and others doing remote management to work inside libya and does unhcr have any trafficking within -- >> give some of it a go. perhaps in direct response to the question about the labor sector, it is not so much in countries of origin, so to speak, that we would engage. certainly in countries of asylum, we are trying to get more involved and hear the buzz word, the keyword, the official word is resilience. so for example in the context of syrian refugee response for the first time and in a very collaborative way, hopefully it will be effective in terms of generating new resources. we have talked not only about responding to the refugee piece of our work in the countries of asylum but also resilience for the host community and putting into place certain activities through undp, through other development oriented organizations to respond to the impact of large numbers of refugees on the services in the host countries. and livelihoods and helping refugees and people in the host community to keep up income generation. what we are already seeing quickly though this gets back to the earlie

then there are some asylum seekers there, recognized refugees unhcr mentioned. i was wondering if anybody had a clear picture of what's happening there because we read a lot of anecdotal evidence about what's happening in detention centers, what's happening in smuggler's houses. do we know because i heard numbers from 1.5 to 2 million waiting, 500,000 waiting to cross, and what is their situation. the other question i would have, we heard a little about libyan refugees in tunisia and i was wondering if we have a little bit more information about different groups that are there, what their economic status is like. my guess this information would be important for tunisia authorities to have, to then have targeted approach to how to react to the refugees and how to react in the state of the tunisian economy. thank you. >> good questions. the gentleman back there. >> hello. matt wilts from u.s. conference of catholic bishops. my question is about durable solutions in this situation and especially in libya and in tunisia for the refugees and idps in those situations

amos other key humanitarian officials including the special envoy for unhcr the u.n.ugee agency who is the actress angelina jolie and she is there because the u.n. know the media are not covering every twist and turn of the syria crisis in the way that al jazeera is doing and hoping with her presence they will get headlines. >> reporter: u.n. invited the government and opposition groups to separate peace talks in geneva next month a bid to end the civil war comes as they launch war at a check point today and we have a report. >> reporter: a great view from a plane in northwest hama and the vast area overlooks village to the north and south, once a peaceful countryside it now has become a battlefield and government forces have been using it as an attack position against opposition fighters. >> translator: this area was one of the first to revolt against the regime and was badly bombed and targeted now it's time to counter attack. >> reporter: opposition fighters launched the attacks by firing artillery, and targets with three checkpoints and the objective was to isolat

you can do it by enforcing unhcr offices in niger and sudan. you do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human. >> he wants the eu to make it more difficult for migrants to reach europe but many more migrants from egypt and africa arrived today in italy. barnaby phillips was there. >>reporter: these are the latest arrivals in the great movement of people across the mediterranean. they set off from egypt and not libya. the navy rescued them from the sea and brought them here. families from syria wondering what will come next. the italian authorities do their best to save lives but they do not welcome these arrivals. so they've made it. hundreds of young men and many women and some very young children. they risked everything to come to europe and yet the government here in italy and governments right across europe are desperate to stop this kind of migration. aid organizations assess their health and try to find out whether all these children have traveled with their parents or are alone. >> there are many children

you can do it by enforcing unhcr officers in niger and sudan. you do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human avoid avoiding demagoguery as the oppositions are doing. >> paul, the reality s of course the migrants, those very desperate people they keep getting on the boats. >> indeed, and the latest figures we had just today alone 1,106 arrivals in the last 24 hours here on italian soil, and we're hearing that more is expected overnight at the port down on the south coast of sicily. in total some 70,507 according to the italian interior ministry are now in reception centers and they just keep coming. this talk in brussels unless it addresses the root causes of poverty, oppression and conflict they're not going to stop the people putting their lives in the hands of those who hope to save themselves of even a worse existence from where they come from. >> paul brennan live in catania thank you. >>> many of those migrants are beginning their journeys in libya. >> reporter: this is a school that has been turned into a

you can do it by enforceing unhcr officers.ou can do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human avoid avoiding demagoguery as oppositions are doing. >> paul brennan in catania. he has more on what e.u. leaders are going to discuss on thursday. >> according to one u.n. official, it's down to a monumental compassion. there was a 10-point plan which the leaders will now consider. and we've seen a draft communique which has been leaked. and seems to flesh out some of those ten points. at least doubling the current number of resources which has been put into searching and rescuing the mediterranean but even doubling the level of resources would not match the resources put into that operation last year. the other issue is whether or not the root causes are going to be addressed. matteo renzi talked about oppositetalked about oppression, poverty, issues that are causing people to leave their homes and make this perilous journey. without addressing those root problems then you're only looking at the symp

