Current crisis was foreseeable so what did you suggest at the time that you visited moria that germany should do and why has nothing happened. Well its good to be with you and after many politicians from germany from other countries have visited moria in the last months this was a for seeable escalation because the circumstances on the island just inappropriate and its been like that not just for a couple of weeks but for months and almost years the approach to take a decision about somebody is perspective prospect on asylum and to do that on the European Border is the right thing to do but you can only do it if you keep people under appropriate circumstances at the European Border this is not happening at the moment on lesbos on the other greek islands and this is why there needs to be more ever q. Asian of the most vulnerable groups and at the same time there needs to be a fresh start for the negotiations on the common european asylum policy ok mr i want to ask you back in december the leader of the green party suggested that the government should take in 4000 children from crib camps in greece that are still beyond capacity as you said in a terrible conditions and at the time your Party Leadership rejected that so what do you see now as a concrete solution to evacuate these People Living in a dire situation. On the one hand the situation in lesbos is so bad that it has to be sold no matter what the next approach on a common european asylum so the policy will be so there needs to be evacuation its the right thing to do but especially germany france will now take more minor refugees to the conference on the other hand we cannot forget that 2015 cannot repeat itself in the if there cannot be just the german approach that needs to be a european approach and i know that especially constituents that voters are tired of hearing that in germany but its the right thing to stress it especially in a time for germany is in charge of the presidency so you can stress the european solution all the time the reasons have also done it in december but when it comes to the easing presidency its now germanys part to play to push forward decisions for a common european asylum policy thats another thing that has to happen now while theyre certainly urgency behind it now but you mentioned the 2015 should not happen again and some conservative lawmakers also the far right party the f. T. In the bundestag argue that bringing migrants from morea now to germany would send the wrong signal that burning down such a camp is an avenue to germany or to other parts of europe so what is your spur spawns to that. As you describe it the debate on whats happening in morea is highly polarized in germany we have on the one hand suggestions by the far left by the greens to get everyone to the greek mainland and to get everyone to france and germany on the other hand we have just a reaction by the far right and by some conservative lawmakers denying what is happening in moria and that we just have a human crisis that has to be solved so there needs to be an appropriate approach from the middle of the political spectrum allowing some Vulnerable People some vulnerable groups to come to germany to other countries as part of a relocation problem problem problem but at the same time the needs to be German Government that makes use of its political power we cannot allow to pass this new presidency of germany without a new approach on the common european asylum policy. Concept include a member of the german border stock for the f t p thank you so much for joining us thank you we just heard there a common europe european approach is needed so what is the European Union doing to address the crisis on less bows and migration in general as chief Political Correspondent linda crane put those questions to stefan meyer from the german interior ministry. And im joined now by germanys parliamentary state secretary federal interior minister st Stephan Meier welcome to you we heard this morning from the e. U. Is commissioner for home affairs that she is absolutely confident unified you agreement on migration and asylum is possible do you think shes right. Im deeply convinced the europe only has one more chance and so we are very if you appreciate it very much that this was commissioner you once and announced that on the 30th of september she will publish a new proposal or the commissions proposal for a new pac on migration and on asylum and we are people because when we instead its absolutely necessary that the European Union find a coherent and a common approach to these tremendous challenges so we have to cope with not only because of the fires. In less posts or on less posts but certainly this horrible event shows how immediate it is that we find a common solution on this tremendous challenge chancellor said yesterday the e. U. Basically has no migration policy at the moment would you say thats right i totally agree with with our chancellor all. Attempts have failed in the past 2 to find this coherent. Position within the European Union certainly the interests of very few to achieve near serve every difference between the Member States but. Its not sufficient that only a few Member States like germany sweden austria or the netherlands take much more than one over 334 quarters of all the migrants who arrive in europe the distribution discussion now following the fire in maria shows how to fix health it is to find a balance between the desire for a systemic solution which your minister had missed as a whole for of course has been pursuing and on the other hand humanitarian considerations how are you working that balance right now the European Union is not only. We are a community of. Condom use but its especially. Can we need a community of shared values and i think its a very important well you that the European Union and all the 27 Member States help those who are in danger and who need protection for hundreds of unaccompanied minors is a beginning but there are thousands of people in my area or in those most right now without shelter what about them certainly the 1st the 1st step now must be to to help those in this Current Situation so germany the federal government of germany decided that we provide all help and all the needs which is demanded by the greek government we are in a very intensive dialogue with the creek authorities with the greek government certainly also with the e. U. Commission so this. Quick response now its very important to deliver all the measures all the troops who are necessary which are necessary in order to to help those who have no shelter and no no house that you. Are at lets check in now on some other stories making news around the world the u. S. 