rob mcbride is in kuala lumpur. that illustrates why the emergency meeting was so essential. >> that's right. this change has come amid criticism internationally of the way the three countries handled the humanitarian crisis. in their statement the three ministers insisted that their countries have been fulfilling international obligations towards migrants and more. even so, the controversial policy of pushing back boats is to stop according to the statement. migrants will be allowed ashore given temply resettlement in locations to be designated, while claims for permanent settlement are processed. it will take time for the policy to be implemented. indonesia and malaysia say the policy will be implemented with immediate effect. >> indonesia and malaysia agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to those 7,000 still at sea, and we agree to offer them temporary shelter provided the settlement and repatriation process will be done in a year by the international community >>> the country spoke about the strain that the

first rob mcbride, in the malaysian capital. bring us up to date with the latest boat that thai authorities said they want it to go to malaysia. >> the malaysians are tight lipped about the boat. there's speculation that the vessel may not be in malaysian waters may be headed for or already in indonesian waters possibly guided there with the help of the hall asian navy. part of the theory being that the people on board the vessel know that they will not be allowed to land in malaysia. that is the latest speck u laughings. part of the problem in gaining accurate information, about the fate of the vessels is the authorities on the malaysian side of the border, keeping strict control over the developing situation. it's a hugely sensitive issue, putting in place a controversial policy of pushing vessels back. it will intervene and take people assure if the vessel is sinking or in danger of capsizing. there are hundreds of migrants brought ashore, but when they are they are kept away from prying eyes. it's difficult for n.g.o.s, supp

that's rob mcbride on the latest developments from kuala lumpur. thank you. >> the commute to israel for palestinian workers is about to get complicated. palestinians from the legally occupied west bank must return home on segregated buses and through the same checkpoint. israel says it will allow better control of palestinians. the programme, that could add hours to a long commute is being piloted for three months. >>> in burundi police fired tear gas and beat protesters who defied warnings from the government to stop demonstrations. they want president pierre nkurunziza to quit his bid to stand for a third term in office. he ignored international calls to delay the elections after top generals tried to topple him last week. haru mutasa has more. >> reporter: even though burundi's foreign ministery warned protesters not to go out. they are doing it anywhere. there are police not letting them mark into the central distribute of the capital. tear gas is fired, people run for cover. police don't want this shown on television. especially when they mak

. >> 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 more vessels are encouraged to set sail for myanmar and travels south. what's beyond that. this is a work in progress. the malaysian government accepts that there are loose ends unanswered questions, the most immediate thing is to get out there, find out how many are in n

from there to rob mcbride. the life line coles with a proviso, doesn't it. >> wok comes with a proviso, doesn't it. >> it's come after international criticism as the government handled the humanitarian crisis. they insisted they had been fulfilling their obligations fully and more in the way they've been treating the migrants. the policy of pushing back the boats will stop. instead they'll have this allowing people to come ashore for one year. the proviso is they'll have to find a resettlement solution. they said they'll be provided shelter, a refuge humanitarian assistance. it will take a time for this to be introduced into thailand. as far as they are concerned they say this will be implemented immediately. that's what we expected to see. they said in their statement, calling for international assistance to make this happen. talking about the strain that all of the countries had been under, in dealing with this influx of migrants and a lot of migrants coming from myanmar, is pressure being put on the governme

scott joins us from thailand and rob mcbride is in malaysia. to rob first to tell us whether that statement has been released by the government and what they've been saying rob. >> reporter: that's right. this is a grim task that has been carried on throughout today up on the hills around the border area between malaysia and thailand. not helped by citiedary torrential rain throughout the day, making conditions on these steep hillside thick jungle very difficult indeed. we are close to what's been identified as possibly one of the main trafficking sites. it was a site that journalists were taken to by police yesterday. forensic teams are back there today. 40 graves possibly might be located there. we understand that one forensic team did come back with two bags thought to be containing human remains. now, it's -- to give you a sense how grim the task is it's not known how many bodies they may represent. these are remains that may be fairly recently but also may have been there for quite some years. they have been taken for forensic examination.

