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A life in status waiting to be officially given asylum or waiting to escape to there for more on this also fertile correspondent. whos monitoring the situation from. why is it that these people are still stuck in greece. well dont forget greece has seventy thousand at least seventy thousand migrants and refugees stranded here trapped here from two thousand and fifteen at the height of this refugee crisis with when more than a million mainly syrians fled through hoping to go into the heart of eur...

From thailand. the 18-year-old requested asylum and barricaded herself in a hotel. she begged for help on social media and says her family might kill her for renouncing islam. at that point the u.n. got involved. canadas top diplomat welcomed her to toronto and called her a very brave new canadian. >> it was her choice to come out and say hello to canadians. she wanted canadians to see shes here, shes well and that shes very, very happy to be in her new home, although she did comment to me about...

Khashoggi amnesty internationals turkey office made that appeal on the one hundredth day since khashoggi staff saudi agents killed the journalist inside the saudi consulate in istanbul his body has not been recovered. australias foreign minister says that there is no time frame for when australia will decide on an asylum request by a saudi woman. is in thailand after she fled her home country out of fear that her family might kill her the u.n. says that she qualifies as a refugee. all across eur...

Drawing people in the work that needs refreshment of work but doesnt give them way to do that and that is not able to process asylum request quickly. what we need is me resources to handle asylum requests properly and quickly so that we can expedite. >> lets bring in art who has a better sense than you and i about what is happening at the border. how do you react to this? >> the last 3 months the numbers have gone up. can you hear me? the numbers of gone up more than they have ever been before s...

Refreshment of work but doesnt give them a way to do that. isnt able to process asylum request weekly. one of the things we definitely need is more resources to be able to handle asylum request properly and quickly so that we can actually expedited. >> ed: lets bring in art. he probably has a better sense and you and i to whats happening at the border. >> the last three months, the numbers have gone up more than theyve ever been before. i understand people are staying within the last year, but t...

>> look at the people in the caravan. >> i am not a global nation. im an american citizen. >> im going to give you a mirror so you can look at what you are. >> lets leave it there. >> an american citizen. >> i am an american citizen, too, but i dont forget where i came from who or who i am. and most americans, most americans come from immigrants, including you. >> anna, steve, thank you very much. >> love legal immigration. >> not that much. you want to cut it down. well talk about it another: t...

You are. >> lets leave it there. >> an american citizen. >> i am an american citizen, too, but i dont forget where i came from who or who i am. and most americans, most americans come from immigrants, including you. >> anna, steve, thank you very much. >> love legal immigration. >> not that much. you want to cut it down. well talk about it another: thank you. >> dont put words in my mouth, chris. >> just to be fair. i dont want to ut palomino words in steves mouth. thats not what we do on this s...

Were at capacity. this country helped write refugee laws after world war ii. you should be allowed to present yourself to cbp and have your asylum request started. the other thing i would say and im not advocating this facility, its ridiculous were putting kids in the middle of the desert and isolating them from rest of society but right now theres 2700 children in that facility and 3800 beds so theres 1100 beds not full. >> where do we go from here? any effort on capitol hill to deal with the c...

Officials knew and when they knew it. she died and three days later we heard from the commissioner of cbp testifying on capitol hill. hanging over this story, lawrence, is an administration that has not been honest what is happening down here at the border. the bridge behind me two months ago you could come to this bridge, present yourself to customs and border patrol and your asylum request would be processed. that deal was to keep migrants in juarez at a center that we gained access to today. ...

Desperate. what would cause you to take your child and make that journey unless it was the only thing you could do to save your childs life. >> joining us now from the border in el paso, texas, and juarez mexico is nbc news correspondent cal perry. what more do we know about this case. >> reporter: we know she died the morning after being taken into custody. 105 degree temperature to the hospital. what is unclear is what officials knew and when they knew it. she tied and three days later we hear...