this woman and her husband are taking their six children back to southern somalia. they have been away for the last eight years. she told me it was a tough choice that had to be made. >> translation: i'm going back to buy some animals and become self-sufficient. i'm concerned about the security, but i have been told that my neighborhood is safe. >> reporter: most of the refugees are from southern somalia. they will be back to the border town. from there they will find their way home. >> reporter: there is excitement in this bus. they're anxious. they're cautious at the same time. they've been given nonfood items like blankets and $120 each to restart their lives in somalia. some who are repatriated have come back to the camp. she went to mogadishu with her eight children in august last year. they returned earlier this month. she said she was attacked and injured. >> translation: my children were traumatised. they couldn't sleep at night because of the constant gunfire and bombs. they kept saying they want to go back here. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people have retu

air strike is significant because it comes on the back of al-shabab increasing its attacks in southern somalia >>> it is the second anniversary of the second biggest aif aviation mystery. a somber vigil was help and mps in parliament stood in silence. families of the missing demanded answers as they protested outside a buddhist temple. florence rui has more. >> reporter: the second anniversary of the disappearance of mh370 was marked in a low-key manner. politicians held a minute of silence to remember all 239 people who were on board that plane when it disappeared. a team of international investigators has issued an interim report. an interim report has to be issued on each anniversary of an accident until the final report. this is the second report. it does not disclose any new information or information that isn't already in the public domain. the prime minister of malaysia issued a statement on tuesday on the anniversary saying officials are doing all they can to find the plane and to solve what is being described as the biggest civil aviation mystery in history. two rather encouraging pie

. >> reporter: also the refugees are from southern somalia. they will be back to the border town and from there they will find their way home. >> reporter: there is excitement in this bus. these refugees are anxious and also cautious at the same time. they've been given blankets and $1 on 20 each to start their lives in somalia. they don't know what to expect. >> reporter: some who were repatriated have come back to the camp. this woman went to mogadishu with her eight children. she came back here. she herself was badly injured by the shr ar apnel. you >> translation: my children were very scared. they my children wanted to come back rear >> reporter: 12,000 people have been repatriated since a year ago. this is a small number, but u.n. officials say the number of refugees registering to go home is increasing and only a few are reappearing as refugees in kenya. >> in three months we repatriated the same number in the whole year in 2015. 12 months. which is a big step. still female continue to go-- people continue to go. >> reporter: there is s

more than 1,000 graves were desecrated in southern somalia in the last decade. there's been bomb attacks recent by, but in general there's agreement that the security situation is improving. the mystics are increasingly being seen in public. >> translator: the war in somalia affected us. there are men who everybody knows who they are that killed people and desecrated the graves of the dead ones. thanks to god's mercy they're not here today. we have existed before any group in somalia, and we will remain here. >> reporter: al shabaab, which is fighting to overthrow the somali government, considers them as nonbelievers in islam and deems them legitimate targets for attacks. while al shabaab fighters controlled large portion of the mowigadish mogadishu. notice the call to return is loud and clear. >> translator: the youth must work hard to follow its path, the correct path. they should make time to return to their mosques and support their religion. that is our call to them. >> reporter: it might take more than a call to fill up these mosques. they was once in somal

even the dead were not spared, more than 1,000 were desecrated many southern somalia. there has been a seryed of bomb attacks but in general, there is agreement that the security situation is improving. the mystics are increasingly been seen in public. the war in somalia effected us. there are men that everybody knows who they are, they killed the people and desecrated the graves of dead ones. but thanks to god's mercy they are not here today. we will remain here. al-shabaab who is fighting to overthrow the government considering as nonbelievers in islam, and deems them a legitimate targets for attacks. they remain empty. now the call for the followers to return is loud and clear the youth mouth work hard to follow this path, the correct path, they should make time to return to their mosques and support their religions. >> it might take more than a call to fill up this mosque they have once the majority, now they are in the left, and three kind of prayers are rarely seen in public. >> religious crews are also slowly filling up, this one has more than 100 students. they

