Transcripts For DW DW News - News 20171218 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For DW DW News - News 20171218

Report also coming up turkish german journalist michel the total was out of jail as an Istanbul Court orders her and five others released but they still face of terror charges look at the latest. Austrias new chancellor is sworn in adding a right Wing Coalition he has pledged to get tough on immigration but thousands turned out in protest. Last remembering the dead as germany prepares to mark the First Anniversary of the berlin Christmas Market truck attack the families of the victims say they are stunned at the way they have been treated by germany over the last twelve months. And in bonus they go football had to berlin sign off for christmas with a win will get the highlights from their ten man triumph against live say going into the winter break. Im serious almost gonna thank you for. Joining us on this International Migrants day were looking at this down ding number there are an estimated sixty six Million People around the world who have been forced to leave their homes seventeen percent of them are in europe the greek island of lesbos for example is now home to thousands of migrants and the main camp there is the maria refugee camp but it is those outside the camp in makeshift homes who live in particularly squalid conditions and tensions with the local community are rising oliver salat has this exclusive report from les foss. Can barely move his fingers its the morning after another cold night on the greek island of lesbos. And his friends ran out of firewood long ago. And now theyll use whats left of this Cardboard Box to heat todays first cup of tea. From iraq hes been here on the island of lesbos for two months know in a makeshift camp just outside the morea refugee camp. We are many. Three but we dont have. A different. City. Next door is the official camp it looks like a high security prison made for refugees that have come to the greek islands in the hopes of continuing on to north and europe they have to wait here until their asylum applications have been processed authorities strictly for bit filming here. Who are ever youll look youll see garbage and thesis and People Living right in the midst of it the refugee camp is full far beyond its capacity and with more people arriving than leaving conditions here are getting worse every day. Wants to show us whats happening inside the camp so we follow him with a hidden camera. The air is filled with the stench of smoke garbage and feces the United Nations high commissioner for refugees or u. N. H. C. R. Recently said that moria was dangerous for women and children but they are the ones who must stay here. It seems like a miracle that epidemics havent spread within the camp yet. Its. Security what. You see. Many refugees have taken matters into their own hands to stay warm knowledge that its getting colder they simply lied old trees. These trees belong to local residents feel this and still use visits his fields he has to struggle to maintain his composure. Well off to come in but about all these trees are burnt anybody theres nothing left of these trees wont grow again theyre finished there are one hundred twenty trees and now theres only four of all of that about this and nobody cares the authorities wont stop this they got enough or compensate us every night these people cut down the trees and burned them. There with. The village of moria is in a state of emergency. It is another villagers me to regularly to discuss ways to deal with the situation with. The local mayor nikos truck haleys has just returned from talks with the greek government in athens the news isnt good. If the situation goes on like this it wont take long before we have physical confrontation up to now we are tolerating the looting of peoples assets and its fortunate things havent become violent yet. But its a matter of time before that happens. Ahmed al majid left his country to escape violence he doesnt want to be lumped together with lawbreakers he wants to leave less because but for now a ferry ticket to athens remains just a distant dream. That report from oliver salih who has returned from less falls and joins us here in our studio thank you all of are we saw that you film secretly inside that camp tell us more about what you saw and experienced there well first of all this refugee camp was initially set up for two and a half thousand people only in while there are more than six thousand libron living inside that camp and you have to imagine this feels like being in a small town almost in spite of that area being quite small it takes you maybe for only five minutes to walk through there but six thousand people that means this is the size of a small town with people trying to follow their daily routines there even cooking their own open fireplaces theyre trying to you know to sleep to have to have lunch breakfast and dinner and certainly they also need sanitary facilities but for some reason the garbage is not really put away the containers that exist there are completely overcrowded and youve seen the images of the of the senate terry conditions of the of the toilets in there where they didnt even have Running Water for that reason they brought their own Water Bottles you know to wash their hands and so on and so forth so i seen really terrible hygiene conditions worse then than ive ever seen them in any refugee camp before and whats particularly interesting is that this is an officially run camp were not talking about a makeshift camp weve seen all these muddy sites there at the greek methadone eone border one or two years ago and thats understandable that the conditions there are bad but this is an officially run camp as you said its amazing that disease hasnt