into papua new guinea is too poor, with too much crime. other refugees on mann us hope a legal case goes share way, in a court declares their transfer or yist n constate -- imprisonment unconstitutional. >> we are asking for them to be taken from papua new guinea to australia. and ask the government to compensate them. australia government spent hundreds of million on papua new guinea, for taking its refugees. that has been worth it, it says, the policy has been a success. those locked up don't see it in the same way. >> well you heard one of the prisoners in the report saying that we lost all hope. some others i spoke to, the two court cases are their only hope. they see it as an only viable future, that the court case goes their way, that the whole policy will be thrown occupant, and they can start in another bureaucra bureaucracy, no matter where it may leave them. the whole system has been prescribed by organizations like the united nations for a few years. a politician in new zealand called the facilities modern concentration camps. o

an australian friend bought him a plane ticket to papua new guinea capital. there he is about to start a low paying job. >>> i am happy that i could live there to here, but i'm getting happiness when i am getting out from terrible situation to bad situation. at the moment i am in bad situation. >> reporter: papua new guinea is too poor with too much crime, he thinks. other refugees on manis hope a legal case will go their way if a court declares their transfer and imprisonment unconstitutional. >>> they're asking for the release of all asylum seekers back to australia. second, we're asking the australian government and png government to compensate them. >> reporter: australian government has spend hundreds of millions of dollars for taking the papua new guinea refugees. the policy has been a success, but those locked up don't is see it in quite the same way >>> farmers have been protesting in south korea over a free trade grement with china. the government and opposition have agreed to support the deal. it will eliminate tariffs on 73 billion dollars worth of

. >>> a judge in papua new guinea, will decide whether asylum is legal.human rights groups have criticized the way the detainees are treated. andrew thomas is our correspondent. we asked him to travel to planus island. >> reporter: journalists and cameras are banned but by bolt you can get close to the manus island regional processing center, what's more accurately a prison for a thousand men is right on the coast. the refugees locked inside want to talk. some have bribed cleaners and guards for phones. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> i believe there is such a hope. this word is deleted in ou my vocabulary. if there would be a god they would have saved us by now. we are human. we are not animals. >> the prison was established as a deterrent along with another for families in another pacific island country, naru. australia's government say people taking a boat seeking asylum would be turned around, with no prospect of ever living in australia. the strategy has worked. the boats have almost entirely stopped coming to australia but the legacy is

a judge in papua new guinea will decide if a prison set up is legal.the jail was created to hold people seeking asylum in australia. human rights groups have complained of how detainees are treated. >> journalists and cameras are banned but by boat you can get close to the regional processing center that is more accurately a prison for a thousand men is right on the coast. the refugees locked inside want to talk. some have bribed cleaners and guards for phones. what you hope is going to happen? >> i have learned that there is not such a hope. this word is deleted from my vocabulary. i have seen people who were religious before but now are atheists say that if there would have been a god we would have been saved by now. we are human, we're not animals. >> the prison was established as a deterrent as was another for families. people taking boats seeking asylum would be turned around at sea or deported to poorer pacific countries without no prospect of ever living in australia. the policy worked. the boats have almost entirely stopped coming to australia.

an australia friend bought him a plane ticket to papua, new guinea. he's about a start a low paying job. >> i'm happy that i could leave there to here, but i'm getting happiness when i'm getting out from terrible situation to bad situation. at the moment, i'm in bad situation. >> papua, new guinea is too poor with too much crime. other refugees on the island hope a legal case will go their way if the imprisonment and transfer is declared unconstitutional. >> we seek the release of all refugees back to australia. we ask for the australia that government to compensate them. >> new guinea says the policy has been a success, but those locked up don't see it in quite the same way. al jazeera, new guinea. >> the number of people leaving puerto rico for the u.s. mainland has reached the highest level that it's been at for 40 years. puerto rico has a population of 3.5 million people, but national debt stands at $72 billion. that's more than $20,000 of debt per person. on top of that, puerto rico has more than $44 billion of unfunded pension liabilities. that

and many european countries made a choice to make various countries reliant on us, papua new guinea,istan, they're independent on paper but they're not independent in reality at all. either economically or certainly not socially. so, it seems to me there is a real need for -- one thing we tried to talk about in the film in relation to aid and development, the privatized nature of that's -- how much do we know where our aid money is going, where the money that many of us might give to a charity actually is going, and it's amazing how there are remarkable ngo's doing work but often -- let finish on this opinion -- read arenite report about the american red cross in haiti. the american red cross after to the 2010 earthquake but out an appeal and got billions of dollars. it emerged the american red cross has nobody on the ground haiti when they asked for the money, built of a problem. nothing has been created by the money. no houses. in other words, an organization which apparently is beyond reproach, although as many people in new york will know the american red cross failed miserably a

we event in haiti, afghanistan papua, new guinea, choice.we're going in the process of trying to raise money to finish it, to a rough cut. if anyone has money come see me afterwards. here's a short clip of the film in progress. thank you. [inaudible] [inaudible] [applause] >> i know how difficult it is to raise funds to do journalism projects that not going to be profitable. and one of the things that always has struck me about anthony's work is that he is a quintessential underdog journalist and set out to do a documentary with a global focus that tells history from the perspective of those who were being targeted, rather than doing the targeting. is not going to make a lot of friends, not going to make a lot of money. and i think that if we lose the institution of independent filmmaking, of independent journalism that's motivated not by profit but my desire to tell history from the perspective of those who are victims of it, then we have a totally bankrupt society when it comes to open media and media freedom. so i hope and i believe that

the other one is papua new guinea. 87% of private sector workers receive none whatsoever. >> many of the countries had paid parental leave, not just for women, but for men, for decades. it certainly hasn't broken the bank. businesses have not gone out of business. >> as a society, we should be encouraging women to stay in the work force, not doing everything we can to make it nearly impossible for them to have force. >> reporter: the issue even campaign. >> you're opposed to any why? >> for the government to tell others how to do things, when the government hasn't gotten its basic house in order, is not only ineffective, but hypocritical. >> we need to recognize the incredible challenges that so many parents face, particularly working moms. >> reporter: as for the current residents of the white house, michelle obama was so touched by amber's tragic story, she sent a letter of condolence. now, the nation's highest office teaming with spotify and announcing a push for states to legislate mandatory paid family leave, hoping to avoid future stress for families or even heartbreak. >> ambe

papua new guinea, oman, and you know what? the united states. three nations without paid maternity leave. america, oman and new guinea. that's really unfair, and it doesn't qualify as family values. i was pleased recently to learn that the new speaker, paul ryan, told house republicans that his family's off-limits. i don't know if that means friday afternoons or just saturday and sunday. he wants to spend more time with his family. i applaud him for that. there were some people who mocked congressman ryan for that, and they're wrong. all parents should work to protect that time with their families. but here's the problem -- for millions of americans, the concept of a work-family life balance is nothing more than a fantasy. for far too many americans, more time at work and less time with families is the only way to put food on the table and a roof over their head, and still these hardworking families are falling behind. an unpaid day off is out of the question. now, contrast that with the united states senate. the republican-controlled senate doe