this woman and herp husband are taking their six children back to southern somalia.hey have lived here for the last eight years. she says it was a tough choice but it had to be made >> translation: i'm going back to my home to become self-sufficient. i'm concerned about our security but i'm told the neighborhood is safe. >> reporter: there is excitement in this bus. refugees are anxious, also cautious at the same time. they've been given their nonfood items like blankets and $1250 each to re-- $120 to restart their lives. they don't know what to expect but it is hope. some have come back to the camp. this woman went to mogadishu with her eight children in august last year. they returned earlier this month. she says a mortar hit her home and killed a domestic workers and she was badly injured by the shrapnel and debris. >> translation: my children were traumatised. they couldn't sleep at night because of the constant gunfire and bombs. they kept saying they wanted to go back to the camp. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people have been repatriated since the program starte

. >> reporter: also the refugees are from southern somalia, they will go back to a border town whereind their way home. there is excitement here. refugees are anxious, but cautious at the same time. they have been given non-food items like blankets, and $120 each to restart their lives in somalia. they say they don't know what to expect, but it's home. but some have come back to the camp. this woman went to mogadishu in august last year, and returned earlier this month, she says a mortar hit her home and she was badly injured by the shap nel and debris. >> translator: my children were traumatized. they couldn't sleep at night. they kept telling me, mommy, we want to go back to the camp. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people have been repatriated since the program started a little over a year ago for a camp with hundreds of thousands of somali refugees this is a small number. but u.n. officials say the number of refugees registering to go home is increasing, and only a few are reappearing. >> we in three months repatriated the same number we repate at itted in the whole year of 2015. it

. >> also, the refugees are from southern somalia. they'll find their way home. their cautious. hey've been given non-food items like blankets and $120 each to start their lives in somalia. though don't know what to expect. >> some have come back to the camp. this woman went to mogadishu in august last year. they returned earlier this month. she said mortars killed a domestic worker and she was badly injured. >> my children were traumatized. they couldn't sleep at night because of the constant gunfire and bombs. they kept telling me, mommy, we want to go back. >> roughly, 12,000 people had to be repay the rated since the prm started the number of refugees registering to go home are increasing. >> there is still uncertainty and those going back are worried about their safety. they're also proud to be going home, to rebuild their lives in dignity. al jazeera, the refugee camp in northern ken. >> >> it was a military rule where thousands were killed or went missing in argentina, the u.s. president barack obama will mark the anniversary of what people call the dirty war. activists wa

because of its superior fire power it's been able to push shabob out of all major cities of southern somalia mogadishu, forcing al-shabab to operate mainly from remote rural areas and rely more on a network of operatives in the capital and other cities to operate hit and run suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks. the problem for the african union peacekeeping forces is they can't finish this job. shabob now is very difficult to target. it's diffuse, it is engaging in these a sim he had rickal terrorist attacks on its terms when and where it wants it's a job for the somali army to finish it and it's not been capable of do doing that. >> how many people do you think comprise fighters for al-shabab? how many folks are we talking about? >> they have estimated about 7,000. it's a small relative force, a micro come of what exists in other locations. so from an offensive military briefs speculative you need a force of 20 to 21,000, three times to go on the offense to totally wipe them out but as at professor said they went on a decembeasymmetrical warfare it s more than just the drone strike

the back story is in the book, which is that a quarter of somalia -- traditional somalia is southern ethiopia, somalia province. a quarter of traditional somalia, sorry, another piece of traditional is a quarter of northern kenya, so a quarter of kenya and quarter of etheopia used to be somalia, the reason, part of the reason why the politics in somalia were difficult and the war ir resolvable because kenya have deep-seated interest in meddling in somalia and somalian politics on a much larger beyond its own borders, not to mention the rise of alshbab and it's a problem that has a colonial root as to do other current wars. on the remittances, that is a big issue for the refugees, they are very annoyed about the restrictions, everybody survived to some extent and the coping mechanisms that we have spoken about informal work, remittances is the third sort of pilar of that and if you don't -- generally you have all three, then you're really the bottom of the pile, so to speak. >> a question about who makes up the population of, i didn't realize either but there were 40,000 kenyan who com