rob mcbride has more from kuala lumpur. >> keeping a tight control on this situation even the information about migrant vessels arriving in the waters and then leaving again being escorted by the navy. not accepting any vessels if they are sea worthy and can continue their journey. only those vessels in danger of sinking or actually capsizing are allowed to come here and the migrants of these vessels taken ashore. of the hundreds that have been taken ashore, these past weeks are kept secluded and being processed back to myanmar. there is an empathy this this muslim majority country with the plight of the rohingya back in myanmar in the way they are being persecuted and facing extreme poverty. there has been a leniency with the migrants but that has now changed. the government making it very clear that this problem has to be sourced out and laying the blame very much firmly at the doors of the myanmar government. >> and in europe, the french prime minister has called for a system of border controls dealing with a number of migrants trying to treech continentreach thecontinent by sea. >> tr

rob mcbride has more. from kuala lumpur. >> tight control on the situation, even about information about migrant vessels who are leaving malasian waters and reportedly leaving again, being escorted by malasian navy. not accepting any vessels if they are sea worthy and if they can continue their journey only those vessels in danger of simpgingsinking and actually capsizing and migrants taken ashore. they are kept well secluded. and for repatriation back to myanmar as malaysia as takes a tough stance with the migrants. the plight of the rohingya, facing extreme poverty there has been in the past here in malaysia a leniency from the arrivals coming from myanmar but that has changed. the government making it very clear that this situation has to be sorted out at source and laying it firmly on the doors of the myanmar government. >> in europe, the french calling for a system of controls. >> there needs to be a response, we have to increase surveillance, in april the european council tripled operation is in the

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 government is making it clear that the problem has to be sorted out back at source and laying the blame at the doors of the myanmar government >>> still ahead on al jazeera america... [ ♪♪ ] ..how musi

rob mcbride is in the capital. we are waiting for a joint statement from the meeting. what is the response likely to be? >> they have been meeting with ministers from the fully countries concerned. the statement is overdue. according to human rights groups, joint response a proper response is long overdue. there has been a lot of criticism which all three countries have felt about the way they have handled the developing crisis that is pushing the boats away from their own territorial waters into their neighbours is not good enough. we are expecting the statement to come any time now, and looking for a concerted action responding to the u.n. calls to send out search and rescue missions to actively go out looking to help the boats and provide humanitarian assistance rather than a ping-pong game at the moment of pushing vessels from one place to the other. we are hearing several hundred more migrants turning up in aceh, in indonesia, and are getting confirmation from our colleagues in thailand in indonesia that it appears to be a vessel that made international headlines

we are on the border with thailand rob mcbride reports. >> they are the lucky ones who have fulfilled the dreams of so many ethnic rohingya migrants. they hold the paperwork that gives them a refuge from persecution, and paying work that gives them a way out of poverty. mohammed came here ten years ago. his son followed on a boat five years later. the experience of their friend three years ago is proof of how dangerous the danger can be. he told us he was shot by one of the traffickers in a fight over food. >> they should let them come in. they have resources to help. they should not push them away. >> there is widespread sympathy in malaysia with individuals and organizations starting campaigns to help the migrants. >> they're fellow human beings like you and me without food. and for months many have been duped to come this way for a better life. many have been suffering because of genocide. >> a week ago the fishermen of this village found themselves inundated by several hundred migrants by a boat that was beached nearby. they had never seen that many arrivals before. >> we're fello

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: a number of aid organizations and ngo's seem to be lining up behind government's efforts now in what seems to be a communal effort to get the kind of aid that the migrants are likely to need. we have been following around one such group, buying up the essentials, most important, water that the migrant boats are likely to need as they come in from maybe months at sea. other substantial aid will come later on. the idea is that all of this food is then held by the maritime services here and then go out to meet migrant boats as they coin. and in the past when this migrant boat crisis first began, these groups may have gotten into trouble with the authorities. you cannot go out and start giving them aid, and asking them to come ashore. now of course they are being encouraged to come up with essentials and food aid like this to help these people as they come ashore. >> we were told to stand by with the provisions because it could be at anytime. so we're glad they have opened up the doors for ngo's such as us, and the people who want to contribute for this a

rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: leading up to the trafficker's camp in this area this remote jungle trail is seeing increasing amounts of activity. in the morning, police and forensic units go up taking stores and white body bags. the investigation is stepped up. they are coming back with more bodies each day. the top of the hill becomes a crime scene at the center of an international investigation. >> let's move on to the other big story of the day. f.i.f.a. boss sepp blatter is refusing to resign. he says he is not responsible for the corruption scandal seeing seven arrested on wednesday. and the majority of 209 national associations voting in the presidential election continues to back blatter for a fifth term. laurence lee reports. >> reporter: if you've been on the moon since tuesday night you'd assume the opening ceremony of the f.i.f.a. conference in zurich, there was nothing wrong. everywhere looking relaxed. not even sepp blatter could admit everything was fine. >> actions of those individuals bring shame and demand change and action from us all. we, or i, cannot monitor ev

