country and that has not gone down well with eritrea's government the foreign ministry some of the u.n.h.c.r. are presented of to protest against the action and the minister of information demand mescal issued a statement on twitter saying this the u.n.h.c.r. is latest act has no rationale or basis and law. and apple fires its harmful eligibility guidelines which require require that is urgent rectification fifty eritreans have returned home voluntarily from libya in the past few weeks while another eighteen are scheduled to arrive before we get to our discussion let's take a look back at the country eritrea it was part of the larger federation of ethiopia until one nine hundred ninety three that here eritreans voted for independence and joined the united nations becoming africa's newest state at the time but by nineteen ninety eight relations with ethiopia soured tearing a dispute over shared borders that led to two years of conflict in which one hundred thousand people were killed here is the fighting and instability have hurt eritrea's agricultural economy making it one of africa's poores

that's why the u.n.h.c.r. and other agencies are trying to at least offer some initial help.but at the minute we want to give them a chance to build a life here in colombia because as long as they can't return to venezuela we cannot put aside our happiness when this man is one of the successful ones he's opened a venezuelan restaurant in bogota back home he worked in tourism but then things became unbearable. first i was planning to go back when the regime fell. but now i have my business here and my family. i have to think about it i'll probably wait a while. the restaurateur is a role model for some other friends as well as in colombia not just for his success but also because he provides them a taste of home. an amazing 85 percent of all refugees worldwide taken in by developing countries regions where poverty and hunger are already key problems. industrialized nations make up just one in 10 of all host countries and one of them japan is notoriously tough when it comes to asylum. of the detainees are treated worse than animals. better than in. tokyo capital of one of the m

this one is specific that's why the u.n.h.c.r. and other agencies are trying to at least offer some initial help displaced in the future but at the minute we want to give them a chance to build a life here in colombia because as long as they can't return to venezuela we cannot point to this had happened when this man is one of the successful ones he's opened a venezuelan restaurant in bogota back home he worked in tourism but then things became unbearable. but 1st i was planning to go back when the regime fell. but now i have my business here and my family. i have to think about it i'll probably wait a while. the restaurateur is a role model for some other friends wayland's in colombia not just for his success but also because he provides them a taste of home. an amazing 85 percent of all refugees worldwide taken in by developing countries regions where poverty and hunger ready key problems. industrialized nations make up just one in 10 of all host countries and one of them japan is notoriously tough when it comes to asylum. the d

around launch this insurgency in nigeria since then tens of thousands of people have been killed and u.n.h.c.r. says more than two million have been displaced our correspondents funny facade traveled to terrell tong the bonus states in the northeast of the country where she met a woman who dreams of a life after. she wants to provide for her children and start a business. at a because the campaign my degree they are new arrivals every day people fleeing their territory in villages and towns from book since two thousand and nine about one point eight million people have been forced to leave their homes in nigeria. people like zainab she fights back tears as she vividly recalls the day she had to leave with her nine children and. we started hearing gunshots thinking it's from the military then we thought it was some play but it wasn't the whole town was captured by book. we ran away from our home it was raining some children were missing. when you and. her husband a policeman was killed in front of her children seven years ago her town was captured by the jihadists a few years later since then h

that's why the u.n.h.c.r.and other agencies are trying to at least offer some initial help displaced to them but we want to give them a chance to build a life here in colombia as long as they can't return to venezuela. to decide between. this man is one of the successful ones he's opened a venezuelan restaurant in bogota back home he worked in tourism but then things became unbearable. but 1st i was planning to go back when the regime fell. but now i have my business here and my family. i have to think about it i'll probably wait a while. the restaurateur is a role model for some other friends wayland's in colombia not just for his success but also because he provides them a taste of home. an amazing 85 percent of all refugees worldwide taken in by developing countries regions where poverty and hunger keep problems. industrialized nations make up just one in 10 of all host countries one of them japan is notoriously tough when it comes to asylum. the detainees are treated. better than in. tokyo capital of one o

formal asylum mostly in other latin american countries let's bring in lives through a cell she's a u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson and joins us now from geneva the u.n. estimates around 3700000 people have left venezuela since the crisis began and you now saying that most of these are in need of international refugee protection why is the u.n. making this suggestion now well the reason is that we have seen a progressive deterioration of the situation in venezuela but regards to politics economics the hanna terry and the human rights situation so what we're saying is that we now consider it's absolutely vital that the majority of venezuelans are offered international refugee protection venezuelans in many cases are unable to go back home they're suffering from the point of view of persecution but also deterioration in the conditions inside the country one example is a father who spoke to u.n. refugee colleagues who said that he decided to take his family to brazil after 3 of his relatives including his 9 month old daughter died and he put it quite bluntly he said we either leave or we die so so is th

far as i can see i that's outside the answer the usa doesn't are fiction both sides are voting to u.n.h.c.r. the oas the un a c.r. isn't exactly a bastion of right wing ness now is it apparently your biggest mistake last month was to trust the word of the government officials you were talking to. because human right you knew this anyway so why is there such a big surprise that you were played by them why why because they took you for fools student the other no if they took us for 4 walls and we would hope that the that the positioning of calm in defense of the people come in the fence of the constitution and accept and misty and be part of the right side of history would appeal to them i am fortunately i think that we are the ones who are going to meet what it is that the people behind us and i was not personally involved i am an ambassador i am not the president i am the chain of command flows down to mean. upwards the people who were behind stairs and took the decisions i think you know did. a bit naive about the amount of money being made by the military and their drug trafficking activi

