according to the unhcr, some 2000 people died fleeing to europe. they mostly arrive on tragedy among many last year. according to the unhcr, some overcrowded boats from asia or africa and their numbers are increasing. this year, about 20,000 migrants have already been registered in italy alone, almost two thirds more than in the previous two years. but many countries in europe can't or won't take in any more refugees. in addition, italy recently passed a law that severely restricts the activity of rescue ships. the mediterranean sea possibilities to change your actual life probably you will, you will take the decision to go to the sea. i'm sorry, this is the reality. can europe stem the growing influx of refugees grilled up with that question. straight to you. yes, but only with public support. and the paradox is that the public and we've seen it also in the united kingdom reacts very negatively to small numbers that crossed by boats from france while being very generous to take in people through resettlement. also the united kingdom people have sa

and unhcr communications officer for cox's bazaar. thank you all for joining us. i have heard you say in the past that no refugee camp is a life for people. it is like a detention. how difficult is life for rohingya refugees in these camps, and how much worse has it button these past few years? >> rohingya have their own land. there is no change, and day by day, the situation becomes worse . before covid, the people expected repatriation, but covid is almost finished, they hope. in bangladesh, they are treated like animals because there's no education. no proper programs to help them. >> you heard her talk about the fact that she does not like hearing the rohingya called stateless because they are from myanmar and belong in myanmar. i want to ask you about that because a lot of your work is about the fact that the rohingya are denied citizenship by myanmar. what has to happen in order for them to be able to get past? >> she is absolutely correct. the rohingya have an indigenous homeland. i think significantly, since the crew in myanmar -- since the coup in myanmar

guest: unhcr is concerned by the tone of the conflict.conflict which has resumed for the past year, nearing the 28th of march when there was a fierce resumption of conflict, there have been more than 800,000 newly displaced persons. these are persons who are literally destitute. they are living nowhere. they lack basic needs, including drinkable water, food, shelter, everything. and they are truly at risk of their life because some of them are staying near the highways, risking to be killed by the cars that are in traffic, and exposed to the natural elements. these are made up mostly by women and children who are completely living, not living a normal life, with no dignity, no safety at all. this is just a situation that has been ongoing for too long. we need it to cease. our goal is that inasmuch as we would like to continue to assist these persons with basic shelter and basic amenities every day, we literally actually do not have access to most of them due to ongoing conflict. laura: that is what i especially wanted to ask, angele, we a

as of this month, the unhcr says there are around 8 million refugees from ukraine right across europeadimir putin's war has created the continent's biggest refugee crisis since the second world war. in this programme, we're going to reflect on the last year, with ukraine defiantly unconquered, and ask how might this war be brought to an end. alongside me is vitaly shevchenko, my co—host on ukrainecast, who grew up in zaporizhzhia in the southeast of ukraine, whose own parents had to escape from there. he is russia editor of bbc monitoring, which is the bbc service that watches and analyses media across the globe. also here is my newsnight colleague mark urban, who is our diplomatic editor. as you'll hear, members of our audience tonight are mostly women. they left their husbands, dads, brothers and sons behind in ukraine in order to help with the war effort. so, let's hear, first of all, from anastasia, who is originally from kharkiv. hello. thank you for being with us. and you came here with your 18—year—old and your 16—year—old. yes. i wonder if you could describe what the last year

well, they do , according to the well, they do, according to the unhcr , which is in charge of unhcr,n their 27 million in the world today . and you the world today. and you certainly. but that's not what we up to. we signed up to people claiming asylum the first safe country . no they have a right to country. no they have a right to any point to claim asylum . this any point to claim asylum. this is what the australian is for all the criticism of that policy did do they process those people and those who were found to be genuine are not economic migrants . many of them were migrants. many of them were taken by new children where they've done very well . others they've done very well. others by america . so even the by america. so even the australians process we to aboush australians process we to abolish processing . we're going abolish processing. we're going to abolish the to claim asylum which is a precious well they'll be able to claim they'll be able to claim asylum in rwanda . so to claim asylum in rwanda. so they will be able to claim asylum not in the uk. that seems perfectly

