but he's from keribas and he's fighting to be recognized as the first climate change refugee. >> translator: i don't think it will be there in a few years. like the scientists have said, it's sinking. it's disappearing. >> reporter: high tides caused by rising sea levels regularly flood the islands, so water is contaminating what little farmland there is and destroying what food islanders can grow. the situation is becoming so serious it's feared the country will be completely uninhabitable by 2030, and that leaves 100,000 people without a home. lawyer michael kidd who is fighting the case says the world needs to rethink what a refugee is. >> the common element is that he and his family are human beings, and they'

rollins lowe also gave voice to asian pacific islander health issues on a national level. health forum for health advocacy and was invited to the white house to speak on several occasions. but he isn't resting on his laurels, even at 80 years old and having battled his own health scares, he still goes out to address the unmet needs in the community. >> you have to have a willing heart. if i'm just following conditions they don't need my time. >> the challenge he now embraces is building a chinese american foundation which aims to match donors with innovative organizations which create impact. he was born with activism in his blood. his parents often spoke out against injustice and raised their only son to have a strong moral compass. the lessons he learned were shared with his own children. >> i tell them, i don't care what profession you go into. you do it well. i'd rather you be a good garbage man than to be a crooked lawyer. >> on the surface, the job his wife kathy embraced was mother and homemaker, but she was equally dedicated to community work. she volunteered on bo

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. >> south pacific, ice land of -- iceland of -- island of sign pan. >> the national park service has few on staff to maintain them. >> this is not something that the park service wanted to do. the main thing is we would like to get back to work and welcome visitors again and take care of these memorials. >> when it comes to the government shutdown some veterans chose not speak about it. but raf feared wanted to speak about it and may have put it best. >> we did our job -- and we would look for america to settle down and do their job. we really would. >> matt acklin fox 5 news. >> so what about future honor flights? the park service tells fox 5 it was closed. it closed the world war ii memorial again this evening. discussions are underway to determine if they will reopen that monument for future honor flights and the veterans that come on those flights. our coverage is far from over. coming up later a college football game might be suspended. reaction from the team and from annapolis. >> also ahead on the 10 robbers armed with stun guns -- find out where victims were targeted. >> sue.

nations. >>> 20 residents have disappeared after a powerful storm. the typhoon killed at least 22 people on the island as it churned up the pacific coast. nhk world's shiyaki ishikawa reports. >> reporter: emergency teams are looking for the missing wherever they can. more than 1,000 people have joined the search, including firefighters, police, and self-defense force personnel. they've found homes, roads, and fields covered in debris. the mud is preventing them from getting heavy equipment to some places. so they've had to work with their hands. more than 800 millimeters of rain hit the island in 24 hours. rescuers are being cautious. they'll be at it for days to come. the rebuilding effort on this island will take much longer. shiyaki ishikawa, nhk world, tokyo. >>> people living in the southern philippines have been dealing with their own disaster. a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook communities earlier this week. many are living in tents and are in urgent need of supplies. we have this report. >> reporter: this accounts for 90% of total cash. landslides and collapsed buildings caused a large portion of the fatalities. two days after th

national park service employees, 21 of them of which work for the war and the pacific national historic park on guam. that small island in the pacific. i wonder how many thought about that. so only two employees remain on duty there to provide security and emergency services and we have 600 visitors daily. the shutdown has negatively impacted guam's tourism economy for something that could have been avoided entirely by passing a clean c.r. we have failed in this congress, our national park service employees and our nation. i have made this point repeatedly at house armed services and will continue to do so until this republican-led shutdown is completed. and i'll add my remarks with saying, let's shut down the shutdown and i yield my time to representative tsongas. >> thank you, director jarvis, for appearing before the committee today. as you know, my district is home to two great national parks and i know firsthand how devastating this shutdown has been for our local economy, for hundreds of school children who haven't had access to the parks and for our dedicated park employees who have been furloughed. overall, mi

20,000 national park service employees and 21 of them which work for it pacific national has four historic park in guam, a small island in the pacific and i wonder how many thought about that. only two employees remain there to provide security and emergency services and we have 600 visitors daily. the shutdown has negatively impacted the tourism economy for something that could've been avoided entirely by the passing of a queen cr and we have failed in this congress, our park service employees and our nation, and i have made this point repeatedly and will continue to do so until this republican-led shutdown is completed on a wall and my remarks by saying let's shut down the shutdown. and i yield my time to representative tsongas. >> thank you, director, for appearing before the committee today and as you know, my district is home to two great national parks and i know firsthand how devastating the shutdown has been for our local economy and for hundreds of schoolchildren who haven't had access to the parks and who are dedicated park employees that have been furloughed. >> the gentlelady time is expired. please conclu

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