studies and from paris all they solve on director of partnerships and policy for the norwegian refugee council thank you all for joining us matthew let me start with you 1st let me say congratulations on this tremendous honor to you and all your colleagues with the world food program what is going to mean for you for the world food program and for all the people that you know you're trying to help in places like south sudan. exactly for all of the family welfare program around the world and we're thrilled and sort of on it by well this amazing achievement and the recognition of course of the work that we've been doing over the last few years but in particular this year as the world sutton's struggles through time and once again and also the recognition of course that's hunger and war and conflict goes hand in hand and the world needs to do everything it can a long side well through programming of the world through problem alongside them to stop that and break that linkage so it's a great honor and i believe that it will it will scare us on in our task in our responsibility emma from your persp

know the sale is another one and then on top of that we also got colby 19th at the new egypt refugee council we did a study recently where we asked people in many other places there where we operate how kobe 19 had and impacted them and we found that many people who were saying that they had lost income because of coke at 19 and about 70 percent of those we interviewed said that they had had they had fewer meals to put on their tables as a result of coffee and 90 so it's clear that what we've seen what we saw 'd earlier than you know the increase increasing or in science around hunger and famine and warns of famine and then you get correct 19 on top of that you know makes us in a very precarious situation right now to be sitting in that sense a very very tiny award and matthew you heard early there now just talk about how precarious the situation has become because of cove in 1000 let's talk about that for a minute i mean what about covert 1000 how has the pandemic exacerbated a situation that is already so dire for so many people so many vulnerable populations in conflict zones that are alr

global food aids let's now bring in young egland he's the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council council which is a humanitarian agency working with displaced people all around the globe he is joining us from oslo thanks very much for your time with us so you of course have partnered with the w a p what is your reaction to this when. it's a great nobel prize for 2020 world food program is is totally fundamental to our humanitarian operations around the world is not only the the biggest of of the humanitarian organizations it is also the one providing a lot just very often for the rest of us the air transport the convoy the telecommunications the logistics in general so they play a vital role in now mortality morbidity man nutrition being down in emergencies the humanitarian work that i know well from having course the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs of the united nations humanitarian work is much more efficient and effective now than it was say 10 years ago and it is in the large part thanks to the world food program rates but with these challenges particularly of

migrants trying to reach western europe say they've been abused by croatian authorities the danish refugee council has collected testament testimonials of beatings and sexual abuse al-jazeera has tried to contact creation of authority is for comments but have had no response so far they harding has more . there are repeated stories of desperate journeys getting even harder danish aid workers have collected nearly 150 interviews for migrants and refugees he stayed croatian police beat them this migrant from bangladesh shows his scars. when they caught us they started beating us with sticks and kicking us as if we were animals then they searched us and took away our belongings our mobile phones and money before taking us back to the bosnian border bosnia is used by thousands of people fleeing unrest and war in the middle east central asia and north africa 3 years ago other nations closed their borders and disrupted migration paths through the balkans. but upon entering bosnia most migrants walk northwest to the country's long open border with croatia one of the last gateways to northern europe on th

migrants trying to reach western europe say they've been abused by authorities in croatia and danish refugee councillected testimonials describing whippings beating and sexual abuse and as iran has tried to contact croatian authorities for comment but i found a success the support from the hunting. there are repeated stories of desperate journeys getting even harder danish aid workers have collected nearly a 150 interviews for migrants and refugees he said croatian police beat them this migrant from bangladesh shows his scars. that i had that when they caught us they started beating us with sticks and kicking us as if we were animals then they searched us and took away our belongings our mobile phones and money before taking us back to the bosnian border bosnia is used by thousands of people fleeing unrest and war in the middle east central asia and north africa 3 years ago other nations closed their borders and disrupted migration paths through the balkans but upon entering bosnia most migrants walk northwest to the country's long open border with croatia one of the last gateways to northern europe

republic adopted a scorched policy as refugees fled before the dutch forces. the security council met in emergency session in paris and called upon the parties to cease military operations. the council recommended the establishment of an independent united states of indonesia at the earliest possible date. the commission was instructed to assist in negotiations. a roundtable conference between the netherlands and the indonesian republic began in the hague in august 1949. with the help of the commission, the conference agreed on a charter of transfer of sovereignty and future cooperation between the netherlands and the united states of indonesia. states of indonesia, embracing scores of islands and including nearly 80 million people, was a reality. late in december at the hague, queen juliana of the netherlands signed the document which transferred sovereignty of indonesia to the republic of the united states of indonesia and recognized it as an independent nation. the question had been peacefully resolved. the subcontinent of india was another potential trouble spot after world wa