and it was followed up by the unhcr/which is the body responsible for the national refugee community,ing that it's a clear breach if their human rights. there are many shortcomings in the bill that it is frankly embarrassing. mohammed: all right, let's take a step back for a moment. gary lineker made another statement on small boats as his return to the bbc was confirmed. he said, "however difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn't compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. it is heartwarming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you." aiden, let me ask you about this . this tweet from gary lineker, would this suggest to you that no matter what the review of the bbc social media guidelines ultimately finds, mr. lineker does feel secure in continuing to tweet his opinions, at least on this matter? guest: i think he will. he feels strongly about it, and i think in this particular case, on reflection, he may have actually tweeted the second part of the major point he was making in a slightly differe

i mean, quite a lot of them are actually already registered as unhcr refugees, and they have become verycause they've just been stuck in tunisia. tunisia is not a signatory to the geneva convention on refugees at all. so it's very much been sort of living in limbo in tunisia, where there is a serious economic crisis and absolutely no future. so a number of them will be registered as asylum—seekers, as refugees. you're watching bbc news. a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. let's get more from our reporter greg mckenzie. what can you tell us? it's the largest natural harbour in dorset, in southern england. and what has happened is a pipe has burst. that pipeline is operated by an oil company, and it estimated 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, which can also include types of oil, has leaked into the water. so an emergency has been declared in dorset, and ultimately, members of the public are being urged not to get into the water. now, anyone who has come into contact with the spill or been in the water ear

we have worked closely with the unhcr and others on those legal routes, but i would be happy to meet are targeting our compassion and generosity on the people who most need it, and not those who are coming here illegally. speaker: [calls name] >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, at the height of the pandemic, centre-assessed grades allowed our young people to move forward with their lives. lara, my very brave young constituent, is now battling cancer and will not sit the gcse exams that she has worked so hard for, and could be left with only a certificate of recognition. in exceptional circumstances such as these, why can the same principle not apply? would my right honorable friend the prime minister look compassionately at this situation? speaker: prime minister? pm sunak: mr. speaker, may i start by sending my best wishes to lara and thanking my honorable friend for raising her case in parliament? of course, it is incredibly upsetting and challenging for children and young people to be diagnosed with a serious illness, especially so close to their exams. there are allowances t

i mean, quite a lot of them are actually already registered as unhcr refugees, and they have become veryey've just been stuck in tunisia. tunisia is not a signatory to the geneva convention on refugees at all. so it's very much been sort of living in limbo in tunisia, where there is a serious economic crisis and absolutely no future. so a number of them will be registered as asylum—seekers, as refugees. the increase in boats leaving north africa for europe has meant a busy start to spring for aid groups rescuing migrants from the mediterranean. we've been sent a video diary from emmanuele nannini, an aid worker with the humanitarian organisation emergency. its vessel, the life support, carried out three rescues off the coast of libya on saturday, before responding to distress calls from tunisia. and apologies for the background noise in this clip. we have been performing the rescue operation in a very hot area for the migration in the past days. two nights ago we rescued in international waters in front of the media, a rapid boat with 70 people onboard. the vessel...would never make it t

the unhcr's representative to the uk says the measure would break international law.ister rishi sunak says he is up for the fight if the legislation is challenged in court and insists action is needed to stop illegal crossings. our uk political correspondent ian watson has more. as the boats keep coming, so the political problems keep growing. rishi sunak is attempting to turn the tide and a new law aimed at deterring people coming to the uk by illegal routes. but if this doesn't stop the boats, by the time of the next election, will he have failed? if we get this right, it will make a difference. now we're in the early stages of it, but we've given it a long, hard thought and i said at the beginning of the year that, you know, i only promise what i believe i can deliver and i will absolutely deliver on what i promise. so if passed by parliament, what would the government's new law do? it'd stop almost everyone arriving in small boats from claiming asylum here. arrivals would be detained and then removed to rwanda or another safe country. and they would be banned from

agency said the regulation would restrict the fundamental human rights to seek asylum, adding -- "unhcr is particularly concerned that this would lead to cases of refoulement -- the forced return of people to situations where their lives and safety would be at risk -- which is prohibited under international law." nashville, tennessee, is mourning after six people were killed in a shooting monday at a private christian elementary school. all three students shot and killed were nine years old. they were identified as evelyn dieckhaus, hallie scruggs, and william kinney. the adults killed in the shooting were identified as katherine koonce, the head of the school, cynthia peak, a substitute teacher, and mike hill, a custodian who'd worked at the school for 13 years . police say the shooter was armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun and shot their way through a side door to enter the school before being killed by police. officials say the shooter was a former student at the school and had written a manifesto laying out plans for the attack that included maps of the building. a f

