there's a guitar. there's a. reception from the super power become to time to. start to be really takes on d w. cutting. welcome to a new edition of focus on europe thank you so much for joining us today thousands of migrants dream of reaching europe but at the e.u. borders they often get a rude awakening like here in the bosnian refugee camp it recently burned to the ground people have to brace the bitter winter cold authorities have set up new

tense but there is still no running water or electricity. from here is within reach for most migrants and the lipa camp was mia is just a transit stop their goal is to reach the e.u. and so they try and try to cross the border it's a neighboring croatia for a hill zafir the living conditions in the camps are so terrible that we're going to a nearby forest seems like a better option for him his big goal is to someday make it to germany and he's willing to enjoy our numerous hardships to make his dream come true. this camp in the forest is what. he used for his called home for 3 months he shares his homemade tent with 5 other men. just.

every few days the aid organizations pass by they distribute a bit of food and clothing to the approximately 30 men from pakistan and bangladesh living in this camp near them because it's a small town in bosnia-herzegovina along the croatian border. but beyond that all the other supplies are. of the often as just all his own firewood temperatures frequently drop below 0 at this time of year but he and the others want to hold out in the cold and mud until their next attempt to cross the border into croatia and enter that you know who i want to. place catch. for the. coming across the border. successfully.

for hopes to find work in germany it was a daily struggle for survival in his hometown of pakistan. life here in the forest is hard says. but still better than in the lead refugee camp an hour's drive to the south where he previously stayed. the lethal camp has been in the international headlines for weeks 1st for being cleared out and then because it burned down these bunk beds are a lasting reminder. there are now new tents for the refugees and migrants but many here say the accommodation is now worse than before. this is a. living place here we are suffering here that's why we doesn't going to leave this is a. suitable place for leaving during the season the bosnian authorities have faced harsh criticism in the wake of these images but in the nearby town of be hard the

mayor shish the fossil each places the blame on the bosnian government and the e.u. . european on his pencil so much money in crisis but. has not received any any euro over here been dealing with. his european union on. should treat crises is a european problem as a global problem the bosnian public is also growing increasingly wary of these migrants fears protests cause this refugee shelter to close its doors a few months ago the e.u. wants refugees to move back in here a nightmare scenario say residents who have been protesting against it every day they said that we are just we are not ross's 3 years we suffering and helping that people they don't want to stay in bosnia they just want to go to the border in

europe and dear europe open the border take them. to us but for many of the $8000.00 or so refugees and migrants the chance of being granted asylum in the e.u. and therefore being allowed to stay is very low including for pakistanis like well he'll suffer. but that doesn't scare the 25 year. who has no desire to stay in bosnia and no intention of returning to. this is not going to what are you doing do you have work no have nothing. europe have everything. food is gold go to school everything could be. your burden. on. monday as soon as it gets warmer for once to make a new attempt to cross the border into croatia but for the time being he has no

choice but to stick it out here in the mud rain and bitter cold. the austrian town of is mainly known for its extensive skiing slopes in the auld buds last year it's made headlines for becoming one of europe's 1st coronavirus hot spots for almost a year now the town has been on shaky ground despite ideal snow this year tourists are nowhere to be seen australia's key villages are in lockdown that means trouble for a band had sung out he and his family run a hotel and a bar which are popular among lovers of appreciate parties now he only has his animals to keep him company. earnhardt's sango is totally busy running a 5 star hotel which is a restaurant and in the priestly bar his family owns in his skull he's never had so much time for example most he comes here every evening now the produce from their

own form is usually delivered to the hotel and restaurants but they're still closed and without any tourists the forks just isn't worth it says bernard. the comment of the basic question is whether or not with visitors because everything depends on them. and hope we can get everything up and running as soon as possible to perform and the whole town is reliant on tours from germany belgium and the netherlands it has 1600 residents and 12000 beds the village looks like it's ready and poised for the moment things pick up again at a cable car and running test mode with hotels close and no tourists around one in the cable car just isn't profitable says is operator but if skiers do come he wants to avoid crowds forming at all costs only $12.00 people are allowed to come dollar's instead of $24.00 and the interior has to be disinfected and aired out

a regularly to hear them at the station keep the windows open they should be open that's not always possible of course because when the weather is rebound snow flies in. the cabins should be ventilated when possible. the skin area his skull who's 170 kilometers of slopes but as long as the situation remains unclear they're only preparing a quarter of them. and that's what starting the snow conditions this year are the best they've been in a long time very house anger of the oppressed people our kids go a year ago it used to be an insider tip for a good party but after a bartender got infected with cove it 19 and march. first pitch and then made international headlines earnhardt was approved to people that a priest. be allowed to record a party this winter there will be fewer guests social distancing. and hygiene

