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Wait on the boat, we're coming, wait!

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Take the baby, please.

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Over 800,000 asylum seekers and migrants
reached Europe by sea this year.

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More than 200,000 arrived on 
the Greek islands in October alone.

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Most of them come from countries where
conflict, repression and fear

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forced people to flee for their lives.

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And did they threaten you personally?
They said to you: "you have to go"?

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Over 3400 people including many children
have died at sea trying to reach

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the European Union 
this year.

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Yet despite the risks they keep coming

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Where are you going now?

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How many days since they've 
had the medicine?

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When did you leave ....?

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Human rights watch sent teams of
of researchers to document

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the dangerous journey

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and the hardships upon arrival.

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We spoke to Syrians, Afghans, 
Iraqis, Eritreans and Somalis

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In story after story we heard that
the only way out of violence

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and terror at home and unbearable
conditions in neighboring countries

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was to resort to smugglers and flee
through dangerous crossings.

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If there were safe and legal routes
to seek refuge, far fewer people

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would be at the mercy
of abusive smugglers.

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We have witnessed scenes of chaos at many 
EU borders for months now.

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Daily arrivals of thousands of people 
on Greek islands

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created an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

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Hitting those most vulnerable the hardest.

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Most of those who reach Greece by sea
continue their journey over land

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through the western Balkans
encountering police abuse,

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terrible detention conditions and
cascading border closures.

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Many EU governements are foccused on
preventing arrivals

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instead of managing the flow humanely.

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A plan to relocate tens of thousands
of asylum seekers from frontline states

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like Greece and Italy has gotten off
to such a slow start

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At this rate it will take over 180 years
to reach the target.

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And months into this crisis 
with winter approaching

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volunteers, not governments,
are still at the forefront

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of providing humanitarian assistance.

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Until now the response of EU governments 
to the crisis has been deeply flawed.

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Defined by deaths at sea, chaos
and distressing humanatarian conditions.

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People should not have to risk
their lives or face so many obstacles

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to reach a place of refuge.

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The European Union has a legal and moral
obligation to fairly process

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and humanely host asylum seekers
and refugees

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and respect the rights and dignity of 
everyone who arrives at its borders.

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(Man): We are from Syria from Damascus
Damascus is a very good, before the war.

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We are just like Europe, we have money, we have houses,

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we have cars, we have everything.

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The war damaged everything
(Interviewer): So what do you need?

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(Man): Peace, just peace, yeah.

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EU government should ensure safe passage
access to asylum at and within its borders

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and make sure human rights and compassion
are at the heart of its response

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to this challenge.