. >> the -- the unhcr has set up the mechanisms. they exist.he countries -- the potentially resettlement countries simply haven't come forward and agreed to do that. and that gives people who are desperate, who have no other options, no choice but to put themselves in the hands of traffickers. and now the focus on e.u. becomes stopping the smugglers. but you need to look more broadly of what is forcing people into their hands in the first place, and simply continuing down the line of an enforcement approach doesn't address any of the causes of this displacement and people are going to continue to try to flee. they are going to continue to try to move to seek safety to seek dignity, and this is what the e.u. ultimately has to come to grips with. >> yep. bill good to see you. >>> the king of south africa's zulu nation had a rally today to condemn a wave of anti-immigrant attacks in the country. at least seven people have been killed in the past week. the king is accused of actually stoking the unrest after saying foreigners are responsible for so

so far the figures are that we have 49 rescued, 24 people are confirmed dead, but the unhcr which had survivor testimony said survivors are saying there were as many as 700, 750 people onboard that just 20-meter long boat when it capsized around midnight last night saturday night. the numbers of unaccounted for missing are in the hundreds. that certainly would make -- if there is missing people, turn out to not be able to be rescued alive. there is a major operation involving maltese navy vessels italian court guard and navy vessels, as well as merchant shipping -- to preserve life. it is a deary stressing and gripping operation. >> the italian coast guard has had to rescue thousands of migrants in the last week alone. >> 11,000 have made it, but if the numbers of boats who aren't making it, which has left dramatic--paired with-- >> ok. >> it's 1500 to 1600 people have lost their lives in the last week alone. >> apologies for the weak connection there with paul brennan in sicily for us. let's cross over to phil in rome. the question we all ask is what's being done about all this. ital

you can do it by enforcing unhcr officers in niger and sudan. you do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human. >> only 28 of the people on board the smuggler's ship on sunday survived. al jazeera has spoken to one of them a 16 year old from somolia who is now recuperating from sicily. paul brennan has this exclusive report. >>reporter: it looks like a normal youth club with its table tennis and television blaring but these teens are a lucky few who have endured hardships few in europe can even imagine. the latest to arrive here are probably the luckiest of all. we're calling him jamal to protect his identity. he was just one of 28 survivors from last weekend's deadly sinking in the mediterranean. he told me in somolia there's no happiness. only al shabaab. but when he experienced in libya at the hands of people traffickers was even worse. >> the problem we faced in libya was mainly around the fact we had our money taken and we were beaten up very badly. some individuals i know died of starvation. the trafficker

there were some recognize refugees the unhcr mentioned that i was wondering if anybody had a clear pictureof what it's actually happening there? because we read a lot of anecdotal evidence about what's happened in detention centers what's happening in smugglers houses. do we know? because i've read numbers from 1.5 billion, 2 million people waiting, 500,000 waiting to cross, and what is their situation? the other question i would have, we heard a little bit about libyan refugees in tunisia and i was wondering if we have a little bit more information about the different groups that aren't there and what the economic status and their well being is like? because i guess this information would be very important also for the tunisian authorities to have and have a targeted approach to how to react to these refugees and how to react also a state of the tunisian economy. thank you. >> good questions. the gentleman back there. >> hello. matta wilts the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. and my question is about durable solutions in this situation, and especially in libya and indonesia for the re

then there are some asylum seekers there recognized refugees unhcr mentioned. i was wondering if anybody had a clear picture of what's happening there because we read a lot of anecdotal evidence about what's happening in detention centers, what's happening in smuggler's houses. do we know because i heard numbers from 1.5 to 2 million waiting, 500,000 waiting to cross, and what is their situation. the other question i would have, we heard a little about libyan refugees in tunisia and i was wondering if we have a little bit more information about different groups that are there, what their economic status is like. my guess this information would be important for tunisia authorities to have to then have targeted approach to how to react to the refugees and how to react in the state of the tunisian economy. thank you. >> good questions. the gentleman back there. >> hello. matt wilts from u.s. conference of catholic bishops. my question is about durable solutions in this situation and especially in libya and in tunisia for the refugees and idps in those situations a

in their annual reports over the last several years unhcr has consistently reported on the number of deaths at sea of people trying to flee the horn of africa and northern africa to europe and other parts of the middle east. on an annual basis, the estimates have been 2000 to 3000 per year peers at sea. so this is not new. the only difference in this latest incident last week is that they were all on one chip. if those 900 people had been on four different ships, it would not have been in the media and we would not be hearing about it. but this is not new and have had this in the reporting for several years. which leads me to my question, properly to shelley, but also if the other panelists have views on this. on this migration, asylum seeking, fleeing by boat. in libya does u.n. hcr and its partners have any leverage to influence the most dangerous and abusive practices of the traffickers? and similar to that, does the u.n. hcr and its partners -- have they had any success in raising awareness among would-be asylum seekers and migrants before they depart libya about safer alternativ

the question on the relationship of informal migrants with asylum seekers, reconciliation, unhcr, remote management, those who work inside libya and do they have influence with the trafficking element inside the country? who would like to begin? >> maybe i should give some of it a did. so it's not so much in the country of origin, so to speak, that we would engage i mean we are directly but, certainly, in the countries of asylum, we're trying to get more involved and the buzz word, official word is resilience so for example, in context of the syria refugee response for the first time, and in a very collaborative way, hopefully it will be effective in terms of generating new resources. we've talk not only about responding to the refugee piece of our work in the country's of asylum but also resilience for the host community and putting in place certainly activities through undp through other development oriented organizations to respond to the impact of large numbers of refugees on the services in the host countries, and livelihoods and helping refugees and people in the host community to