stories the could camp in kenya houses about one hundred eighty five thousand people from south sudan somalia ethiopia and other countries the today so guys asian arranges lectures around the world to try and change perceptions of how the germ jim was in cooma for the event. it's been an extraordinary day here at the cooma refugee camp here in north western kenya this is a refugee camp that houses around one hundred eighty five thousand refugees in this ted x. cacouna camp talk today this is something that's really been inspiring for a lot of the residents here the organizers are hoping with this event to showcase the positive impact that refugees that have had made not just in this camp not just in this country but all around the world now earlier i spoke with melissa fleming she's the chief u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson also one of the co-hosts of this event and i asked her how an event like this was going to help try to reshape the narrative around refugees and how refugees are perceived around the world most europeans or americans are astray and think that all the refugees are coming their way frankly m

stories the cooma company kenya house about one hundred eighty five thousand people from south sudan somalia ethiopia and other countries. for the event. it's been an extraordinary day here at the cooma refugee camp here in north western kenya this is a refugee camp that houses around one hundred eighty five thousand refugees in this ted x. cacouna camp talk today this is something that's really been inspiring for a lot of the residents here the organizers are hoping with this event to showcase the positive impact that refugees that have had made not just in this camp not just in this country but all around the world now earlier i spoke with melissa fleming she's the chief u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson also one of the co-hosts of this event and i asked her how an event like this was going to help try to reshape the narrative around refugees and how refugees are perceived around the world most europeans or americans are astray and think that all the refugees are coming their way frankly most of them are in countries like kenya eighty five percent and yet they're invisible and we were hoping with this event

stories the cooma camp in kenya houses about one hundred eighty five thousand people who south sudan somalia ethiopia and other countries a text organization arranges lectures around the world to try to change perceptions thousands of people have held a rally in the democratic republic of congo for the exiled opposition leader was eager to meet to be addressed the crowd and crowd i should say the capital kinshasa via video link of the rally comes ahead of december's election that could end seventeen years in power of president joseph kabila to me as the former governor of the country's katanga province and seen as the leading opposition candidate in the election. this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and is preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo restore its greatness but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people showing that we will overcome. all the one hundred thousand supporters of the roumanian government have held

stories the kermit campaign kenya houses around one hundred eighty five thousand people from south sudan somalia ethiopia and other countries but to that organization arranges lectures around the world to try and change perceptions. a former refugee who now works as a teacher she says her ex offers a platform of hope we have students in my class but they do not have enough teachers you can find the ratio of state entity to it's unbelievable like for example i'm in a classroom of one hundred twenty students and it's crazy they look at you with the eyes of hope and. that's what really brought me back i want to shower them hope i won them to believe that with education they can overcome poverty with education they can understand that they're not meant to be in the company but to be in their country it's just that temporal place for every refugee to be in and every refugee deserves to go back home. finally our stories are going to be hard finally the world is going to care that we still do exist it's not just the camp but any other camp in the world every raised if you do you has a similar story to say they

stories a cocoon a camp in kenya houses about one hundred eighty five thousand people from south sudan somalia ethiopia and all the countries ted x. organization arranges lectures around the world to try to change perceptions. in jazz having a bottleneck of migrants as europe and north african countries can't down on people leaving the continent on a mediterranean nine thousand people of a ride in the country since november from other parts of africa and almost a quarter of those are children we spoke to sara crow unicef special and on migration has just returned from asia migration is hardly gone away it's really just out of sight and out of mind effectively and that's a huge problem for children in particular because as you say they are the most exposed and most at risk from exploitation and trafficking and not to mention the scorching cheap to mean when i was there it was forty eight degrees and children family in nursing nursing mothers newborn baby i met as well literally in the desert in scorching heat and without shelter without protection and these air has gone from a think to being the capital

