u.n. refugee agency has called for venezuelans to receive refugee protection seems to be an indication that this crisis is going to get a lot worse before it gets better in fact the united nations says that nearly 4000000 venezuelans have left the country in less than 4 years most of them come. to latin america which is a part of the world that certainly does not have the resources to absorb so many this is an unprecedented refugee crisis for this part of the world and there are countries that are already closing the door on venezuelans like trinidad and tobago panama which is demanding that they have a visa so the united nations is clearly saying this is an emergency the region needs help venezuelans are going to need help and latin america still are saying that this is a burden that needs to be shared not just by the region but by the whole world thousands of students marched in the streets of the algerian capital calling for free and fair elections the young protesters want all politicians connected to the ousted president. to step down including the interim president and prime minister

u.n. refugee agency and storm all we have. is a libyan political analyst who was kidnapped in two thousand and seventeen by living gang and ended up in a government run detention facility and in brussels we have alberto knight hot he's a policy analyst at the european policy center researches of migration issues welcome to you all i'd like to begin with because in istanbul it most of it a very harrowing experience being in one of those government run detention centers can you just give us a sense of what it was like. well it was certainly horrible being kidnapped past midnight and taken by an armed gang to a facility that also housed some. immigrants. who was outside the government control at that time i suppose. until we managed to escape myself and two other prisoners so the conditions in the camp can you just give us an idea of what they were like then i never got the. view of the of the camp only of the room we were it was a window. a room with no windows the walls were covered with. dirt there were no facilities we the ro

u.n. refugee agency is job is to deal with the situation as it is on the ground.the root causes of this what's actually driving all of they saw as our guest in istanbul just said to do with the european union to do with america to do with the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and their backing of various different factions in your conversations at the u.n. how much of that is a frustration. well i mean absolutely any any approach to what's happening in libya needs a holistic and comprehensive outlook that not only looks at the outcomes in terms of people attempting to cross the mediterranean and now the very pressing needs to get people out of the tension senses but we also need to look at what's happening in countries of origin and in countries of transit so that we look at the whole journey before people even get to live via in countries of origin more effort needs to be taken to to address the root causes the creating of violence and war we need to increase mediation efforts to bring warring parties to the table in dialogue to end conflict where exists and that also need

u.n. refugee agency is job is to deal with the situation as it is on the ground of the root causes of this what's actually driving all of this hour as our guest in istanbul just said to do with the european union to do with america to do with the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and their backing of various different factions in your conversations at the u.n. how much of that is a frustration well i mean absolutely any any approach to what's happening in libya needs a holistic and comprehensive outlook that not only looks at the outcomes in terms of people attempting to cross the mediterranean and now the very pressing need to get people out of the tension senses but we also need to look at what's happening in countries of origin and in countries of transit so that we look at the whole journey before people even get to live via in countries of origin more effort needs to be taken to to address the root causes the creating of violence and war we need to increase mediation efforts to bring warring parties to the table in dialogue to end conflict where exists and that also needs to be more support to

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u.n. refugee agency also complains about donor fatigue there are 1000000 syrian refugees registered with the u.n. in lebanon and at least 180000 of them suffer from a chronic disease. budget cuts mean some don't get continuous treatment the u.n. says at least 25 percent of nearly 200 refugees with kidney disease have been affected by this. number of conditions that is not covered with and like with the program you speak of a chronic condition like. conditions. of extremely high cost of like. complicated is the still having trouble induced to receive the necessary. another challenge is reaching health centers refugees are too poor to pay for transport that is why doctors regularly visit camps they treat common illnesses but they also try to prevent disease outbreaks and complications which have resulted in deaths. you have many many other diseases that cannot be covered and no one is covering. which raises the. 9 years into the largest refugee crisis and help is being reduced aid agencies are forced to prioritize which means the needs in the health sector are not always covered so what there

u.n. refugee agency job incredibly difficult trying get people out how what are the real problems you're facing when it comes to the battle. i mean in the last few weeks alone we've had around forty five thousand people inside tripoli become displaced many of them have gone to stay with families outside the city but there are many others who are being forced to take shelter inside the city they're using schools and other community infrastructure as makeshift displacement sites that these are really holy unsuitable to provide for the humanitarian needs that people have a me humanitarian organizations doing our best to provide food clean water health care and other relief items but it's extremely challenging we have to make the most of pauses in fighting to rush aids to people as soon as we can at the same time a teams a risking significant dangers in order to help people to get on planes to get them out of the detention senses in order to take part in these evacuation programs some of them we're taking to our gathering and departure facility but that's approaching its maximum capacity and will s

