it's against the law to become president challenges and there's a good credible story to stop the church, december. hello and welcome to this week's edition of focus on europe. thanks for joining us today . germany is one of the leading meat processing countries in europe and back to the sector has been a hot spot for the coronavirus. some of the largest outbreaks have happened in

slaughterhouses. thousands of people have been infected by the virus in germany to companies. often the workers can't keep their distance at work or in that day sions . many of them have come from eastern europe for seasonal work. some of these workers are employed by agencies that provide temporary staff and who don't shy away from dubious methods wage. dumping long, working hours, fake documents, foreign as who signed contracts, as seasonal workers are often vulnerable, like a group of young ukrainians who had been lured by the false promise of well paid illegal jobs. our reporter traveled to advice and failed in eastern germany to find out more about this story. we 1st met maxime, our name for him. at the end of september, he's from a small target in western ukraine and works in the restaurant industry. but he

wanted to earn more money. so he went online to find a job. in germany i found a ukrainian job agency. there they said the jobs were legal. they gave me papers so that i could travel to germany and work in a meat factory in the town of vice, and that is for 9 euros $35.00 per hour. because you mubarak is the reports that brought you over the key is based ukrainian job site international work, organized the trip for him and other job seekers. a tooth, a minibus from ukraine to their place of work in germany, accompanied by a supervisor as known, e.u. citizens. it should not be not easy for them to enter germany. but maxime says the agency gave him foals, peepers. pushed through that he was a student with

a vacation job. in reality, he's never studied. the agency charge over $500.00 euros to find him a job where they're part of the when i said i wasn't a student and asked why i was issued these papers, they said, don't worry, not your problem is in the book of birds. dozens of ukrainians, like maxine turned up for work at a meat factory in saxony and hauled in 2020. all of them supposedly students looking for a vacation job some have been offered for very different jobs before their journey . like marina, which is not her real name. there were 3 jobs on offer a supermarket job one in candy and one in a bakery. but we ended up with a very different one in a meat processing factory. the work was extremely difficult for women and men. the

women had to lift heavy crates of meat and meat products that weighed between 25 and 30 kilos. that's the work for the so-called students started in mid september, but lasted only 5 days. the german authorities quickly realized there was something odd and ukrainians find out that the police had searched their accommodation. when i came home, i discovered that the door had been broken and there was a new look. our translator has written the night saying that the police had righted our palm and broken the lot and put on a new one. and it was love all of them as a boxer miller. this was a coordinated police operation in the 23rd of september, across 5, cherilyn states, 800 police officers searched the apartments of people working illegally, as well as the offices of job agencies. the authorities focused on each and seize for temporary jobs,

suspected of bringing workers into germany with false documents. public prosecutors also question the young ukrainians, who were told they had to leave germany and were banned from returning the 3 years . the prosecutor see them as both perpetrators and victims. as hundreds show i do sort of mobility getting into the charges are relatively minor. illegal entry into germany and legal residence are not crimes. they're misdemeanors. if someone has never been in trouble with the law, we will most likely drop the charges against them are making to get tough and during their stay in germany, maxime and the others were officially employed by the german even see their condo and lento. to meet factory, the company, which is not want to speak to us is currently under investigation. it ceases kneejerk penalties if found guilty. but it isn't hard to find. this involves an

actual crime which means that the minimum penalty is one year in jail. for each separate offense, but we looked online for the ukrainian job site international work, which organized the journey from maxime and the others. it's still advertising jobs, in the e.u. but did not want to speak with us. many of the jobs with german work certificates currently do not seem to be feasible because of restrictions related to the coronavirus. many young people in ukraine seek better paid jobs abroad and they too could become the victims of criminal job agencies. paying a lot of money to get a job, getting into trouble with the german authorities and not earning anything. maksim says that he has learned a lesson i would now check everything very carefully. are also turn to specialists to find out information

about the journey. not like i did then we didn't know where we were going or what we were doing. if you don't know where you're going, you know, the only risk being deported, you could end up in jail. in the end, maxine, many others were in one way fortunate. they couldn't afford their return journey to ukraine, so the city of buys and sells it for them. but they had imagined their trip to germany would be very different. and now the german government wants to introduce a number of reforms to the meat industry, including restricting temporary staff and increasing controls by authorities. one of the world's largest road and train tunnels is currently being built between germany and denmark. it will be 18 kilometers long and commuters will only need 10 minutes to travel underground from one end to the other. on the danish side,

people are looking forward to the completion of the famine builds tunnel, but on the german side, not everyone thinks the project is such a good idea. going to get handsome is one of those opposing the tunnel? the baltic sea is his home and his workplace, and he's afraid of what years of construction work will do to the environment. good. i got hanson heads out into the baltic sea almost every day to empty his traps. he used to fish for cod herring and flounder, but these days it's mostly eels. but he fears this could be a thing of the past of construction of the tunnel goes ahead. it was tough, it got you was it? i'm totally annoyed by this whole situation with the fam, on belts, fixed link. we've been trying to say about 3 supplies for decades along with research, as we've tried to keep to all the rules so that we leave behind a healthy baltic sea. and now there's this massive project which will just to write