spread more widespread than it has already you also show. In your report that there is a lot of potential for conflict with the local community theyre struggling as well thats right yeah weve just met stimulus cofield us in that report a person who was you know cultivating all of trees there and he was actually owning the parcel right next to all the lands right next to the refugee camp where people would come because they dont have electricity because they dont have heating see installed in every of the containers they live in so they try to you know steal all of the trees burn them use them for for doing a camp fire and so on and so forth and in addition to that he was also a shepherd and he told us that forty of his sheep were killed in recent weeks and even found what he things is is proof for that being carried out by refugees a backpack of the u. N. H. C. R. And a knife and theyre grilling him barbecuing this these sheep theyre on his all of groves so a lot of frustration there understandably but at the same time you have to see that we followed our protagonist for dinner and he only gets you know a slice of bread and a small piece of cheese so they go to bed hungry theyre even fights over food in that camp and understandably again that they tried to solve the problem somehow and some even stealing his sheep as a result of that dire conditions as youre saying and you mentioned that you were on the greek Macedonian Border two years ago it seems not much has changed well it has changed for north and europe of course because all we what we can see there on the greek islands is a result of the e. U. Turkey deal that means that migrants coming to the islands of greece are contained there and they can only move forward once their request for asylum is being processed as a result of that here north and europe the numbers of migrants have reduced significantly but at the same time at least this is how they help the people there feel their islands are sacrifies in less because we have every tenth inhabitant of that island being a migrant now and the local community is really struggling and the migrants as well. With that exclusive report there from last post thank you all of a very much. Now a turkish german journalist facing trial in istanbul has been released on bail along with five other defendants the courts move came in response to a prosecution request for michelle and told her to be freed she was accused of being a member of an Armed Terrorist Organization and of spreading terrorist propaganda she was working as a reporter and translator for a left wing Turkish News Agency when she was arrested at the end of april told us three year old son lived with his mother in prison for several months. And yulia han is standing by for us in front of the prison where shallow tolu has been held for the last eight months what has been happening there. Well sumi where just right in front of the prison where Michelle Otoole is right now she is packing together her belongings as far as we know and signing the release papers to she might come out of this door behind me within the next hour thats what we hear here we talked to her father who used to come and visit her here in prison and he told us that he is today the happiest man in the world and he will be even more happy when he can finally hug his daughter again we also talked to one of her lawyers and they said that the decision they expect a decision like this because the court basically had no evidence to keep michelle a little behind bars any time longer but of course she was only released pending trial that means theyre all conditions she cant leave turkey and she has to report to the sorties regularly and she was released on bail yulia what does this mean for the other german prisoners. Well thats up to speculation of course but many observers here say this is a sign of hope for the other prisoners german citizens especially who are behind bars here allegedly for political reasons one of them of course being german turkish journalist danny as you just he is in prison now since more than three hundred days and german officials who are also here to observe whats going on also told us that they are hopeful but of course theyre also cautious in being very specific about this the fact that russia is being were being released on bail julia this is come out of point in german turkish relations does this show a sign that the tide is possibly turning. Well that might be a sign and many of us many of us german journalists certainly hope so that this is a sign for tensions to ease now but of course you cant be really certain of that we had the german human rights activists. Being released we have mashallah tolo being released pending trial now so there is hope that this is also due to better relations between germany and turkey. For us in istanbul a thank you for that update. Now to some other stories making headlines around the world and overnight blaze has killed twelve people in mumbai india they were employees at a snack shop and became trapped inside when the fire broke out officials are investigating the cause of the fire which gutted the entire store. The belgian trial of a key suspect in the two thousand and fifteen attacks in france has been postponed the delay is to give his newly appointed lawyer time to prepare salads islam is currently in a french president more of the legit involvement in multiple attacks that killed one hundred thirty people in paris. In south africa counting is underway after thousands of delegates from the Ruling African National congress voted for a new party leader to succeed president jacob zuma the winner is also likely to become to become south africas next president it is a hotly contested race with the countrys Deputy President facing off against sue