refugee agency said the regulation would restrict the fundamental human right to seek asylum, adding -- "unhcrs particularly concerned that this would lead to cases of refoulement -- the forced return of people to situations where their lives and safety would be at risk -- which is prohibited under international law." so that is the u.n.'s comment. while this is in ciudad juarez, literally feet from the border, if you could talk about the responsibility of the u.s. government as well right now. >> this is one of the very notable examples of how these migrants are endangered by the u.s. policies. the u.n. has been warning for several years nowhat these policies are making migrants more and more vulnerable. one of the situations they face is violence on mexican soil like places like matamoros, tijuana and ciudad juarez. they had been targeted by criminal organizations to extort them and in some of the cases to actually kill them. and now we have this case where it doesn't only show they are being targeted by criminal organizations, but they remain vulnerable to colonel organizations, but also to

this is a unhcr spokesperson. >> our teams reported the most horrifying testimonies of human rights violations in affected areas, especially -- including terry collins, kidnapping, extortion, and rapes. amy: calls have been mounting for rwandan president paul kagame to stop supporting m23 rebels, whose attacks have led to the displacement of over half a million people, though rwanda has denied any involvement. the biden administration said sunday it will bar future oil and gas leasing for 3 million acres of federal waters in the arctic ocean and will limit drilling in a further 13 million acres in the national petroleum reserve in alaska's north slope. the announcements came as the white house prepared to issue its final decision on the willow project, a proposed $8 billion conocophillips oil and gas development in northern alaska. on friday, the white house denied reports the administration is prepared to green-light the project, saying no final decision has been made. indigenous and environmental groups have been fighting the project for years. later in the broadcast, we will speak with siqi

and the unhcr already that they believe it does breach that.e this is even law, let alone cases going through courts, the home secretary, even herself has said bye bye writing on the bill, but she can't guarantee that it doesn't break existing laws in the uk and things we've already up to. so you've got a government fully knowing that this this new litigate , this new this this new litigate, this new legislation effectively will break laws. they're running out of time in terms of the general elections coming. so are they realistically , anything is ever realistically, anything is ever going to happen on this or is it just yet another another political policy scheme to detract attention? honestly, can't see how with time left in this government that any these proposals knowing now that they break various laws will get through . just of one thing but through. just of one thing but knowing that they will breach laws that that is an opinion and of course lawyers deal in opinion that the government have made it clear. and for those listening on radi

we have worked closely with the unhcr and others on those legal roots, but i would be happy to meet withancer and will not sit her gcse exams she has worked so hard for and could be left with only a certificate of recognition. in exceptional circumstances such as these why can't the same principles apply? would my right honourable friend the prime minister look compassionately at this situation? may i start by sending my best wishes to lara and taki my honourable friend for raising her case in parliament. of course it is incredibly upsetting and challenging for children and young people to be diagnosed with a serious illness and especially so close to their exams. there are allowances are made in the first instance, they can speak to the school or college to make those reasonable adjustments, but i would be happy to make sure that we work with my honourable friend to find a solution in lara's case. i with my honourable friend to find a solution in lara's case.— solution in lara's case. i welcome the pm's drives, _ solution in lara's case. i welcome the pm's drives, but _ solution in lara

unhcr no less in or even legal. unhcr no less morning declaring it is profoundly concerned that the changes will have the exchanges. coming up here live on gb news in just under 10 minutes time. and john is in the studio for today's prime minister's questions. is conservative mp for stockton south? matt also a deputy chair of the conservative party . and for labour we have party. and for labour we have tom daisy, who is the mp for slough, also shadow minister for railways. so perhaps today's news on the rmt strike action with some interest. gentlemen, welcome . thank you for coming welcome. thank you for coming with us today . see what might be with us today. see what might be a 13 round slug out in pmqs for the prime minister. plenty going on, plenty going on. and when he says he's up for a fight is that really the correct language beanng really the correct language bearing on everyone's criticising the language of a certain gary lineker for instance. yeah. well this is you know what, this is a priority for people