u.n. refugee agency is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis set of reports people in one community by lake chad in the different region are now struggling to survive. lake chad is shrinking. means today's catch will be a small one but at least for now these men can fish legally in 2014 the governments of new gen orange area and chad banned fishing on the lake to try to prevent the armed group boko haram making money from the lake and its surroundings but restrictions have recently been eased. the government's decided to lift the ban on fishing growing paper and exporting fuel into going to. have a time these things have been banned years ago was the biggest beneficiary yeah his 5 year ban has taken its toll on those who live around the lake and boko haram remains a constant threat it's always been tough living in one of the poorest regions in the world it's even more so now as part of its fights against the armed groups the government stepped up security which includes a curfew. before book ahora everyone used to go to the lake but not anymore the government has banned vehicles from b

u.n. refugee agency is latest statistics show that it's almost 4000000 venezuelans who have left in just the last 4 years and most of them are going to latin america which is a region that cannot cope with this unprecedented influx its own social services its own infrastructure can barely make do for its own citizens and so latin american countries are saying that they need help they need help from the international community but they also want the burden to be shared not just financially but also in the distribution of these venezuelans which according to the united nations should now be getting refugee status. venezuela specifically in north central american nations that the people who are also fleeing right now. that's a very good point i mean you could argue certainly that haitians have just as dire conditions in their own country lack of food and medicine the guatemalans the hondurans who are fleeing terror violence and of course economic the poverty that they also when they make their caravans to the united states should be allowed to come in easily or at least be given a blanket refug

u.n. refugee agency also complains about donor fatigue there are 1000000 syrian refugees registered with the u.n. in lebanon and at least 180000 of them suffer from a chronic disease. budget cuts mean some don't get continuous treatment the u.n. says at least 25 percent of nearly 200 refugees with kidney disease have been affected by this. number of conditions that is not covered with. like within the scope of the program you speak of a chronic condition like. conditions. of extremely high cost of like. complicated is the still having trouble induced to receive necessary. another challenge is reaching health centers refugees are too poor to pay for transport that is why doctors regularly visit camps they treat common illnesses but they also try to prevent disease outbreaks and complications which have resulted in deaths you have many many other diseases that cannot be covered no one is covering. these is that. against syrian refugees 9 years into the largest refugee crisis and help is being reduced aid agencies are forced to prioritize which. means the needs of the whole sector are not alway

u.n. refugee agency also complains about donor fatigue there are 1000000 syrian refugees registered with the u.n. in lebanon and at least 180000 of them suffer from a chronic disease. budget cuts mean some don't get continuous treatment the u.n. says at least 25 percent of nearly 200 refugees with kidney disease have been affected by this. number of conditions that there's no cover. like with the program you speak of a chronic condition like. those of extremely high cost of life. complicated is the still having trouble and to receive necessary. another challenge is reaching health centers refugees are too poor to pay for transport that is why doctors regularly visit camps they treat common illnesses but they also try to prevent disease outbreaks and complications which have resulted in deaths you have many many other diseases that cannot be covered. against syrian refugee 9 years into the largest refugee crisis and help is being reduced aid agencies are forced to prioritize which means the needs in the health sector are not always covered so. badly levanon. and the un is warning of a major h

u.n. refugee agency is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis and reports people in one community near lake chad in the differ region struggling to survive. lake charge is shrinking which means today's catch will be a small one but at least for now these men can fish legally in 2014 the governments of new gen orange area and chad banned fishing on the lake to try to prevent the armed group boko haram making money from the lake and its surroundings that restrictions have recently been eased. the government's decided to lift the ban on fishing growing paper and exporting fuel into clinics for 2 lies at the time these things have been banned years ago the biggest beneficiary yeah that was his 5 year ban has taken its toll on those who live around the lake and boko haram remains a constant threat it's always been tough living in one of the poorest regions in the world it's even more so now as part of its fights against the armed groups the government stepped up security which includes a curfew. before book ahora everyone used to go to the lake but not anymore the government has banned vehicles