somalia up. in from southern ethiopia that claims somali identities. it is called the smaller program.another piece is northern kenya. so part of the reason why the jets have had deep seated interest. not to mention of the rise is the problem with a colonial route that is of a big issue with the restrictions. everybody survived to some extent. that coping mechanism so if you have to there were 40,000 kenyans in the official refugee population in in the half a million with 2012 but what they're able to get where well over half a million there were half a million kenyans live in there from other parts of the country. it is the biggest economy the largest for 1,000 miles in any direction. and to develop its own dysfunctional way. >> thanks for the book and look forward to reading it. go back with the crisis and then to go with cherry picking so how would one insure equal protection? if the private sector gets the ball. and to morph and then to close that? >>. >> in with george washington university the kenyan government is rather paranoid. about the infiltration of all shibani. now that m

southern tunisia. >>> u.s. military man ders say a drone strike in somalia killed more than 150 al-shabab fighters and they confirmed attack but says the u.s. is exaggerating those killed and it was attacked with bombs and missiles and el shabab with links to al-qaeda is trying to over throw the government and el shabab blamed for gun attacks in east africa including the nairobi attack that killed people in kenya and it was a preventative measure to stop future attacks by el shabab. >> they posed an imminent threat to u.s. and african union mission forces in somalia. their removal, the removal of those terrorist fighters degrade el shabab's objective for recreating members and bases and planning attacks on u.s. and other forces. >> reporter: the spokesman said we welcome the drone attack on t the el shabab base and it will minimize the threats of el shabab and crossing live from the capitol mogidushu and tell us about the report because there are conflicting reports about it. >> reporter: well doreen there is no way of verifying the casualties reported and the pentagon says 150 el shabab were killed in the air strik

southern border is a threat. when i was in honduras and guatemala with general kelly, he was talking about a different classification of illegal aliens, special interest aliens from somalia, from syria, from yemen, from pakistan that get detained in central america but get released and they can come through our southern boarders. so again, the threat is the fact that islamic terrorists are absolutely dedicated to attacking civilization. i know president obama says he wanted to end all these wars, but the only way you end war, is one side has to be defeated or both sides have to agree to end it. islamic terrorists are not agreeing to end the war. >> it seems like belgium is not prepared for this fight to quote a counterterrorism official, buzz feed had a quote from one official saying we don't have the people to watch anything else and we don't have the infrastructure to investigate or monitor hundreds of individuals, as well as pursue hundreds of open files of investigation that we have. it's an impossible situation and honestly, it's very grave. that's a belgian counterterrorism official. >> well, listen, the threat in europe is higher because they are so much closer to

somalia and turkey. this is coming across our southern borders. these are just the individuals who were apprehended. so what about all of those who were never seen by law enforcement at all and make it into the interior of our country? i hope to hear from our witnesses today on their assessment of the current holds that might enable these bad actors to take advantage of our system. most importantly, i would like to hear what should be done to address these deficiencies, and help ensure the safety of the american public. mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the following documents into the record. one, a u.s. border patrol nationwide apprehensions for 2015 and 2016. of the other, the uscis nationality reports for fiscal year 2014, 2015, 2016. and the uscis credible fear data and affirmative asylum case data. >> without objection. mr. meadows: with that, i yield back mr. chairman. >> i will hold it open for anyone who wants to have a statement. i am pleased to welcome mr. ronald vitello, mr. stephen mccraw, director of texas public safety, mr. brandon judd, professor ting

somalia, and turkey. this is coming across our southern border, and these are just the individuals that were apprehended. so what about all of those that were never seen by law enforcement at all and make it into the interior of our country? i hope to hear from our witnesses today on their assessment of the current holes that might enable these bad actors to take advantage of our system. most importantly, i'd like to hear what should be done to address these deficiencies and help ensure the safety of the american public. mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter the following documents into the record. one would be a u.s. border patrol nationwide apprehensions for 2010 5 and '16, the other i the uscis credible fear nationality reports for fiscal year 2014, 2015 and '16, for quarter one of '16, and the uscis credible fear data and affirmative asylum case data, and ask unanimous consent. >> without objection. >> and with that, i would yield back, mr. chairman. i thank you. >> i'll hold the record open for five legislative days for any members who would like to submit a written statement.