i don't think it's unethical or cruel because if you look at the unhcr as a particular responses to deaungar responses to dealing with 103 million people who are displaced , 32 and a half who are displaced, 32 and a half million people are asylum across the globe. you'll see them in countries in africa in tented communities where they are in very hot places. but being have to look after in tents. so what is the difference between having attentive community and someone going a ferry? the idea is it safe? do they have good ? is it safe? do they have good? is it a place that they will be able to keep warm ? is it the opportunity keep warm? is it the opportunity for them to be able to talk to their and make the applications all those will be still available to them. it's just that it won't in hotel, it that it won't be in hotel, it might be on a or it might might be on a camp or it might be on a ferry. might be on a camp or it might be on a ferry . stephen this be on a ferry. stephen this policy potentially accommodating migron on ferries is part of a nexus of arrangements that have been outli

i mean, even the unhcr say there are up to 100 million people who potentially could come to britain.ut this one of the ways you can claim asylum , britain, is to can claim asylum, britain, is to say you're gay and you're being discriminated against 121 countries in the world have some form of anti homosexual law in operation. if you add to that extreme poverty basically , most extreme poverty basically, most of the world according to the labour party , come into the uk. labour party, come into the uk. so look , i'm pleased and suella so look, i'm pleased and suella braverman rather like priti patel before her seems genuine and in her wish to stop this. yeah, she herself coming from legal immigrant family. i how important fairness is but can this be done if we don't crack the not of the european court of human rights and it just the judges that are the one aspect of this that no one's about over the last week is the british judiciary and the british judiciary and the british judiciary it appears to me to be to be pretty much on a path with the foreign office and the legal right. is th

that the unhcr say are displaced ? is it the billions displaced? from 121 countries that treat homosexual eight as effectively ? being criminal is , another 5 ? being criminal is, another 5 billion who earn less than $5 a day?i billion who earn less than $5 a day? i mean, what are we talking here? doesn't have to say . here? doesn't have to say. throughout our history, our our culture , we've always been culture, we've always been generous to those in fear of lives. but cannot go on taking numbers like this. we mustn't go on taking numbers like this because it's unfair to those that are living here. i i, i will not abide this, this ridiculous refrain that somehow we are should be compared as lineker did, to 1930s, germany . lineker did, to 1930s, germany. all of this is entirely false . all of this is entirely false. what it needs is the conservatives to stand to this narrative properly for the liberals, the real liberal is to recognise the rights and wrongs of actually of what refugee status is and to go find it for those that genuinely are. and t

i don't think it's unethical or cruel because if you look at the unhcr as a particular responses to deaungr responses to dealing with 103 million people who are displaced , 32 and a half who are displaced, 32 and a half million people are asylum across the globe. you'll see them in countries in africa in tented communities where they are in very hot places. but being have to look after in tents. so what is the difference between having attentive community and someone going a ferry? the idea is it safe? do they have good ? is it safe? do they have good? is it a place that they will be able to keep warm ? is it the opportunity keep warm? is it the opportunity for them to be able to talk to their and make the applications all those will be still available to them. it's just that it won't be in hotel, it might be on a camp or it might be on a ferry. might be on a camp or it might be on a ferry . stephen this be on a ferry. stephen this policy potentially accommodating migron on ferries is part of a nexus of arrangements that have been outlined by the prime minister, who wants to stop the boats

it would seem the unhcr has already made a judgement on that.ncil said tonight it is "profoundly concerned" by what the uk govt has laid down. "it would be a clear breach of the refugee convention and would undermine a longstanding, humanitarian tradition of which the british people are rightly proud. " amnesty international today dubbed it "a new low". the labour party warned it would be "unworkable". what will happen when people leave 28 day detention? will she make people destitute so they just wander the streets and a total chaos? torture victims, afghan interpreters, families with children or will she put them into indefinite taxpayer—funded accommodation? never returned anywhere because they don't have the agreements with europe in place, neither returned nor given century, ——sanctuary never having the case resolved. just forever in asylum accommodation and hotels. she may not call it the asylum system but thousands more people are still going to be in it nevertheless. joining me now is catherine woollard, she is the secretary general of t