u.n. refugee agency as tamara claims the organization asked forcibly relocated some of its citizens stranded in libya to his chair but what would happen if they went back home countries and limited national service a reason why many fled this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey and the past decade thousands of eritreans looking to improve their lives in europe have become stranded in libya detained during the early goal trance or rescued from drowning the mediterranean refugees are sent to detention centers but the battle for control of the capital tripoli has left them exposed to the dangers of war and going days without food the united nations high commissioner for refugees has intervened and relocated migrants . safer areas all sending some to other countries among them a group of one hundred fifty nine eritrean nationals were sent to ms sherrod before being relocated to a third country and that has not gone down well with eritrea's government the foreign ministry some of the u.n.h.c.r. her present have to protest against the action and the minister of inf

u.n. refugee agency, to discuss the ongoing needs of syrian refugees and their host communities. as you've noted, last month saw the eighth anniversary of the syrian conflict. in 2016, deciding i didn't want to just keep watching the news of the conflict but that i wanted to do something, i called unhcr, which is mandated to care for refugees worldwide. since then i've had the opportunity to travel with them to meet syrian refugees in jordan, in berlin, and recently in lebanon. i've also traveled to guatemala to meet witnesses fleeing horrific violence in our hemisphere. i've been impressed by their work. with a staff of nearly 17,000, 90% of whom are located in the field, unhcr works tirelessly to assist the world's most vulnerable. since the start of the syrian crisis, this group has remained steadfast to the protection of syrian refugees and internally displaced persons as well as to the countries hosting these refugees. we thank you for that leadership and support. as an american, i'm also proud that the united states continues to be unhcr's largest donor and that we remain a

u.n. aid that's the refugee agency statelessness what really does that mean you know we know refugees are internally destroyed displaced persons i.d.p.'s what are stateless people thank you for that scott and 1st of all thank you for having me on the great question even though i work on statelessness full time i'm very aware that most people have never heard of statelessness it's a bit counterintuitive most people have a nationality everybody they know has a nationality so statelessness is a bit of a mystery but it is the situation of people who have no nationality no government on the planet recognizes them as its citizens it's different from the refugee issue because stateless people haven't crossed an international border typically there can be exceptions but most stateless people live and die in the country they were born and without ever having a nationality here these best practices in discussions will be taken again to the bigger statelessness meeting in geneva in october protest leaders in sudan have declared the 2 day strike a success people across the nation stopped work on tues

u.n. aid that's the refugee agency statelessness what really does that mean you know we know refugees are internally destroyed displaced persons i.d.p.'s what are stateless people thank you for that scott and 1st of all thank you for having me on it's a great question and even though i work on the statelessness full time i'm very aware that most people have never heard of statelessness it's a bit counterintuitive most people have a nationality everybody they know has a nationality so statelessness is a bit of a mystery but it is the situation of people who have no nationality no government on the planet recognizes them as a citizen it's different from the refugee issue because stateless people haven't crossed an international border typically there can be exceptions but most stateless people live and die in the country they were born and without ever having a nationality here these best practices in discussions will be taken again to the bigger statelessness meeting in geneva in october. now they were born in italy grew up there and speak the language and the 2 boys were told that they wo

u.n. aid that's the refugee agency statelessness what really does that mean you know we know refugees are internally destroyed displaced persons i.d.p.'s what are stateless people thank you for that scott and 1st of all thank you for having me on it's a great question and even though i work on the statelessness full time i'm very aware that most people have never heard of statelessness it's a bit counterintuitive most people have a nationality everybody they know has a nationality so statelessness is a bit of a mystery but it is the situation of people who have no nationality no government on the planet recognizes them as its citizens it's different from the refugee issue because stateless people haven't crossed an international border typically there can be exceptions but most stateless people live and die in the country they were born and without ever having a nationality here these best practices in discussions will be taken again to the bigger statelessness meeting in geneva in october now they were born in a silly grew up there and speak the language the 2 boys were told that they wo

u.n. agency for supporting palestinian refugees and which they have not been funding any longer and to say that other countries now particularly the wealthy gulf states should take over that role and pay the palestinians to give up any claims to land and he claims to freedom and he claims to human rights and we think we know how the palestinians are going to respond to any part of this peace plan they have been very vocal about it but what about israel. there's little doubt that the israelis are in intending to participate there has not yet been of an official confirmation that they will be there but it's already been announced that their delegation will be led by the minister of finance who is likely to be the same minister of finance who is serving in the current cabinet and when the new cabinet is created he will be designated in that position i don't think there's any reason that they would refuse to participate on the other hand this isn't really about negotiations this is about the u.s. dealing with other countries to try and get money to buy off palestinian public opinion and palest