a cape all the efforts of the past 20 years, which the model has examined all the environmental impact assessments and the details of the tunnel design. he's most worried that the seabed will be disturbed for years. and the ecological balance in a particularly important legion of the baltic sea will suffer. that's helped like it beats from healing the main spawning area for herring and cause it is in the famine belt where they're digging. but there are of course, other valuable fish species and other creatures, such as the porpoises who breed and live there and which are now being scared away by the construction noise. while many people are still resisting the project on the german side, the excavators have already arrived on the danish coast at a press conference at the offshore construction site. the company building the

tunnel wants to demonstrate to international journalists that everything is going to plan. and that there's no turning back to see if there's a large gap over there. so you could get there if you're going to go. the biggest working harbor in europe is currently being built on the coast of the danish island of lot done just for the tunnel project. the danish construction firm thinks that the criticism by the german environmentalists is exaggerated. we are taken by medical church very seriously, and we have actually just signed a project to minimize any impact we may have on you. by any time we're working till the best of the special vessels sailing around the construction site that they're taking different measurements. for instance, for sedimentation in the water, the company presents its vision of the future with coffee and snacks. the tunnel

won't be drilled. instead, huge concrete construction elements will be joined together on the seabed. the world's longest immersed tunnel with link germany and denmark with journey times of just 10 minutes. denmark's economy expects the 1000000000 euro project will boost growth. people in the port over what the half and also hope for a significant financial boost from the tunnel. new investments and thousands of construction workers would revive the small town and could help generate much needed business for the town's only pub. its owner daughter of on is excited about the plans we took or what got you. the locals are really optimistic. the project will bring many workers over the next 10 years, which will generate more revenue for local businesses due to the construction company is doing a good job of protecting the environment and keeping in touch with local.

but over on the german side, the mood is a very different one. these blue crosses which can be seen in many places, symbolize the protest against the tunnel. most residents on the island of fame on oppose the tunnel. they fear it will ruin. it's a deal of charm and deter tourists, carino, a man rents out holiday apartments. she's worried these, our island will suffocate and all the dest, pollution and noise. we found that now during the coronavirus pandemic, many people, especially appreciate con getaways like this. but they will become even when or if our little island is destroyed. back to fisherman got tons and he had hoped legal action would block the construction project. but

the environmentalists claims were rejected at the highest level. kinds of us the christine. i don't understand how something like this can be possible in this day and age, and i don't understand our lawmakers who are refusing to stand up and say stop this we can't be doing this relies on the small island of fame. unverse is a large scale transport project. the tunnel designed to bring people closer together is causing much unrest in this border region. tourists mainly know iceland as a place where they can experience the wonders of nature up close volcanoes, glaciers these errors. but scientists, there are also making use of these forces of nature, like in headless havey, which is home to one of the world's largest your thermal power plants. and that added to a t.m. is looking for smart ways to get rid of the carbon dioxide that's already in the

atmosphere. it might sound strange, but it turns out that this gas can be turned into a stone. what better place to save the planet from global warming than iceland? it has energy to spare. everywhere the earth is an illusion. scientists call it an accident can experience iceland herself long realize that the country's hot springs can serve as more than tourist attractions. a half hour's drive east of the capital reykjavik alliance to hit the power station. it's been generating electricity and heat from steam since 20 uses. it has become one of the world's biggest you thermal power plants. but there's another reason why scientists entrepreneurs reporters are not flocking here. they want to meet with the c.e.o. of

a company called car fix. it's working to reverse the greenhouse effect, albeit on a small scale basically what's happening is that we are sucking the office fair through this machine. and the c o 2 state to a specific chemical. they're within this unit. and so what comes out is so much cleaner and mysterious, but with much nowhere. so you combine that with i, they began using this kind of vacuum cleaner for carbon dioxide peak years ago. and one of the pumping stations get out of here explains what happens to the c o 2. and here we have our own underground by transforming the c o 2. that was captured after kupchak pot. and it is all the water. and this is done what we inject into the subsurface, 700 meters underground. to see you to then react with the bass rock and it's stored

there permanently. it's a method that works especially well in the volcanic rock here. this is a piece of yourself, the core you see the c o 2, both feeling veins within that within the course of the factors, but also on the force. so gradually, this, all of these, these still on course could fill up with mineral lists you depending on how much we inject. the technology is still very expensive. it also consumes a lot of water and can only be used in specific terrain. still conflicts is convinced that this technology will eventually help to reduce the amount of c o 2 in the atmosphere. worldwide, few countries in the world are feeling the effects of climate change as acutely as iceland is once mighty clinton years are shrinking tin-tin yearly. so iceland's environment minister is taking action. the icelandic government instrument, the country c o 2 neutral by 2040. to do this,

they are relying on new technologies and the belief in ancient sagas. we have these stories in iceland thought trolls became storms when there. if they were exposed to sun, we can say that we are trying to turn c o 2 into stone where us trolls were certified to start going back to some icelanders knew that they can save the planet on their own. not they're developing technologies that other countries can play in the future. and the idea that believing in elves and trains can also help to not bother anyone here. this man doesn't take criticism well, turkish president trichet by your air go on is known for cracking down on opponents and critics. and it's not just those living in turkey. people who have spoken out against the president are not safe from the government,