regulations flits this when you're going to be able to move around as freely as in past years it will be a different kind of a priest so you should see it that way and you still appreciate being able to go on vacation and enjoy the mount and ski. aeschines schools has for shops also have no customers we'd like to talk to some people but no one wants to not like you in the pre-code video cameras are no longer welcome in the. tourism director andrea style can see why they're. still deeply distressed i mean that they were complicit in making a scapegoat for the spread of corona virus throughout europe. we didn't create this pandemic this virus was brought here. so the fact that we were being confronted with it for so long afterwards at the center of attention and wrongfully

receiving the blame that hurts and it's painful. and it. is goal has learned from the mistakes and it now has to become a model as soon as it can part of the plan is to turn the cultural center into a coven 1000 testing center. we've already ordered the wounds and everything which we receive next week it is going to be 5 stations through 5 stations well before 3000 official p.c.r. test a week enabling us to get tested here on arrival and shortly before leaving again the foster hotel owned by bernhard family is running on a skeleton crew around 100 seasonal workers are on call waiting at home in hungary germany and austria the year round employees are on site taking the 1st cautious reservations o.c. from germany 30 poland for the 13th to the 20th of february.

one double room i don't get paid by the book and when decide last minute whether to come. the thing that beats you can't plan it is i think all hotels in the hopes of the rest of europe face this issue none of them complain to hand. the phone with of a manager could need a week to hire seasonal workers and prepare the hotel for gas for now he's just waiting he's hopeful but skeptical they will buy their doors in january before 3 times i have been convinced we'll start welcoming guests 1st on november 25th then on december 15th i know in january hope things will work out this time around but we'll see this winter is going on australia's most exclusive ski resorts is the voice of tourists even so the town is adored and festive mights locals remain hopeful that thanks for some proof. we now take you to southern italy over the last they cave the region has the continuous the population

a high unemployment rates coupled with a high crime rate of driven many people away from towns like sync with the area is the stronghold of the calabrian mafia then but i get up but locals here want a fresh start and a new image for their town mayor that mckayla courneya md has plans that may help attract new residents he knows that his town desperately needs a facelift but he is also aware of its potential. chirping birds and an idyllic orange grove the moment you enter town. who wouldn't like to have a place here that's what you call a film these mer mickael a tony i thought to. key in francesca lachie from the town council are having a look around the area where they'd like new residents to move in. a pretty stark questions sort of approach those who are quarter down they are put in an elevator that goes straight from the parking lot up to. and they had an empty theater for

cultural events so this part of town what were by those opposing a center for the entire region that as a whole not only. tourist highlights are few and far between in this part of calabria sort of town council is offering houses for just one symbolic euro but they're afraid that still won't be enough poverty and lack of economic opportunity are driving the local people the way to other parts of italy even worse this is a stronghold of the and drug into the calabrian mafia. journalist mikhail ian naisi has long complained bitterly about organized crime you know is all too well the scars the end drunkards or has left the area. sort of. towns that have actually been depopulated by the feuds waged by the rival clans

towns of 10000 people were watching a video of the men women and children were murdered for vendettas but. where. the 2 has experienced some spectacular police raids the last one about 5 years ago when 55 people from 2 clubs were arrested and caches of weapons seized. big kaley of an a.z. has needed 2 policemen to protect ever since. the journalist from to quote from the has received death threats because of his inquires. but he won't be intimidated. so along with. his country belongs to those who are decent those who sinister and criminal presence is right in it if i left that would only prove bad people now the good ones who control. for about a better master. he's hopeful that man mikhail

a county has planned to sell local homes for some balik euro will improve the situation. cannier an independent official has governed from the for 6 years now. he wants to lend locals fresh optimism. sign the curse to highlight problems but it. is more important than ever now only to shrink our funding but the entire world. wants the pandemic is over the municipality will hand over the 1st 13 homes to the new owners for just a year lachey who runs the project and mikael a county in screen thousands of applications sent from interested buyers in northern italy europe and even the us. unfortunately we cannot enter any of the homes. the be disappointed she is still waiting for former owners to return their

keys judging by their derelict exteriors and things room down only buyers will need to invest large sums to restore the houses lucky to enter the years must need one criterion of a innovate their house within 3 years according to the architectural standards of this historic town center and. it's a day it's difficult to picture how quaint this area must have been but. still the merest convinced that to come from the has a bright future ahead if everyone works together but over nobody but we want to create something beautiful including the hearts of our people we want to give them hope they'll return to calabria invest money or at least spend their holidays here . for this to become reality calabria must be finally freed from the grip of the powerful and drunk it's a mafia group. otherwise it will be hard to breathe new life into to small italian