u.n. h.c.r. that's a refugee agency statelessness program thank you very much as a very busy day for you so thank you for taking the time let's take a step back statelessness what really does it mean you know we know what refugees are internally distrait displaced persons i.d.p.'s what are stateless people thank you for that scott and 1st of all thank you for having me on it's a great question even though i work on statelessness full time i'm very aware that most people have never heard of statelessness it's a bit counterintuitive most people have a nationality everybody they know has a nationality so statelessness is a bit of a mystery but it is the situation of people who have no nationality no government on the planet recognizes them as its citizens it's different from the refugee age issue because stateless people haven't crossed an international border typically there can be exceptions but most stateless people live and die in the country they were born and without ever having a nationality it when you look at this region in particular it sounds as though we have one of the worst cases of st

u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees has appealed for urgent funding at least a 1000000 people are dependent on food aid from the gaza strip the agency says funding is running out fast and it can't afford to have any interruption in food distribution as we speak. only enough money to run its operations until mid june then we will hear negative figures and. it is absolutely crucial to avoid a breakdown of our food. and. partners to actively mobilize in support of our efforts to secure the needed funding. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates due to attend a conference in bahrain next month as part of u.s. president donald trump's investment plan for palestine but the p.l.o. and hamas of call for an hour a boycott of the meeting organized by trump's senior advisor sharon to push the. now the libyan warlord only for half a ton has rejected french appeals to put a halt to the fighting talks between the half time and president paris failed to reach an agreement on a cease fire as the tash a butler joins us live from paris but just tell us what's emerged from the meeting between

u.n. relief and works agency for palestine refugees has appealed for funding at least $1000000.00 people dependent on food aid from in the gaza strip the agency says funding is running out fast and it can't afford to have any interruption in food distribution however israel has hit back its calling for the elimination of russia and has accused the agency of inciting violence against israel. i've failed to date the guy the 3000 that fitted only new thigh the violence against they do either. mandate must come to an end i can simply not accept that i'm president of the efforts and that takes every single day in one of the most polarized if not the most polarized context on the planet to preserve the integrity dignity and neutrality of its operations be questioned in this manner i rejected robustly and the permanent representative knows that because we have had these conversations before palestinian police illegal drug production is increasing across the occupied west bank and much of it is destined for use inside israel as palestinians face worsening economic conditions more turning to drugs as a las

u.n. agency for palestinian refugees and in february trump told russia that it's suspending compliance with a landmark one nine hundred eighty s. weapons treaty that banned certain nuclear missiles after both countries accuse each other of violating the agreements but it's not speak to steve clemons is editor at large at the political website the hail he is live from washington very good to have you with us steve on the news hour so president has abandoned quite a number of treaties and agreements what is the u.s. administration's strategy here on the stage and who is their intended audience. will donald trump and his supporters believe that all of these deals and american being so imbedded in international institutions many of which america launched and helped create are binding and constraining of american power they are making a bet that america withdrawing from these treaties with drawing from some of its historic partnerships will be perceived to be a more powerful nation somewhat alone than with all of these others you know i've been calling this plug nation is nationalism but his sup

u.n. a.c.r. which is the un's refugee agency joins us now from geneva thanks very much for being with us so talk to us a little bit about what is behind this movement of people. this is actually quite. quite a worrying dimension to insecurity in displacement inside nigeria let's not forget we know what the result of book her around wild lands in the north east was which so far have displaced 1800000 nigerians and has sent thousands and thousands as a few g.'s now we are talking about not to west and these are nigerian states. and zamfara and we are trying still trying to understand why these 20000 refugees have arrived the reports they bring with them is wyland and extreme attacks against civilians they talks about farmers and herders from different ethnic groups. fighting in each other it clashes and as we have seen the result of fallen since security in other parts of nigeria you're also seeing that $20000.00 refugees in last 2 months have arrived in which already hosts many other. refugees our worry is that with this insecurity and if people are not able to return home more could be displaced

u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees has appealed for urgent funding at least a 1000000 people are dependent on food aid from the gaza strip the agency says funding is running out fast and it can't afford to have any interruption in food distribution. as we speak. has only enough money to run its operations until mid june then we will hear negative figures and. it is absolutely crucial to avoid a breakdown of our food pipeline and.