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We are feeling the acute impacts of Climate Change we are seeing its devastating impacts in oregon on the west coast and frankly throughout the entire world. In Washington State tooth. And heartbreak. Everything. Continue their bottom across the west coast meteorologists are warning that it is nor yet even. Opposition activists in russia say theyre facing increasing intimidation ahead of Regional Elections this Weekend Police in moscow have raided the open russia group and intruders smashed a bottle containing a chemical substance in the siberian office of opposition candidate survey boyko a he is an ally of the lex and of all of the kremlin critic of germany says was poisoned with a nerve agent now before that break and sure when spoke to about his campaign and his hopes that this vote could shake up russian politics. Sergey boyko prides himself on being alive and edited social media is the main way the politician is reaching out to voters in novosibirsk hes up for a seat in the siberian citys parliament on his you tube channel the politician promises to clean up his hometown and sweep out corrupt politicians who are we have a mafia here boyko is leading a coalition of 31. 00 opposition candidates their goal is to push united russia the ruling party out together boyko says the kremlin is watching the Regional Election campaign closely there is no way out of course of their Friends United russia has a slim majority here if we can break the majority. Of an example for the rest of the country if you consolidate forces and go to the ballot box you can change the situation and destroy their monopoly. Campaign recently got a boost when he appeared alongside his close ally opposition politician. In a video that has gotten millions of views news team exposed the alleged corruption schemes they say helped united russia politicians in noble get rich and buy luxury properties. And he was poisoned shortly after filming this video he uses it to call on russians to support the candidate most likely to be united russia in the poll a strategy he calls smart voting. But we can use russias the 3rd the biggest city as an example of how to take down the insatiable told that these united russia. Novosibirsk is siberias main Industrial Hub more than one and a half 1000000 people live here. United russia carly has the majority in the city council and the Regional Assembly and theyre campaigning to keep it that way. Regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect and care we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation. But not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. Because the. People live in fear of what the future holds its not clear whos shops could be closed cool might be fired. The situation now is a far cry from how things why in the ninetys and earlier do thousands i think a lot of things are good no a lot isnt. And. We pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. Said a gay boy who wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his Coalition Wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. People from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isnt of the richest plains sibierski can be a modern european city. Says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in the polling station can break through the status quo and that smart voting against the ruling party here can set an example for change across russia. That report from b. W. Is only sure when and she joins us now from moscow for more on the story hi amalie how important are these elections. Well sunni on the one hand these are Regional Elections in a very centralized country but on the other hand theyre widely being seen as a sort of litmus test ahead of elections to the Russian Parliament the duma which are happening next year a litmus test both for the opposition for candidates like sygate boyd we just saw in that report and also for the kremlin and the kremlin is likely to be paying particular attention to these Regional Elections now because weve seen protests happening in some regions across the country which is very unusual for russia usually people only really protest in the capital moscow and in St Petersburg but in recent weeks and months weve seen protests in the far eastern city of. Over a governor who was removed from office there after he was elected also 2 years ago at a protest vote people have been taking to the streets every day there for weeks now theres also been some environmental protests in interest on for example in the Southern Region and also in the north of the country so it does seem likely that the kremlin will be watching the mood and the outcome of these elections very closely emily mentioned in your report. And its ally alexina vali theyre calling for this smart voting strategy to oust lived near putins party does this actually pose a serious threat to the kremlin. Well sergey boco certainly thinks it does and so do these allies boyko in fact even told me in novosibirsk that he thinks that the smart voting strategy that not only has been advocating for the last few months is actually what got him poisoned because its such a threat to putins party and to the kremlin and it is true that smart voting has shown some success in the past for example in Moscow City Council elections last year when united russia lost around a 3rd of its seats but on the other hand i think its worth saying you know smart voting may be smart but the kremlin is also smart and they have will have strategies to kind of hold on to power weve seen for example new parties running in these elections which critics say are supposed to split the oppositions vote and we just quickly if you can the voting starts today it will continue then to sunday so 3 days of voting why is that well this is a new thing that weve seen only so far in the vote on constitutional amendments that took place a few months ago and the Electoral Commission here in russia has said that its just much more practical for voters to be able to go to the ballot for several days and that that experiment with the constitution was successful but that showed that its a more convenient way for voters to go to the ballot but critics say that it actually makes election falsifications and ballot stuffing easier and