even when they live abroad. like a politician betty van asten, she lives in austria and appears to have surfaced on the radar of the turkish intelligence agency, which allegedly is trying to silence her. the bodyguards never leave barry bannan downside for weeks she was mostly too scared to leave her home. now, she enjoys her 1st visit to a traditional viennese coffee house. she gets protection because an assassination attempt on the green politician is said to have been planned by turkey. in a turk, a cancer in turkey. they've intimidated and silenced all critics by suspending them or locking them up and sell a lot of it. now only the european based critics remain a thorn in their side since the critic of the man i think, become, you know, will cherokees intelligence service m i t is said to have ordered attacks on foreign based critics at least according to one suspected mit employee who was

interrogated by austrian police, he reported meeting a middleman code named q. i think this is designed to spread chaos. you told me it doesn't matter if she dies or is injured. all that matters is that the lawmakers get the message. their piano son has been a member of vienna city government since mid october, given her kurdish turkish roots. she has also been committed to human rights in turkey for many years. as a result, she has already suffered threats and insults in the past. security experts are shocked by the alleged assassination order. they say austria's government must finally act against turkey's intelligence agency. as i mean here, different attempt is being made to infiltrate these communities, so chaos and destabilize the political system. then a red line has definitely been crossed and therefore policymakers here must clearly

state so far and no further. we wanted to discuss the allegations with the turkish embassy in vienna. but our request was turned down instead, the embassy center a written statement, calling them untrue. austria's government says there is evidence turkey's intelligence service is deliberately creating tensions. for example, between turkish nationalists and kurds living abroad in june 2020, right? when turkish teenagers attacked a kurdish cultural center in vienna. marble near zani and dozens of others were inside the building. when the attackers set fire to the entrance that evening. there was a blaze right there. all these cables burned. club members and other guests on the upper floor noticed the fire and put it out in time. otherwise,

things could have been even worse if the staircase, our emergency exit and caught fire, things could have become really bad. austria is no isolated case for years. german political scientists who are uk show poor has warned that on karrar has been trying to infiltrate turkish communities in europe. now he's concerned for his own safety. several weeks ago, his parents who live in turkey, received an anonymous phone call that scared him to buy these oppose war crimes. or the callers seem to have information about me, my father and family that was not available in the public domain. that's why why i took this phone call very seriously and saw it as a clear threat. as i had to pull back at vienna city hall, where barry van onselen is also accompanied by bodyguards,

she says she won't let herself be intimidated even though the death threats have left their mark on her arm. and she tells me it's only human to ask yourself again and again, why are you doing this to yourself? i was thinking, but then i think ok, i know all delicate matters in human history involve political risks to me. this year i'm probably paying a higher price than other politicians, but i am paying it for human dignity, decent higher sanction and very fine asanas fighting for free speech. but for this, she needs constant protection in the heart of europe. it is a steep price to pay if you see horses on a street of a european city, probably pulling a carriage with tourists, but in brussels somewhere says have been assigned a different task. and these 2 are helping keep their city clean by

collecting garbage and they may not be as fast as a regular garbage truck. but they definitely are. and i catch, and they always make sure they look they have best before heading out. some belgian public service employees enjoy a hearty breakfast and abyss of personal grooming before setting off to work. this is a city of starving speaking, exceeding a team of echoing trash collectors. the 3 horses are assisted by 7 people. today. the 2 youngest horses are in g.t. pleasure, new york, and you need to have a relaxing start. their human colleagues, polenta, carsick and sebastian, although are already hard at work. so signals of that route. sure. then we have to look after the horses 7 days a week, but i like working with animals. so it's not

a problem for me. after about an hour their coat shine and their mains are combed, now the harness horses can be hitched to the cart and to to work. starbucks has a rent 130000 residents, so hauling all their trash would be too much for 2. horses trucks take care of that . the horses are responsible for keeping the public squares, bus stops and parks clean a couple of the dogs, it's better than jogging. i walk several kilometers a day in the fresh air. it really keeps me fit. the team empties almost 750 trash cans. week after week, they've been doing this is garbage for close to a decade now. the municipal council is proud they made that brief decision. if you know your president has now and then there are several reasons, both financial and for one,

it's environmentally friendly. we can empty the trash cans without producing any c o. 2 emissions. the other reason is it costs less horses last longer than vehicles and a card costs less than a garbage truck. and the i, you may disadvantage is that the forces are somewhat slower than the garbage trucks . but then they've never been involved in an accident either. you the engine your attract attention, play everything their local celebrities business, none stop by to say hello. but it's the children who are most surprised and excited to see them in go while the shrewd people love the horses and the clopping of their hooves. many come up to our windows or want to stroke them and sometimes they even get a carrot while you post after all that dish will they work unless they're on

holiday like 30 min counterparts. the horses in the public sector are also entitled to 30 days of vacation. i wonder what horses do when they are on holiday? well, that's all we have time for on today's show. thank you so much for joining us. take care of the back.

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