organizations in greece are peeling to the european union for help the tahlia could sue from the greek council for refugees says that e.u. nations must open the doors if they really want to protect lives. the government has announced that all asylum seekers would have been transferred. there 2021 from the i am i however to is thinking. the looming long. of a out of the conditions are also very bad because of the situation. there is a worst of it by asylum seekers arriving from the islands. and the reception system in the mainland cannot hold. more under these current goby sims so responsibly because the bozo with other european members they they are more willing to continue economically or by providing and by providing infrastructure and if eyes and the capacity for greece to hold people to absolutely ok people in their counties. which is very welcome but it is nothing not when it comes to the protection of lives of peoples think in greece and what needs to be done. remove these people from these conditions and not can anything other. antigovernment protesters in thailand continue to ramp up pressure on th

from the greek council for refugees says you nations must open their doors if they really want to protect lives. the government cousin announced the. asylum seekers would have been transferred to the east there 2021 from the island i have however the location is taking place in the main lung. of a out of the coalitions are also very bad because of the situation. there is a worst of it by asylum seekers arriving from the islands. and the reception system in the mainland cannot hold war under these current gobies sins so responsibly because that was said also with other european members they they are more willing to a continued economically or why providing. by providing infrastructure and if and the capacity of people to grease the boat of them to actually locate people in their counties. which is very welcome but it is nothing not when it comes to the protection of lives of peoples think in greece and what needs to be done to remove these people from these conditions and it can create another. at least 25 afghan security personnel have been killed in attacks by the taliban that's accordin

appealing to the european union for help italia rafaela of court sue is a law expert at the greek council for refugees she says e.u. nations must open their doors if they really want to protect lives. the greek government cousin mouse. all asylum seekers will have been transferred. there 2021 from the island i have however. is taking place in the main along with there the coalitions are also very bad because of the situation. there is a worst of it by asylum seekers arriving from the islands. and the reception system in the mainland cannot hold or under these care and conversations so responsibly because there was there goes well with other european members they they are more willing to a continued economically or why providing and providing infrastructure and if eyes and the capacity for greece caused the people of them to actually locate people in their counties. which is very welcome but it is not enough when it comes to the protection of lives of people think in greece and what needs to be done. remove these people from these conditions and not carry anything out of. the french president emanuel m

they can use stories from becomes a contrast refugee with my family aged 5 growing up in a possibly northern city jeff fields and right foods me being a council an old man being an elected member european parliament so i guess if you want to know if you want to make a change because small you don't know where to start this book is definitely you you mentioned coming from somalia as a refugee just tell me about that. basically and there was a civil war happening within somalia and we could have ended anywhere in the world like many of the people many of the refugees have to leave the home for many different reasons to be honest and we left our family our friends everything behind just to kind of seek safety. and you and we can and it up in sheffield that it was done. a brief stint in ethiopia and ended up coming to sheffield for those that on the sheffield is the 1st city of century in the u.k. it's got a very long rich history in welcoming people from all across the world and despite what the had right wing media tabloids tell you a lot of refugees don't come to make anyone's life and use insults make any difficult than it already is this is

unacceptable and refugees tail on to 0 when the news breaks and the racism protests continue in a number of cities across the united states when people need to be heard in the council area line nearly 500 points were destroyed and about 80 percent of this land but al-jazeera has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and solar as if that's going to solve the problem if want to bring more room documentaries and life moves on and online. gunman attack a primary school in southwest cameroon 8 students killed more than a dozen injured. and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up columbia crosses 1000000 coronavirus cases as governments in latin america and europe struggle to deal with the infections. with 9 days to go for the u.s. presidential elections by donald trump and joe biden campaign to boost suppose.

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refugees brought europe in the years following world war ii. .. >> the last million. europe's displaced persons from world war to the cold war. i'm joel rosenthal, prime minister of carnegie council for ethics and international affairs. for those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. his biography of andrew carnegie published in 2006 was a life-changing event for us. through david's work, we've come to know andrew carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and there's one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the carnegie council, and that is the -- as david would put it -- cashty's -- carnegie's cock-eyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. for all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a can-do spirit is, indeed, possible. that idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. in addition to the carnegie biography, david's previous books include prize-winning biographies of joseph p. kennedy and william randolph hearst. today we talk of david's latest book, the over one million displaced persons who emerged brutal used yet aliv