town. the smell of fresh air has become a rare commodity for many russians especially those living in the suburbs of big cities huge piles of trash are causing a terrible stench in these areas people living close to the alex since the landfills suffer whenever they step outside or even when they open a window the damn sight is becoming bigger and bigger emitting toxic fumes your yaphet all say of us feared for the health of her children and so she moved away but she and others are keeping up the fight against the growing heaps of trash. the fumes from the landfills start to sting her when distantly. your eyes burn your throat hurts and you feel sick. it's as if someone is pouring water down my throat it makes me cough i can hardly breathe they say everything's alright i'm on it to

emergency services have the tech to 25 times over the limit. up with them it's all because of the dumb p.r. . but here julie if it. means about 500 metres from the house she was born in the us is the playing field near the village shop you know is one of the dozens all around the mega city of moscow has 32 hectares in the area for about $45.00 soccer pitches. only a few years ago the pit was some 30 metres deep say co-presidents now it's a hill rising about 20 metres high and it keeps getting bigger best of the population's health problems. to save us is that some days it's take so long barely she couldn't open her apartment windows her children 8 year old delia and 7 year old cover saba started feeling ill more often the point came when you here couldn't take it any more she moved away from her home village

shop over 7 kilometers to the town of clinton one. that would the little ones always had something wrong with them one day the pediatrician told me their lungs were making rattling noise as i didn't have to think about it i started looking for an apartment here and clean for us later after the movie went back to the same doctor and oh what i thought what a miracle the noises in their lungs were gone how come very simple we moved away from the landfill. professor he of us case was no isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace figures show. so less than 4 percent of waste being processed and only 2 percent going to incineration plants the rest goes straight into dumps ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular are

ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet the official safety standards contaminated soil groundwater and the air over and over local residents opposed test it as here in congress but rarely have they seen in the results. julia fessor he has joined the effort for clean air in her home region she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a gas analyzer that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other politicians. who would have it up with them but will use this data to compile what we call them up of the stands for the whole area and then decide if you can go outside with the kids who are not meeting. their results are lower me the activists report them to the environment agency regularly in 2017 the state emergency services finally had to react and measure 25 times the maximum allowed

for hydrogen sulfide activists took the matter to court but with no success our reporter contacted the landfill managers and the city of clinton but received no response. and so julia venezuela has to consult her detector before she takes all children outside to see what is there we analyze the air today would you know right now it's looking good so we can go visit grandma and shop of a. julian fellowes so he this 67 year old mother. still lives in their home village. can you come and have some tea and sausage of a week with. her grandchildren maija coming to visit she did something briefly her house to his perilously close to the landfill but she's not going to move away to where would i go who could i sell my house to with all that stench out there they're not exactly lining up although you are and how could i live in the city i

only get a pension of about 190 euros and i'd have to pay 130 euros to rent a one room apartment. they visit with grandma for a couple of hours you may have had a so he shows her kids her old property quickly before the wind turns and the smell is unbearable again just to have something done about it for nothing. but that's the one so i don't know how long we can keep on fighting this system we're too few and we're starting to feel helpless and desperate almost seems to mcchord it's. mountain of garbage keeps song growing and there are even plans to expand to fill with briggs it has officially happened and the brits have said goodbye it will be european union but that doesn't mean they have left all their problems behind one reglued related issue is that he viral many people in scotland to break away from

the u.k. and rejoin b you of course the british government doesn't want to see this happen our reporter meds to a man who uncovered a long forgotten monument that symbolizes scotland's past and maybe its future. like most weekends keith and david are tending to the upkeep of the world's largest feet i mentioned mob of scotland keith discovered the overgrown concrete map over 25 years ago 1st he wasn't quite sure what he stumbled across but he taught he recognised the shape of a scottish peninsula. and minutes later i had snow off. discovered ben rowland walked across around the more climbed over ben nevis and arrived at the north coast of scotland at the white house can ensure. realizing that this was an astonishing relief model this is the brainchild of young thomas schick a polish world war 2 veteran who displayed it in his hotel gardens new peoples

scotland he created to great polish map of scotland to express his gratitude and love towards his country 20 team keith and david's charity finished restoring the relief model to its former glory. great britain is still a member of the european union with scotland and poland part of the same minus keith from england is rather an e.u. skeptic from scotland is rather proud of you so this is where david and i diverged i think it's a super romantic idea that experience has shown to be totally i'm not going to accuse keith of having mariner's of mind or anything like that but i think. so we say although we're on one island i think somehow my impression is that english people are more inches in 20162 thirds of

scottish voters rejected brags that great britain's decision to leave the e.u. has divided the country today more and more scots think scotland would benefit from splitting off from great britain. david a scotsman himself thinks scottish independence is impossible for geological reasons if nothing else and at one stage there would have been a sea between scotland and england when scotland moved on to england england went underneath and then volcanoes came up in the line and so we're sort of stapled if you like. to. do england things rather than to get away from them. shown just how complicated it can be. whatever are going to turn this into growing segments of the population. and we'll keep you updated on developments from scotland and other parts of europe right here on our show and on

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