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 travelling off myanmar with more bangladesh migrants waiting to come south. the conditions they are scoping from are bad. if you encourage the people to come south, they may well get asylum

rob mcbride reporting from perlis state. >>> meanwhile in myanmar rohingyas face more uncertainty thereheir temporary registration cards are due to expire, they are not recognized ed by the government and with no legal status, many are wondering if they have a future at all. florence looi reports from western myanmar. >> reporter: myanmar is the only country she has ever known. but she has seen her status go from being a citizen to a noncitizen. she has had to vendor her temporary registration card to immigration officials. >> translator: i have already given it up. i don't know what will happen now. >> reporter: she used to hold a citizenship card. but in the late 1980s the government took this back from the rohingya ethnic minority, to which she belongings. the government sees them as illegal migrants from neighborhood be lang ba dish, even though 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

let's get more from rob mcbride in malaysia. bring us up-to-date with what happens is happening there at the moment, rob. >> reporter: that's right that, grim task is continuing in the hills around the board here we are with thailand. we are very close to that -- what's thought to be the main trafficking en camp. the one the journalists were taken to by the authorities yesterday. one body was exhumed from a grave there yesterday. forensic teams are up there again today. estimated 40 graves are in that one side. authorities have identified 28 camp sides along some 50-kilometers. of frontier where there is other camps make 140 or so grace the work will continue and likely to take weeks if not months, one of the main traffics is to establish the cause of death. was it starvation, disease as was murder involved. and we have heard from a senior police chief over the weekend that this could turn in to a mass murder investigation. so the work here continues. it has to be said that there is has been a stepped up police presence and also

rob mcbride has more from the island. >> reporter: that search and rescue phase has been ramped up inth the chief of the may have any this part of the coastline saying four ships and three helicopters have pow been assigned to the task of looking for migrant boats and several other vessels on stand by only when they start to make contact with the vessels that are thought to be out there will we get a real sense of just how many migrants there are likely to be wants to be come ashore. meanwhile, there has been an important breakthrough in the diplomatic side of dealing with this problem. and that's the agreement of myanmar to take part in emergency talks next week on this crisis. there was a meeting yesterday between the malaysian and indonesian an foreign ministers with senior officials in myanmar, we don't know what was said behind closed doors. but we can expect that the talk was probably very frank and forthright telling myanmar in no uncertain terms that it would be expect the to take part. it is seen as being very much a part of the solution. being the source of the migrant vesse

the bodies are expected to be of trafficked migrants, rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: leading up ton trafficker's camp located in this area, this remote jungle trail is seeing increasing amounts of activity. in the morning police and forensic units go up, taking with them, stools, including white body bags, this investigation has stepped up, sadly those white body bags are coming back with more bodies each day. as the top of this hill effectively becomes a crime scene at the center of an international investigation. >>> rohingya muslims from myanmar are at the center of the migrant crisis, gerald tan gives us a glim thinks of their plight. >> reporter: the rohingya people live redominantly in myanmar's rakhine state. myanmar does not recognize the row lanerow huh begin and considers them illegal bang los bangladeshi citizens. they have severely restricted their movements. their plight came to prominence in 2012 during two waves of violence with myanmar's majority buddhist population. that unrest combined with years of economic hardship have driven many rohingya to seek ref i think i

police predict more bodies will be found as they dome through a cluster of camps hid meant jungle rob mcbridee in malaysia. >> reporter: on the malaysian side of the border with thailand the grim task continues today of investigating potential grave sites and exhuming whatever human remains might be found there. what's thought to have been one of the main trafficking sites it was a camp that journalists were taken to yesterday it's thought to potentially up to 40 graves might be there. but the authorities have identified 28 camps along a 50-kilometer stretch of border, where they say they might find ultimately well over 100 graves, well over 100 bodies. then comes forensic examination to his determine how these people died. was it storm action, disease or indeed was murder involved with one police chief saying over the weekend that this could turn in to a mass murder investigation. also in the media today in malaysia, we are seeing incredulity that the authorities could not have known about this. but also assurances from the home ministry that there will be an investigation and indeed that th

rob mcbride is in kuala lumpur.ngs us up to tate that the ty authorities said about the people wanting to move to malaysia. >> reporter: the authorities here in malaysia are remaining very tight lipped about this latest arrival. this is a highly sensitive issue here in the malaysian authorities are also very sensitive to the way that they have been handling this or perceived to be handling this developing situation, there is some speculation in the media here that this vessel might not by now even be in malaysian waters, it might have already headed presumably escorted by malaysian navel vessels towards indonesian waters because the people on board know with this controversial push-back policy they will not ab loud to lands they know in indonesia migrants have been allowed to land there. the malaysian authorities are keeping tight control of the situation. even tho*es those migrants that come ashore and only come ashore from vessels deemed to be no longer sea worth i.e. sinking. and they are kept well secluded. diff

