nd dutch ambassador henrik schauer for being here today and for their devoted efforts to deepen the abiding ties between the united states and the netherlands. our relationship has never been closer than it is today. we're also profoundly moved to be joined by several incredible world war ii veterans who helped defeat the nazis and save freedom for all humanity. with us is jack goldstein. who served in europe during the war. jack was -- [applause] thank you, jack. thank you. thank you very much, jack. ong with steven melnakof and harold engel, both veterans of the normandy campaign. thank you very much, guys. [applause] and they went on to fight in the netherlands. thank you, fellows. incredible. thank you all three. you look great. young guys. thank you very much. this event would be not possible without the extraordinary generosity of the flags -- flag's two donors from the netherlands, mr. burke kruk and his uncle and business partner, mr. theo schols. i want to thank you very much. where are they? thank you very much. [applause] and thank you for preserving our history and for watching

the refugee crisis in 2015 they've been helping in refugee camps throughout the balkans but even dr schauer affair has never seen a camp quite like this one. become an off and i can you put people on a garbage dump it's so disrespectful there's no other way of putting it it's and human than this this but planet says he thinks he knows why the behalf city government chose a former landfill site for a refugee camp. site belongs to the city when i asked why does it have to be a garbage dump and they said they don't have to pay rent here that's why you know but i think it's logical that they just want to make it as unpleasant as possible for the refugees here so that they'll leave. it's again and that's exactly what they're trying to do day after day secretly crossing the border nearby into croatia but many are caught there by creation police and forced back to both sometimes violently this is what some of the migrants report once they return to camp believe . me they're to be. here to be. to. be. everything. now europe sees itself confronted with a massive humanitarian emergency not only in th