u.n. agency that was helping the palestinian refugees, and so there's enormous amount of distrust among thealestinians toward the united states and towards the current leadership in israel, and that's natural and that's part of a process, but that's why it's very difficult to just carve off economic issues and say we'll build trust through that. i get it when you're doing a real estate deal that you can start with the little things and build to the big things, and in this case the big things are pretty big. >> so, nic, that there's a stickier political component which is a portion of the plan to be revealed later on this year. what does that mean? >> that means the idea of, you know, is there a two-state solution. what about the return of refugees that has hauls been an issue for the palestinians. what are they negotiating? >> that's like a front burner issue. >> and these are the things that -- that are the thorny issues that break this down before you begin to get going. i mean, this is very much like how president trump tried to play his meeting with kim jong-un in singapore last summer

gone from bad to worse nearly 3400 refugees and migrants are trapped in detention centers exposed to or in close proximity to the fighting the u.n. humanitarian agencies have been working around the clock to transfer the most vulnerable from the conflict affected areas to safer locations and i'm very very proud of they're worth. mr president when the secretary general visited libya on the 3rd of april his visit was intended to show the full support of the international community to the peaceful resolution of libya's long period of upheaval the capital was enjoying a measure of increased security the population a much more stable currency and improved economic outlook and the political process despite many obstacles was moving forward indeed we were on the eve of hosting the national conference in the libyan city of of the dam it's an event that would have brought together over $150.00 libyans from across the country there was a great public excitement about what the conference could yield in terms of the way forward to end libya's 8 year long period of transition and usher in a new period of stability and security through the ballot box to see those w

palestine refugees has appealed for urgent funding at least 1000000 people are dependent upon food aid from on raw and the gaza strip representatives from the agency told a meeting at the u.n. but money is running out fast and that it can't afford to have any interruption in food distribution but israel's ambassador to the u.n. called for the elimination of russia and accuse the agency of inciting violence against israel. i've failed duly i believe they'd gather 3 does that fit it only needs violence against they'd all be there. mandate. to him and i can simply not accept that i'm president of the efforts that takes over every single day in one of the most polarized if not the most polarized context on the planet to preserve the integrity dignity and neutrality of its operations be questioned in this manner i rejected robustly and the permanent representative knows that because we have had these conversations before overcrowded hospitals and widespread medicine shortages in venezuela of left those in need desperate for help some of our turning to spiritual healing a latin america is a loose in human reports you know my god. from 6 in the morning people start lining up to g

u.n. humanitarian affairs agency has recorded 122 sets of related attacks against palestinians since the beginning of the year. israel is calling for the elimination of the un agency that provides aid seen palestinian refugees and has a key states of inciting violence against israel. i've failed. the gaza strip. theater the only new 3rd in violence against the. mandate. to an end well ahead of who says the agency cannot be blamed for stalled peace efforts and bides to continue its work i'm always open for a critical discussion on on our services and how we do the work but i will not accept and i will firmly reject attempts to diligent demise palestine refugees or to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of own rose work and of its stuff. palestinian police say illegal drug production is increasing across the occupied west bank and much of it is destined for use inside israel as palestinians face worsening economic conditions more are turning to drugs as a way to make money out of the honeyed reports from the occupied west bank as a young carpenter that's not his real name couldn't make ends meet so it was difficult to turn down the chance to make some quick money when the opportunity presented itself but

u.n. span a tarion affairs agency has recorded $122.00 settler related and students against palestinians since the beginning and the year vet of the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees has appealed for urgent funding at least $1000000.00 people in the gaza strip depend on food supplies from un run the agency says funds are running out fast and it cannot afford to have its food distribution interrupted but israel has had back its calling for the elimination of been run as accuse the agency of inciting violence against israel. i'm. doing the guy that's the. only new thiab in violence against the. mandate must come to an end i can simply not accept madam president the efforts that takes every single day in one of the most polarized if not the most polarized context on the planet to preserve the integrity dignity and neutrality of its operations be questioned in this manner i rejected robustly and the permanent representative knows it because we have had these conversations before palestinian police say illegal drug production is increasing across the occupied west bank and much of it is destined for use inside israel as palestinians face worsening economic conditions m