rob mcbride joins us from the capital. tell us about the meeting and what they hope to accomplish? >> that's right. the meeting is underway now, and began in the past hour. we expect a press conference and everyone eager to see what will come out of this this is the first international sign of cooperation in south-east asia to what is everyone accepts, an international problem. the only thing that all the countries share in common is a controversial push-back policy a strategy of pushing back the boats out of water into the neighbour's territorial waters saying "that's it we dealt with the problem" it's a humanitarian low point in the history of these countries in the past couple of weeks. they are conscious of that and that they'll have to come up with a concrete measure and not just a bland statement. the needs of the migrants people on the boats, is in the here and now. this morning we heard of another arrival in the province of aceh of hundreds of migrants that have been at sea, and reported that there are just off the part of the coast, a further 400 people on boats, wanting t

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: they are the lucky ones that fulfilled the dream of many. they hold the u.n. paperwork giving them a refuge from persecution, and the paying work giving them a way out of poverty. this man came here 10 years ago. his son followed on a boat five years later. their experience is proof of how dangerous the journey could be. his friend was shot by a trafficker in a fight over food. >> translation: the malaysian government should let them come in, they have resources. they should not push them away. >> reporter: there is widespread sympathy in malaysia with individuals and organizations starting campaigns to help the migrants. >> they are just fellow human being like you and me. without food for months. they have been duped into coming this way for a better life. they have suffered because of genocide. >> a week ago the fishermen found themselves inundated by simply thousand, from a boat that beached nearby. they had never seen rivals and thought they were under attack. >> we are fellow muslims, the villagers wanted to help. so we collected money

for more let's bring in rob mcbride, joining us from malaysia. talk us through the new policy. >> that's right. this was always the p problem with the policy reaching the people that can get help. these are people thought to be migrant boats away from the shore, further away since the push back by government in this region afraid of coming near the shaw and afraid of approaching naval and ghost guard vessels, now they are there to provide and let them know of a change in policy. it was called for by different organization, and now we see malaysia taking a lead to bring in the search and rescue operation. the migrant voters have a choice of going to indonesia, or coming to malaysia people will tell thaw this is the destination of choice for most people spegs the re it's an affluent -- "rock newman show", it's an affluent society. >> how will they deal with the influx? >> that's right, the fost has been putting in place various measures and it has to be said in the press, they have been lining up behind the government pledging support in the island

rob mcbride records from the border with thailand. >> they are the lucky once who have fulfilled thehingya migrants. they hold the paperwork that gives them a refuge from persecution and paid work that gets them out of poverty. he came here 10 years ago his son followed on a boat five years later. the experience of their friend is proof of how dangerous the journey can be. he told us he was shot by one of the traffickers in a fight over food. >> the malaysian government should let them come in. it has the resources to help. it should not push them away. >> there is widespread sympathy, with those starting campaigns to help the migrants. >> there are human beings like you and me without food for months, they are duped into coming this way for a better life. some suffer back home because of genocide. >> the fishermen of this village found themselves in undated with several hundred migrants by a boat that beached nearby. they had never seen that many arrives before and at first thought they were under attack. >> we're fellow muslims so the villages wanted to help. we collected money for

rob mcbride are in malaysia and has the story. >> a number of organizations have been lining up behind the government's efforts in what seems to be acommunal effort to get the aid that migrants are likely to need. they're buying up the absolute essentials. the instant food, instant noodles, business cuts, most important water that the migrant boats are likely to need as they come in from maybe months at sea. other more substantial aid will come later on. the idea is that all of this food is then held by the maritime services here, and then go out to meet migrant boats as they come in. in the past when this migrant boat crisis first began these groups play have got in trouble with the authorities. these were, after all considered illegal migrants. you cannot go out and start giving them aid and ask them to come ashore. now they're encouraged to come up with essentials. to come up with food aid to help these people as they do come ashore. >> we will talk to those standing by with the provincial because it could be at any time. we're glad to open up the doors for ngos such as us and peopl

in myanmar capitol, the country at the root of the country and rob mcbride where mass graves found suspectedbe linked to smugglers and people in another province and the meeting is wrapping up and expecting a press conference in a few minutes and it has been about a nine-hour day for representatives of the seven countries and focus on the emergency out on the sea and people that came from the boats who are on shore of indonesia and discussing next steps and getting at the root of the problem and it will be much longer but we will hear from them in the coming hour and we will look at the journey of the rohingya and they get on boats in bangladesh and in the hands of human traffickers who demand steep price for passage. once they reach southern thailand they are held at ran some before being transported to may liesha and from a crack down of the government they began abandoning them at sea and they are unfairly being pointed and singled out as the root cause from this or for this crisis and florence is in the capitol and joins us now. >> reporter: that is right, well, the myanmar government is