perhaps a greater chance, we think, at this range, of seeing more and where showers across southern counties of england further north, some low cloud coming back to plague the northern and western isles of scotland and again, the temperatures pushing on a degree or two back on where we have been for the first part of the week. into the middle part of the week, we are still having the low pressure driving the showers at us but no signs of cold air. the jet stream is well north, the separation between the milder air to the south and the cooler air to the north. here we are on wednesday, a similar sort of pattern. don't take the distribution of showers too literally because there is still the close, muggy feeling about proceedings. temperatures in the 20s. still the prospect of one or two thunderstorms. this is bbc news.

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syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings. they are hoping to make a new life. these people aren't entering europe, they‘ re escaping it. many here smuggling themselves illegally back along the same routes down which they had arrived. everyone here is terrified. because the greek police could come and pick them up at any time. but they are so close. after years of living as refugees in europe, most people here said there are grateful for the shelter. but ultimately, their european dream was a failure. every week, hundreds of refugees

are sneaking out of europe. i am joining them on their dangerous journey to try and understand why anyone would give up on safety and security to return to war—torn syria. this is a baden—wurttemberg in southern germany. a far cry from the war in syria. a largely rural state, it is now home to one of the biggest refugee populations in the country. in the past few years around 150,000

people have sought asylum here. i am here to meet a small but growing number of refugees who have chosen to return to a life of danger over safety in europe. 27—year—old za kariya arrived in germany with high hopes. zakariya says he was ready to restart his career as a metalworker. but two years on, and things haven't worked out the way zakariya hoped.

he struggles with the language and is yet to find a job. for the past seven months zakariya has been sharing a house with more than 20 other refugees. together with four others, zakariya lives eats and sleeps here in this one room. germany provides free housing to all refugees. but in order to afford better accommodation,

zakariya would need to find work. so this is the job centre... these papers basically some up zakariya's life here in the last two years. he has applied forjobs, he has applied to learn german and all he has been able to do is wait, because he has had no response. with the lack of prospects here, za kariya's thoughts often turn to home. after two years in germany, zakariya is regretting his decision

to come to europe. a year or two after their arrival, and many syrians here tell you they are finding it very hard to adjust to their new life. zakariya has decided to leave germany and return home. he is definitely not alone. but without official statistics, it is impossible to calculate the exact number of syrians giving up on europe. although estimates suggest hundreds every week are now leaving. zakariya, like most syrian refugees wanting to leave europe, faces a difficult and dangerous journey. and it will involve smuggling himself overland from greece into turkey. this is the northern greek

city of thessaloniki, the next step on the journey. a major tourist destination it is also a major crossroad on europe's migration routes. the path where those entering the eu from the east and those leaving it collides. at the central bus station, dozens of syrians are preparing to continue theirjourney to turkey and ultimately to syria. zakariya has arrived and says there is no turning back. it is notjust single men like zakariya leaving europe. it is families with young children,

some of them born in germany. i wondered why they had decided to take a child to a war zone. mohammed has just arrived from germany with his pregnant wife and seven children. zakariya and the other syrians now face a five—hourjourney up to the border. i'm really surprised to see just how many syrians are making this journey. this bus is completely packed with people and families, and i have spoken to some of them who are too afraid to speak on camera. they are going back for many reasons, some of them because they cannot bring theirfamilies over, some of them who are really disappointed with europe

and so afraid of raising their children in a foreign land. spending time with the families on this coach, i begin to understand that not everyone was unhappy in europe. some just wanted to be reunited with theirfamilies, no matter what the risk. under the cover of darkness, the family is prepared to illegally cross into turkey on foot. many of these people here are smuggling themselves back along the same route that they arrived in europe. once again, they have packed up their entire belongings into a few bags, hoping yet again for a better life. everyone here is terrified because the greek police could come and pick them up at any time. but they are so close. all they have to do is cross this river and they will get to turkey. with so many people taking this hidden route home,

syrians have started to call it ‘europe‘s back door‘. as they make their exit, zakariya has one last message to his former hosts. a few days later as dawn approaches, i arrive at the turkish side of the border. i am here to witness the moment when more syrians will leave europe and walk into turkey. i think i can see in the distance one of the families that have just been smuggled across the river from greece into turkey. after many days of travelling,

these syrians have finally reached their goal — escape from europe. wading through the cold water, many here will be relieved to have made it across the river. during the winter, some refugees were swept away in the high waters. i am told she is a smuggler. tired and hungry, these syrians have been on the move for at least 48 hours to reach this point. 0ur conversation is cut short.

facing arrest for being in a military zone, we are told to move quickly. all 20 people are quickly bundled into this one car. squeezed together, it is impossible to move. my cameraman and i manage to get in, too. guys! as we drive deeper into turkey,

we are told many refugees sell their german travel documents and ids to the smugglers to fund their trip out of europe. the smugglers then use the documents to take other people from turkey into europe illegally. the 2—way traffic on this route has become a lucrative business. the smuggler doesn't want to reveal her identity.

it is clear to me that the only real winners in this refugee crisis are the people smugglers. no matter what the direction of travel or length ofjourney, they stand to profit every step of the way. after a long road journey, we finally reach istanbul, where the refugees are dropped off. at 2a years old, nada has been smuggling over a year now. she says she has no other options. despite her work, nada's dream is to go herself and settle in europe. on this extraordinary journey from europe, i have met so many people along the way, each with their own unique story as to why they have turned their back on europe. but one thing they all have in common is their desperate struggle to find a home where they can be happy like they once were in syria. i want to update you about how we are seeing the rest

of the holiday weekend. the rest of the weekend, it looks as though it there will be a lot of sunshine around but a risk of thunderstorms. initially they manifest themselves across the southern counties of england, that's because you're close to the main area, activity across biscay, front and parts of iberia. that is how we start the new day on sunday, with this potential for some really heavy showers or thunderstorms and a muggy feel. further north, a lot of dry weather and sunshine, that's for sure. a fresh start across scotland, temperatures down to single figures in places but they soon pick up with all the sunshine pouring through. the north shore breeze still not particularly warm. close to 13 rather than 23. through the evening the showers just wanting to show signs of petering out but still very muggy across the south. further north, under clear skies, temperatures will drift away — five, six, seven degrees or so. pretty much starting monday the way you started sunday. here we go on monday, still with a lot of humid air coming out of the continent, affecting the weather across the greater part of the british isles.

but the thing to noticed between monday as opposed to sunday is there are fewer showers to speak of as we get on through the day. later on in the day, don't rule out the chance of the showers to pop up again across parts of east anglia and the south—east. just keep up—to—date on the forecast for that eventuality. further north, sunshine, albeit hazy at times, still pours on through, lifting the temperatures in scotland and northern ireland into the low 20s. somewhere in south east, 25s perhaps. on tuesday, more showers perhaps spiralling away into the southern counties of england. maybe getting up towards wales as well. further north again, a lot of dry, fine weather. perhaps some low cloud plaguing northern and western isles of scotland. into the middle and indeed the latter part of the coming week, the jetstream is arcing well into the north of the british isles, keeping the cold air at bay. i don't think we will see

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