so we. just. i can't begin to imagine. just one players on the beach just. don't. start september 16th w. hello and welcome to focus on europe with me liz show europe is fighting the cold in 1000 pandemic and while the focus has been on preparing for a possible 2nd wave of infections little attention is being paid to the rising number of migrants arriving in southern europe from africa. most of them start their journey across the sea and from to thousands have already crossed the

mediterranean on rubber boats to italy where authorities are warning that the situation could get out of hand. those who make it to italy are desperate to find ways to earn money many end up as farm workers on tomato or lemon plantations but they have no rights and for years they've been toiling away for countless hours and for a minimum pay these workers are called the invisibles and by now and there are hundreds of thousands of them reason fame and you alone was introduced to improve their lives but the law is having little effect as are italy's correspondent found out he traveled to the southern part of the country hm to the region of the. known as italy's a breadbasket there he met some of the migrants. somewhere in the middle of nowhere among the vast wheat fields of southern italy we meet them on a chain who found shade under the pa yes the 30 year old from booking a fossil is

a harvest worker without a residence permit and with limited prospects their own little book well i've been living in italy for 11 years. the authorities have only ever issued me papers valid for 6 months. this was supposed to end in 2011 because it wasn't until 2016 that i was able to apply for a residence permit again and once more for only 6 months and precisely because i don't have a work contract. it's the same story for everyone here even those who don't want to be found they have settled down and discarded sofas and mattress camps in the open air with outright without status officially this should have changed since june 1st it's now he has had a new all that is supposed to go out harvest work his legal residence in the country will no need to learn of course i know a farmer here he might be able to hire me with a real contract level then the new law would apply to me to. micromanage many

migrants are hopeful hundreds of thousands like him harvest asparagus in the spring tomatoes in the summer and oranges in the winter in italian fields migrants especially from africa are exposed exploited and defenseless people who want the president the attorney and government we want it to stop this the responsible minister who was once an unskilled agricultural worker herself was visibly moved as she announced the change for les mis you're on with us no more of these invisible aquaculture a family will be minimal visible in the future may not even be seen. but the nor does not reach the invisible ones in the fields says i to hold of a life. the lawyer is a voluntary legal adviser to many migrants he fights ago. senseless regulations that make legal work in residency almost impossible for day laborers. through the naples police department has to intervene to give the ok all of these procedures

that are completely i would last. for a man a it's a vicious circle the bureaucratic obstacles are complicated and incomprehensible even for legal experts. this is for a typical obstacle course to discourage applicants if. they have to provide evidence of their place of residence and financial security how they provide for themselves and their regular work contracts at the same time. but even one of these requirements is missing the residence permit will not be extended. dramani is hope of finally being able to legally work and live in italy is sinking. but i never have the time to learn a new trade properly so this whole time i've had to fight to get by. on top of this there is now crime the employment contracts required by the new law are being sold

on an extortion me black market. on the low also fights for migrants rights but he's a farmer as well so he knows what some of his colleagues do on your boat that are just for some who charge between $4.50 euros for a work contract. backbreaking some for day labor and but politicians in southern italy a doing little to protect themselves from black market trade for work and residence permits this frustrates. he would love to hire migrant workers with temporary contracts through an official employment agency he says this is the only way to put a stop to illegal activities and mafia organized middlemen in the harvest industry . labors earn even less. trying to save. half of their

6 or 7 euro early wage goes to those who brokered the day job level. mani and those he lives with on deeply disappointed they are stuck between the fields and grown from harvest to harvest like nomads while being exploited the hope for a humane life and what it can italy is sinking once more it's summer in europe and although most of us don't mind a bit of fun chime the hit records are a growing concern that only out at the russian border with finland is one of the places that is facing an increased threat of wildfires because of the high temperatures and lack of rain climate experts are alarmed and many russians were spending them a case in the region are also worried like a lame volunteers like matty out. are on patrol to make sure that's no major fires break out. early morning emergency.

there's a fire in one of the many islands of lake the dog in northwestern russia. this team of volunteer force protectors is trying to get there as fast as possible. some tories called us at 7 o'clock they told us that must have caught fire on the surface if. they can't put it out themselves they asked us to come and take. the tourists meet the volunteers at the shore. small green fire appears harmless but it could quickly turn into a major fire spread. looked at the it looks as if someone started to come far ahead but didn't put it down properly. before the body it seems the wind caused the fire spread and setting fire to the mosque which. fortunately these holidaymakers knew what number to call them real estate each team arrives in turn

to put up a small fire. just a few days ago the volunteers almost arrived too late to put out a fire that spread on a neighboring island it took hours to extinguish the flames. and about 20 of the force protection volunteers come to this company the lake every summer they're all from the region which i love some are students others have taken time off from their jobs well because. i don't think i could live without blake logica. this just 1st thing for me it's the most wonderful place in the well doing it so much chris you are so neat you're just the muse turns you get. on the keaton is a mathematician by profession. he prefers this fall into work over his paid job at