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they could cuba camp in kenya houses about one hundred eighty five thousand people from south sudan somalia ethiopia and other countries the organization arranges lectures around the world to try and change perceptions from a german was in the cocoon becomes for the event. it's been an extraordinary day here at the refugee camp here in north western kenya this is a refugee camp that houses around one hundred eighty five thousand refugees in this ted x. cacouna camp talk today this is something that's really been inspiring for a lot of the residents here the organizers are hoping with this event to showcase the positive impact that refugees that have had made not just in this camp not just in this country but all around the world now earlier i spoke with melissa fleming she's the chief u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson also one of the co-hosts of this event and i asked her how an event like this was going to help try to reshape the narrative around refugees and how refugees are perceived around the world most europeans or americans are astray and think that all the refugees are coming their way frankly most of

camp and it houses around one hundred eighty five thousand people from countries like south sudan somalia and ethiopia the speakers included the current and former camp refugees the organization behind it ted x. arranges lectures around the world well they're in cooma refugee camp is a very mohammed jam june and he's joining us live mohammed what kind of event did it turn out to be. martina it's been an extraordinary remarkable day. people i'm speaking with all day are telling me how happy they are that this is happening i had two men south sudanese refugees who've been in this camp for five years who approached me moments ago just to tell me how excited they were this event was taking place and event that they believe will highlight the kind of positive impact refugees are making not just in this community in this country but also around the world so to speak more about everything behind this event i want to bring in our guests right now we're very happy to have melissa fleming she's the chief spokesperson for us and also one of the co-host of this event the melissa thank you so much for being with u

kenya which has around one hundred eighty five thousand people from countries including south sudan somalia and ethiopia it was asian behind it ted acts of ranges of violence and says around the world. was a live for us in that was an exciting day for people in the camp. laura you know this is a really extraordinary event here you know it's really highlighting the positive impact positive contribution that refugees make not just in this camp not just in this country but also around the world we've already heard several very emotional presentations given by refugees many who have lived here at different points in their lives and i want to bring in one right now our guest that we have this is mary variac mike here she is a teacher she's twenty two years old she gave a wonderful presentation just about an hour ago about her experiences here mary thank you for joining us i want to ask you first what was it like for you fleeing south sudan as a child and coming here i can say it was one of the longest journey that i've ever had in my life. that long struggles of walking without food while here without water

which houses around one hundred eighty five thousand people from countries including south sudan somalia and ethiopia. behind it arranges events and lectures around the wells. for us in cat love to talk us through what's happening to us today. well or right now the camp event has taken a lunch break so there's more people outside of the tent where this event is being housed sort of milling about relaxing a little bit in between presentations we heard a music performance happening a few moments ago as well there will be more music later in the afternoon to overall it's really been a remarkable day we've spoke in the last few hours you and i about the fact that this is an event that's really trying to highlight the positive impact the positive change that refugees can bring to communities and all across the world it's an event that the organizers hope will try to change the narrative when it comes to refugees to change those negative perceptions and stereotypes that abide til this day now i want to bring in a guest we have right now she's a remarkable young woman and her name is i mean she is a filmmak

which houses around one hundred eighty five thousand people from countries including south sudan somalia and ethiopia the organization behind it ted x. arranges of events electors around the world this is what's being streamed right now from cooma do joins us live now from the camp have a dozen a bit more about this event. a lot of the events just started in the past five minutes or so there's a lot of excitement here where in cacouna refugee camp this is in northwest kenya home to about one hundred eighty five thousand refugees from countries like somalia south sudan rwanda and many other places this camp was established in nineteen ninety two now this event today it's the first time that a ted conference is happening inside a refugee camp this was organized with the u.n. h.c.r. and here at the camp there's a lot of excitement because this is a day in which it's really going to try to showcase the positive contribution made by refugees not just in this camp not just in this community but around the world you have speakers that will be talking for the next three hours or so they're going to be tellin

and nearby countries like a man to booty ethiopia somalia and sudan but since the start of this year a relative handful around five hundred arrived on the south korean island of jeju seeking asylum the government says they've flown via kuala lumpur on flights that began from malaysia's capital last december responding to south korean anger the government says it will tighten laws governing the arrival of refugees is already on jade you have also been blocked from leaving the island and yemenis will now need a visa before travelling to south korea protesters believe the yemenis have come for economic advantage rather than protection or one of the asylum seekers because he said he had few options on jeju island. you ireland was the only country you have a level for us to go to without a visa and claim asylum because we can go into a few countries in the world with us of these but they don't accept refugees or they didn't sign the. united nations convention they cream and to accept refugees and stuff. bites of south korea but it's i mean we can't go to south korea we can go to. and install the country now while we can go to. claim asylum because