must exwife. Officials in the u. S. A power has been restored at atlantas airport the worlds busiest this comes more than ten hours after a blackout led to thousands of flights being canceled the outage was caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility. The new government has been sworn into power in austria making it the only western european country with a far right ruling party in its coalition thats because the new chancellor sebastian course has teamed up with the populist Freedom Party together they are pledging to tighten immigration policies while maintaining a strong commitment to the e. U. But the inclusion of the Freedom Party in the government has sparked protests as thousands gather in vienna. Holzman has been following the story from brussels for us hi max what does this mean for europe. Well it means a for the European Union that theres a mixed message coming from austria theres potentially some good news in there for example there seems to be a clear commitment by the new coalition to the European Union saying for example in their program that a strong austria can only exist in a strong europe and that involves a party of the Freedom Party that only a couple of years ago played with the idea of exiting the European Union altogether but on the other hand difficult message also because this will most likely deepen the rift that we already have between Eastern Europe and western europe on the topic of migration relocation that countries like germany italy greece are in favor of a quota meaning that every country in the European Union would have to take in migrants according to certain quota not countries like hungary in poland are strictly against that and now with this new coalition in austria they most likely will be on the side of hungary and poland because their program in the case that they will toughen up generally speaking on Immigration Rights a mixed messages there from austria max keep it right there will be coming back in just a moment but as we heard the Coalition Government backs a tougher immigration policies and that you have already been working together to put this into practice newcomers in the country are already feeling the effects lets take a look. Welcome to austria a region ruled for the past two years by the far right Freedom Party and the conservative party. Who is iranian has applied for asylum here her first application was turned down and shes now waiting for the outcome of an appeal. The uncertainty is troubling her. Its sometimes difficult. Because you think so like to make plans. Do something important and work and be in a relationship. But you always have these Things Holding you back. Is receiving some support from a local Organization Called do wont do it helps Asylum Seekers like her find their feet sometimes through joint activities such as visiting Christmas Markets. Its remarkable that she had the courage to come here on her own and try to lead a totally normal life. Much as currently training to be a geriatric nurse. She wants to start afresh in austria. Im well educated ive studied and ive persevered with that too and id really like to do something for austria because austria is somehow my home now i am at these despite being well educated its not clear whether my will be allowed to stay the two parties governing Upper Austria are now in charge of the whole country both oppose immigration thats a local far right mayor makes clear what is in the midst of the Freedom Party will be in charge of the interior ministry as well as integration will satiny prioritise things that have already been negotiated and that will lead to a restrictive integration on the cylon policy which is a good thing. In Upper Austria the right wing Freedom Party has reduced benefits for Asylum Seekers and increased Video Surveillance social organisations worried that such policies will not be adopted throughout australia. Or noticing in Upper Austria that the social climate is becoming colder i say this is especially at christmas time we need to take care of that we dont rob people of their dreams and opportunities dreams and opportunities depend on having a secure job secure childcare secure accommodation and they depend on affordability. Matias hopes for a new start in austria are as alive as ever but their chances of achieving them seem to be fading high lets bring the facts health in brussels and next in austria doubling down on immigration what will the e. U. Do in response you have to make a clear difference here between National Measures that inline with austrian laws during constitution and with the bill will of the voters even if some people dont like it this prayer only is the will of the voters because this Coalition Won a comfortable majority and there and acting the program that they campaigned on and so thats one part of it and the other part of it of course are e. U. Regulations e. U. Official decisions and thats and that come back to the migration quota again because this was an official Council Decision and it was backed up by the highest e. U. Court the European Court of justice and now ignoring what the European Court of justice and what the council said that the different Member States have to do as hungary in poland are doing and maybe austria will do as well thats a whole different ball game its a huge problem for the European Union and it is the reason why this is the most contentious issue in the European Union now leaders only last week agreed that they will try to figure this issue out next year until june two thousand and eighteen if they make it it will have to be some kind of compromise although the outlines of that compromise are not there reclear yet meanwhile max leaders tomorrow donald tusk are set

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