the computer but i mean that's and you come on will do it if we don't know. this is a magnificent place. we came here about 15 years ago and everybody's back i knew it 1st and now it's burning here it's terrible. you come back i took place that you've been visiting for years and it's the earth down at that. it will take years to reforest all of this. that's from the it was the now it's now here and every day the volunteers go up and down the coast sometimes up to 70 kilometers away to check for fires the little bit of the local. lake the dog is the 2nd largest lake in russia a survivor it's in the caribbean a region the borders finland it's a unique national park and it's at risk of being completely destroyed. this year many russians are spending their holidays at home because of the cobra going to

come down or every come far increases the danger of a major forest fire. which radio is that where it would be great if everything worked perfectly here will you if there were enough forests protected and a functioning fine department here's the problem i don't know but i know then we would only have to help out in the bahamas and stand we doing all the work for the national park authorities with movements and i know but. the volunteers have been doing this work every summer for years and even paid for their own equipment helps by support from donors and sponsors. this year there are more fires than usual because it's been so hot and dry a clear sign of climate change.

soon after coming back to the camp and that measures he gets called in and stress levels rise again more morning. but it turns out that it was a false alarm. that he is just that all but i gather with 3 out of 4 emergency calls turn out to be just smoke or campfire at your. thank you but it does seem suspicious at all that we always try to find out what's happening as fast as the but i get it much more in the ways that the national the hotter the summers become the more fires there are going to be up in store for. meanwhile authorities have yet to support these efforts so the team continues to work for free interiors do their best to put out as many fires as they can protect their home region. this amazing view of picturesque mountains and a lake is what you get when you visit the village of high stats in austria some

hail it as the most beautiful religion in the whole country each year thousands of visitors come here some spend a few days and others just enough time to a snap a selfie before their instagram but since the corona crisis things have become more quiet and several villages are realizing they like a comma so they're thinking about what the new normal could look like and once the pandemic is over. in her austria many locals worry no tourists would come this year to admire the mountains the lake and the quite village because of corona and no tourism would also mean no income but the worries are over. visitors are here and abundance. which is good for hotels and also for carlina habsburg as boat rental business. but it's a different mix of tourists you have a moment the need to be counted we don't have all nationalities here because if the

flight problems but we've got austrian germans basically your pain. before the pandemic the village through many international tourists and day trippers. the alpine setting is popular on instagram and last year over $21000.00 turbos is brought around a 1000000 visitors to the village with just $760.00 inhabitants. starts near doesn't miss the era of over tourism. if you have these you could get him there were fewer than 5 had greeks with a guide carrying a flag in regard to its own people wearing head sextape so it was very loud. that's how big it was too much for some locals and would stand from behind but that these are all. then suddenly in spring austria had to go into lockdown because of covert 19. and hushed up group quests restaurants were empty and there wasn't any money

coming in. the local population discovered something else. too it didn't improve the schools wasn't very pleasant anymore because of the mass tourism so i think it's right that during these 2 or 3 months of our start was just for us locals and in terms of life quality that was great the ellipse experience it as it once was. now its main. the european visitors and house start and some of them wasn't of calm before. there were fewer foreign tourists here now because of cover in 1000 in what we have heard about the place in there that it would be quieter thomas says that's why we came that's what i'll call it i always wanted to with the place and yeah now it's great because you know there is. but one it's about the future actually returning to pre-term isn't days isn't an option the municipality the pens an income from tourism to subsidise services such

as school meals and care for the elderly. locals value tourism but there is a question of what kind of tourism. because there must i think that we should cut mass tourism down by half and double quality tourism we're visitors stay for longer . that would be a good mix if they could be from. carlita hempstead again has a different view. proclaimed that i need. to live even if the hotels want high quality tourists you seem to stay here for a long time to think that kind of long term what tourism is fashionable at the moment it's not safe before the pandemic. our starters currently developing a new system to deal with the turbos is the number of which is expected to increase again in the future they will have to register in advance and stay longer. it's not clear whether this will impact the amount and form of tourism but the

mayor doesn't want to go further. i think that when we start getting more international visitors coming to see our cultural heritage again the others will start coming. what we don't want to do is to tell some people to come and others not to because we don't want them here that's not where we are so it seems you know the village would rather not really become what felt like an old. an air exhibit for masses of day trippers but avoiding dust in the future will require a balancing act for ha start smear on its citizens. this man sat on the spanish throne for nearly 40 years and now the former king juan carlos has not only left the royal palace but also the country is probably not what he had imagined for his retirement a life in exile investigations are underway one carlos is accused of money laundering and corruption these latest scandals have thrust the royal family into

a deep crisis many spaniards like marta are now calling for an end to the monarchy . this fanfare is meant to help the end of the spanish monarchy. a democracy with a king is like a horse pulled by oxen says the sign at a protest in madrid. marta is one of the demonstrators here who has had enough of spain's royal family. i mean to say yes you know you can have on these being reasons to demonstrate against the crown here and i want to keep that right now with the right even then i can tell everything i found daniel to that the money i'm the finality of it out there's. corruption affairs and moral bankruptcy for years spain's former king juan carlos made headlines for all the wrong reasons he abdicated in 2014 and this week you have spain it's been suggested his own son king