somalia and turkey. now, this is coming across our southern border. and these are just the individuals had that were apprehended. so what about all of those that were never seen by law enforcement at all and make it into the interior of our country? i hope to hear from our witnesses today on their assessment of the current holes ma might enable these bad acters to take advantage of our system. most importantly, i'd like to hear what should be done to address these deficiencies and help ensure the safety of the american public. mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter the following documents into the record. one would be a u.s. border patrol nationwide apprehensions for 2015 and 2016. the other is the u.s. -- uscis credible fear nationality reports for fiscal year 2014, 2015 and 2016. for quarter one of 2016. and the uscis credible fear data and affirmative asylum case data. i ask unanimous consent. mr. desantis: without objection. medinah pedestrian with that i would -- mr. meadows: with that i would yield back, mr. chairman, thank

somalia, air strikes. >> air strikes, exactly, and as well to see our european allies that have really the most at stake in libya gets out of hand as it would be a gateway to southernurope. to see our allies take the lead in terms of military action there. to push back, make sure that they don't expand that foothold insert. because if they do, it's going to be another nightmare. >> you think the administration's going to do that, the president's going to sign off on a more aggressive air campaign against isis in libya? >> i think they'll have to. i think we saw the didn'ting of that with the strike that took out that tunisian leader who was recruiting and facilitating people moving into from tunisia to libya. but it has to be part of a broader strategy, quite frankly, in much of north south africa. boko haram is the most deadly of the terrorist affiliates. but also a growing presence in places like tunisia. tunisia contributing more foreign fighters to iraq and syria and libya than any other country. as isis becomes under more pressure in syria, in iraq, as its operating space there shrinks, it's going to seek to grow in other places like libya as well as lash out

somalia against troops. in north africa libya's insecurity has negative consequences for its people its neighbors, europe's southern flank inner peace and security objectives in africa and the middle east. an international coalition to support the libyans to counter the islamic state of libya would support a functional government of national core and reduce the risk of the expansion of isis. further instability in north africa and the emergence of a direct threat to u.s. interests. stability and that is a long-term proposition that will require inappropriate long-term strategy. across west africa are partners and allies are countering terrorist organizations like oh rom for the multinational joint task force two troops from cameroon chad nazir and nigeria the multinational task force is a collaborative regional effort to address boko haram's lethal attacks aimed at destabilizing governments and terrorizing civilians. in central africa to the combined efforts of the civilian agencies non-governmental organizations and military forces the resistance arming the longer threatens regional stability and capacity to harm

somalia against troops. in north africa, libya's ensecurity has negative consequences for its people, its neighbors, europe's southern flank and our peace and security objectives for africa and the middle east. an international coalition to support the libyans, to counter the islamic state of libya, would support a functional government of national accord and reduce the risks of expansion of isis. further instability in north africa and the emergence of a direct threat to u.s. interests. stability in libya is a long-term proposition that will require an appropriate long-term strategy. across west africa, our partners and allies are countering terrorist organizations like boko haram. with troops from cameron, niger and nigeria, the task force is a collaborative regional effort. in central africa, through the combined efforts of civilian agencies, nongovernmental organizations and forces. its capacity to harm populations has diminished greatly. today, we estimate less than 200 fighters remain and local communities are better prepared to protect themselves. trap sess of power remain a source of political instability in

somalia to the somalian government. in north africa, libya's insecurity has negative consequences for its people, its neighbors, europe's southern flank and our piece and security objectives in africa and the middle east. an international coalition to support the libyans, to counter the islamic state of libya would support a functional government accord and reduce the risks of the expansion of isis. further instablility in north africa and emergence of direct threat. stability in libya is a long term proposition that will require an appropriate long term strategy. across west africa, our partners and allies are countering terrorist organizations through the multinational joint task force. the multinational joint task force is a collabrative effort. non-governmental organizations and military forces, the resistance army no longer threatens regional stability. today, we estimate less than 200 fighters remain and local communities are better prepared to protect themselves. elections and transition of power remain a source for political instability in many african nations. despite a decline, challenges to the electoral process threa