government detention facilities where they like metal well even before the recent clashes for some months u.n.h.c.r. were calling for no refugees and migrants rescued at sea to be returned to the senses and part of the reason for that was because when when violence flares up in tripoli what we've seen is the times of tension centers can be left dung guard it with refugees locked inside insufficient provisions of food and water and in general there's been widespread reports of human rights violations curing inside these detention centers and the situation is particularly bad for those in the unofficial detention centers many of which are run by traffickers and smugglers and what we see there is people then there are very high risk of being being tortured even finding themselves sold into into slavery really dire conditions here and nobody should be returned to anywhere in libya at this time can you just give us an idea charlie about the tut the idea of the numbers we're talking about what kind of levels of what kind of numbers of people of. well in recent weeks we've been desperately trying to evacu

sought formal asylum mostly in other latin american countries this russell is a spokeswoman for the u.n.h.c.r. she says for many venezuelans the decision to leave is agonizing then as well as in many cases are unable to go back home they're suffering from the point of view of persecution but also deterioration in the conditions inside the country one example is a father who spoke to u.n. refugee colleagues who said that he decided to take his family to brazil after 3 of his relatives including his 9 month old daughter died and he put it quite bluntly he said we either leave or we die we totally understand that the scale of the numbers of venezuelans arriving in countries is challenging and is complex we recognize that and we recognize that the countries of latin america in the caribbean have made efforts to host venezuelans in some cases they have offered them temporary visas or work arrangements to enable them to stay but what we are saying is that given that the infrastructure and the asylum systems may be overwhelmed it really is important for the governments to focus on giving venezuelans

focused on not to discuss this further we're going to bring in melanie khan and she is the head of u.n.h.c.r. that's a 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 to most people who 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 here these best practices in discussions will be taken again to the bigger state with this meeting in geneva in

government detention facilities where they like metal well even before the recent clashes for some months u.n.h.c.r were calling for no refugees and migrants rescued at sea to be returned to the senses and part of the reason for that was because when when violence flares up in tripoli what we've seen is the times of tension centers can be left dung guard it with refugees locked inside insufficient provisions of water and in general there's been widespread reports of human rights violations curing inside these detention centers and the situation is particularly bad for those in the unofficial detention centers many of which are run by traffickers and smugglers and what we see there is people then are a very high risk of being being tortured or even finding themselves sold into into slavery really dire conditions here and nobody should be returned to anywhere in libya at this time can you just give us an idea charlie about the tut the idea of the numbers we're talking about what kind of levels of what kind of numbers of people of. well in recent weeks we've been desperately trying to evacuate people

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 information eman mesko issued a statement on twitter saying this doing it c.r.s. latest act has no rationale or basis and law and amplifies its harmful eligibility guidelines which require require that is urgent rectification fifty eritreans have returned home voluntarily from libya in the past few weeks while another eighteen are scheduled to arrive before we get to our discussion let's take a look back at the country eritrea it was part of the larger federation of ethiopia until one nine hundred ninety three that here eritreans voted for independence and joined the united nations becoming africa's newest state at the time but by nineteen ninety eight relations with ethiopia soured tiring a dispute over shared borders that led to two years of conflict in which one hundred thousand people were killed here is the fighting in instability have hurt eritrea's agricultural economy making it one of africa's poorest nations

detention facilities where they like natural well even before the recent clashes for some months u.n.h.c.r. were calling for no refugees and migrants rescued at sea to be returned to the senses and part of the reason for that was because when when violence flares up in tripoli what we've seen is the times of tension centers can be left dung guarded bit with refugees locked inside insufficient provisions of water and in general there's been widespread reports of human rights violations curing inside these detention centers and the situation is particularly bad for those in the unofficial detention centers many of which are run by traffickers and smugglers and what we see there is people then are a very high risk of being being tortured or even finding themselves sold into into slavery really dire conditions here and nobody should be returned to anywhere in libya at this time can you just give us an idea charlie about the tut the idea of the numbers we're talking about what kind of levels of what kind of numbers of people of. well in recent weeks we've been desperately trying to evacuate peo

as a spokeswoman for the u.n.h.c.r. she says for many venezuelans the decision to leave is agonizing. venezuelans in many cases are unable to go back home they're suffering from the point of view of persecution but also deterioration in the conditions inside the country one example is a father who spoke to u.n. refugee colleagues who said that he decided to take his family to brazil after 3 of his relatives including his 9 month old daughter died and he put it quite bluntly he said we either leave or we die we totally understand that the scale of the numbers of venezuelans arriving in countries is challenging and is complex we recognize that and we recognize that the countries of latin america in the caribbean have made efforts to host venezuelans in some cases they've offered them temporary visas or work arrangements to enable them to stay but what we are saying is that given that the infrastructure in the asylum systems may be overwhelmed it really is important for the governments to focus on giving venezuelans intern

unesco the u.n.h.c.r. and the 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 alo

focused on not to discuss this further we're going to bring in melanie khan and she is the head of u.n.h.c.r. that's a 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 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 here these best practices in discussions will be taken again to the bigger statelessness meeting in geneva in october.

action and the minister of information eman mesko issued a statement on twitter saying this the u.n.h.c.r. is latest act has no rationale or basis and law and amplifies its harmful eligibility guidelines which require require that is urgent rectification fifty eritreans have. termed home voluntarily from libya in the past few weeks while another eighteen are scheduled to arrive before we get to our discussion let's take a look back at the country eritrea it was part of the larger federation of ethiopia until one nine hundred ninety three that here eritreans voted for independence and joined the united nations becoming africa's newest state at the time but by nineteen ninety eight relations with ethiopia soured tearing a dispute over shared borders that led to two years of conflict in which one hundred thousand people were killed years of fighting and instability have hurt eritrea's agricultural economy making it one of africa's poorest nations united nations estimates that hundreds of thousands have since left for europe searching for a better life. let's bring our guest now into the conv