that the unhcr say are displaced ? is it the billions displaced? from 121 countries that treat homosexual eight as effectively ? being criminal is , another 5 ? being criminal is, another 5 billion who earn less than $5 a day?i billion who earn less than $5 a day? i mean, what are we talking here? doesn't have to say . here? doesn't have to say. throughout our history, our our culture , we've always been culture, we've always been generous to those in fear of lives. but cannot go on taking numbers like this. we mustn't go on taking numbers like this because it's unfair to those that are living here. i i, i will not abide this, this ridiculous refrain that somehow we are should be compared as lineker did, to 1930s, germany . lineker did, to 1930s, germany. all of this is entirely false . all of this is entirely false. what it needs is the conservatives to stand to this narrative properly for the liberals, the real liberal is to recognise the rights and wrongs of actually of what refugee status is and to go find it for those that genuinely are. and t

i mean, even the unhcr say there are up to 100 million people who potentially could come to britain.ut this one of the ways you can claim asylum , britain, is to can claim asylum, britain, is to say you're gay and you're being discriminated against 121 countries in the world have some form of anti homosexual law in operation. if you add to that extreme poverty basically , most extreme poverty basically, most of the world according to the labour party , come into the uk. labour party, come into the uk. so look , i'm pleased and suella so look, i'm pleased and suella braverman rather like priti patel before her seems genuine and in her wish to stop this. yeah, she herself coming from legal immigrant family. i how important fairness is but can this be done if we don't crack the not of the european court of human rights and it just the judges that are the one aspect of this that no one's about over the last week is the british judiciary and the british judiciary and the british judiciary it appears to me to be to be pretty much on a path with the foreign office and the legal right. is th

but that's you know, we are signatory to the unhcr , we are signatory to the unhcr, the refugee conventionou the refugee convention. so, you know , it's a it's an know, it's a it's an international convention. we've signed up to it and so we do have a responsibility to take in refugees and, you know, in the case of are they actually refugees, are they migrants, are they economic migrants ? are they they economic migrants? are they going through the right channels? so it's for those people. this is all about those people. this is all about those people who are coming here illegally and deemed not to have come here for the right reasons. stephen dudley has been in touch . morning you and says . good morning to you and says they be sent to rwanda, they could be sent to rwanda, which means they probably won't be anywhere. that's what be sent anywhere. that's what a lot of people are thinking. you know, time last year we saw know, this time last year we saw priti rwanda doing priti patel in rwanda doing a very similar trip to very similar kind of trip to what we're seeing is what a brave man do

we also work with the unhcr so that people can apply for protect in the united kingdom.tus here in the uk . what we've already in the uk. what we've already welcomed thousands of people from syria in recent years because they've arrived here illegally, kicked in the troubles that many of them have come here through lawful routes, many of the people, many of the people from afghanistan have come here through lawful ways. that's the point of our measures. we want stop people measures. we want to stop people jumping queue. we want to jumping the queue. we want to stop paying criminal stop people paying the criminal gangs. stop people paying the criminal gangs . we to stop people gangs. we want to stop people who are not here for humanitarian protection but are coming for economic migration reasons, to avoid the route on the channel getting on a flimsy dinghy , wearing a polystyrene dinghy, wearing a polystyrene lifejacket , risking your life in lifejacket, risking your life in the busiest maritime route in the busiest maritime route in the world is not a lawful or appropria

we closely with the unhcr and others on those legal routes.e're targeting our compassion , our targeting our compassion, our generosity on the people who most need and not those who most need it and not those who are coming here illegally. caroline thompson, the speaker. last year at the height the pandemic centre assessed grades allowed our people to move forward with their lives . laura forward with their lives. laura my very brave young constituent is now battling cancer and will not sit the gcse exams . she has not sit the gcse exams. she has worked so hard for and could be left with only a certificate of recognition and an exceptional such as these . why can't the such as these. why can't the same principle apply ? would my same principle apply? would my right honourable friend the prime minister , look prime minister, look compassionately at this situation . prime minister, start situation. prime minister, start by sending my best to laura and thanking my honourable friend for raising her case in parliament. of course, it's incredibly up