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a full round—up of the day's news. every week hundreds of syrians given asylu m every week hundreds of syrians given asylum in germany are returning home. for our world, we asylum in germany are returning home. for ourworld, wejoin them asylum in germany are returning home. for our world, wejoin them to discover why they are giving up the safety of europe to return to their war—torn countries. syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings. they are hoping to make a new life. but 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

they were 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. it's the last stop before they cross on foot out of europe and into turkey. 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 see a woman leading the refugees towards us. 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 two—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. 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. the power of mother nature has been unleashed again, and we could see thunderstorms breaking out at any time in the uk and we are struggling to keep updating the weather graphics, that is how quickly they are forming. this is the satellite image from the last few hours and you can see how the whole atmosphere is rotating in our direction so this is rotating in our direction so this is the warm and humid air carrying the thunderstorms and we are seeing them developing in the uk and some are drifting out to the continent. this risk will be in place across

the uk for the next few days or so. this is the scene around midnight and unpredictable picture where we could see thunderstorms anywhere but the basic message is the further north you are, there are no storms across scotland and it will be clear and fairly cool the temperatures around 8 degrees but a lot of cloud across parts of europe and england so across parts of europe and england so it means monday morning starts off gloomy and then the sun comes out and then the somme is back out again. but once the sun comes out again. but once the sun comes out again we will see the thunderstorms breaking out and it's a bit like popcorn and difficult to say where they will be that they will be across the south. in the north we miss the storms and aberdeen, hopefully the cloud should burn back to the coast so you're in for a decent sunny day. the temperatures are made or high 20s across the south and coastal areas will be

cooler soho and newcastle around 18 and given the sun coming out, temperatures getting up to 25 celsius. 0n temperatures getting up to 25 celsius. on monday evening a few showers lurking around but notice that the cloud returns. you might be wondering why we see so many storms in the southern parts of the uk. high—pressure scandinavia and the winds normally goes in the direction of low pressure in the atlantic and any storms forming here will be carried by the wind and towards southern parts of the uk and we will see the storms forming. there is a risk of storms in the south but nothing in the north at this stage and then it looks like there will be and then it looks like there will be a subtle change in wind direction as we go through wednesday to thursday and we could see showers and the possibility of thunderstorms in other parts of the country so on wednesday, again, wet weather in the south with the possibility of thunder and lightning and notice some storms possibly affecting

northern areas and it stays warm, but maybe not so warm, generally around 20 degrees, and the mid—teens in the sunny parts of western scotland. let's look at wednesday and thursday. this is the jet stream pattern which is away towards greenland ice land and all of the warmth coming in from the south is engulfing the whole of europe and this pattern looks likejune, july, august, a very warm spell at the moment and thursday's weather forecast has lots of 20s and the chance of some showers and thunderstorms and this pattern is not likely to change as we go through friday, saturday and into sunday. it stays warm with temperatures well into the 20s and with the thunderstorm risk still in place across the uk. the following programme contains scenes of repetitive flashing images. northern ireland's politicians divided on abortion in the wake

of the republic's historic vote. after celebrations in dublin, calls for change in the north, where abortion remains largely illegal. our policy is the same from the north of ireland right to the bottom of ireland. we want to see the same policy, we need to show care and compassion towards women. i think it is a popular opinion throughout northern ireland, that we should not have a liberalised abortion regime. with senior conservatives among those who want the same law for women across the uk, we'll look at the options for westminster. also tonight: a teenage girl and a 20—year—old man die at a music festival in portsmouth. storms, flash floods and a standstill at stansted, the weather attack on the bank holiday.