philippe pushed him to leave the country where he is under investigation by the public prosecutor tapes leaked to the media are said to contain talk of huge bribes and it is really going to overbooking one carlos kushti of everything he says especially in the gulf states the united arab emirates saudi arabia he accepted gifts and donations and used the network of front mandalay to hide the money. market from the protest is a nurse so she's under a lot of stress due to the corona pandemic yet she only earns enough for a room in a shared flat. i meant that i can't afford anything else even a studio with a little kitchen and a date that is too expensive so i have to live in shared accommodation. marcus says the royal family has done nothing to support or comfort people during the corona crisis. she felt no empathy from them during spain strict lockdown.

like as i see it off we didn't hear anything from the palace. they were in that $100.00 square not to rooms during the lockdown so of course they've no idea how ordinary people feel. does spain need a monarch more and more people here are saying no. on the internet in particular they're rallying support for online petitions videos and songs. in exile to run a child farewell to the crown some polls say the majority of spaniards now want their country to become a republic the experts remain skeptical it's not we still sort of like yes there's a lot of discontent most of those parts are really us attain a trend we need more data more polls conducted over a longer period of time. to find committed royalists we went to the countryside and spoke to older spaniards like on how they nest carlos.

she lives in a village outside the capital madrid. she still has vivid memories of the attempted coup of 1901. and a horn carlos's televised address in which she bravely defended spain's democracy i don't play the king's i have counties for me that would like to give him. down again and i said dear god thank you for this to end this person for just a bit that is to bring the. while she regrets the recent scandals she still supports the spanish royal house including king philippe. and stops the plans to trade him in for a head of state elected by the people. for whom this is going to unity young folks demanding this haven't a clue if they think they invented politics and life in general as if we haven't left before now i think it must be done to. a new spanish republic still looks to be a long way are the hurdles to changing the constitution are high and a referendum would need to be held and unlike his coalition partner podemos prime

minister paper sanchez refuses to call one. still opponents of the monarchy plan to keep on demonstrating for royalty free spain. scientists have been trying to uncover the secrets to a long and healthy life for a century in a matter of lifestyle do we need to follow a certain diets well one answer to the secret of a long life may be found on the greek island of we send our report a bear and my impression is that reaching an old age may have to do with enjoying life to the fullest. here in a sea of. nice the idea of the career. its famous for its namesake icarus from greek mythology and for the adenike at least it's been ages. but these days it's mainly renowned for the no guarantee of its residence and is

known as the island of centenarians. demetrius crusie is one of these centenarians actually he's 100 in one. his wife is 93 when chris he was born there weren't any streets electronic aria poverty and hard work influenced his lifestyle and diet but to this day he only sees his doctor for routine checkups what's the secret to his good health. or. well it's a lot of fish. after all i was a fisherman myself. meets twice a week at most. you were to. and i really like to learn to. maybe daddy gaghan like him like wine doesn't agree with me it gives me a ration of that's why i only drink beer. this close to a 3rd of

a career as 10000 residents live to be older than 90 finding out why this is has been keeping countless greek and foreign researches busy for years. men because kalimba says please let it korea centenarians have attracted international attention however he's also concerns that the elderly could soon be the and only ones left on the island with other people if you want to we have to improve our infrastructure so young people stay on it korea. large we need to make investments in health care education and transport passion believe it or ports roads are slick british political might you seen the condition our streets are a. minority national grid we're always having to slalom. in. we took one of the islands better roads to speak with someone who should know more about why people on korea live so long. for. the islands resident docs are in the

us larry addis suspects that genetics play a role but he also thinks it carians love lives have something to do with it. nor is it the case it's really hard though here you have all the directors it's for a good sex life a positive attitude i suppose that with a healthy body and soul before lots of social gatherings because the brief monday of celebrations it was your duty and then recently a 92 year old being to my practice and said it with dr spite of my age i can still do everything well the way up it would i ask what do you mean by everything no the innocent those of us at the. higher when i say everything i mean with everything this one man familiar with this is fund gala scheduled known as the james dean of a career now 90 years old he's been married twice but he says women just

get too jealous that's why he's now living on his own on his farm with his all if we've been. there but his energy is boundless his next project to drain the well on the hill behind his house. we have clean air and clean water. that's the main thing you know. 90. sauces still fighting fit and making plans for the future. because. if you've been married twice you could always try adjustor time. but you can't. especially in korea. life on this stunning island in the i.g.n. sea is full of passion and free of stress and strife. and perhaps that is the secret behind the. now i'm

actually appending or moving to a carry out when i retire but i still have a few years to decide well that brings us to the end of today's show and thanks for watching and. cutting the be.

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