i've just been talking. for. the stars. hello and welcome to a new edition of focus on europe thanks for joining us today nato is pulling its troops from afghanistan and that includes the german bund them but consequences of this move can be seen in europe. around 10000 soldiers are deployed at the hindu kush now they are packing their bags and returning home critics fear

that once they leave a new civil war may break out. and with it we could see a rising number of people fleeing afghanistan and taking on the dangerous journey to turkey right now many who've succeeded are arriving in van town in the eastern part of the country i mean a sufi is a dame and her son part this got here 3 years ago but they know that many don't make it and that's why i mean and part of this are determined to keep alive the memory of the unknown dead. i mean as have the sad interest on parviz it is always difficult to come here. the symmetry of the nameless is a belief place. motherhood is you get in a going to the people who are buried here all had mothers brothers and sisters they all had someone who loved them but now their families don't even know that they are

here but it breaks my heart that there is no one who comes and prays for them mobile how dare you not active. to be among them that is why i am lean and harvest pray here on behalf of everyone else. they too fled from afghanistan why iran to turkey illegally on foot over the mountains it's a long dangerous journey and many who don't make it end up here in the eastern turkish city of van in an unadorned grave with no name. i myself there is a man here who was found dead in a mansion. and once we brought women's bodies their fingers and toes were frozen in the cold. and yet only a few are discouraged by the risk the number of people trying to get to europe where this route has risen sharply in recent years most of from afghanistan

pakistan or bangladesh and what was once a tiny cemetery has long since become a mass burial ground. recently turkish police stopped a truck in the area people smugglers had crammed more than 100 children women and men into the back. more than 50 migrants died last year after their boat capsized on lake van. turkey is now building walls everywhere in the region to stop the migrants hundreds of kilometers long the border with syria has already been closed off the wall to iran is still under construction. human rights lawyer mahmoud could chances walls won't stop the refugees. fear only make their journey more dangerous. people will always look for ways to enter the country. even if it means risking

their lives. what turkey has been ignoring for too long is the fact that people smuggling in this area has become a kind of business sector so. people can make a lot of money in a short time at a relatively low risk. ameena and. distil clearly remembered their own flight from afghanistan that was more than 3 years ago the smugglers took everything from them they say here in van the family is now trying to get by on low paid jobs. people only to those can work. in a little money collecting garbage or selling fruit and vegetables at the market and we simply can't make ends meet. like so

many others they want to continue to woods europe but they cannot afford to do that and the trip is not without its dangers either back to afghanistan they say that's out of the question i have lost everything in afghanistan it's. our house was destroyed how can we go back there when there's no safety for our children and you will empower me but if we have to go back they will kill my son that's not an option. so they are holding out in eastern turkey stranded in their new existence. and they think of those who lost their lives and are buried here at the symmetry of the nameless. a new life in safety that's what many refugees arriving in the u.k. hoped for and this was the same decades ago before the 2nd world war more than 10000 jewish children found refuge and new homes in the united kingdom's safe from

the nazis laura dubs or was one of those children he's now 88 years old and he has been fighting tirelessly for children who are fleeing from war and terror and who are on the move all by themselves. having to leave your family your country and everything you know behind you. and your dogs knows what that's like when he was just 6 years old all for dogs was placed on a train and cried as part of a kindertransport and documenting children from nazi occupied czechoslovakia the trains bound for london where his jewish father had already sought refuge his mother was denied a visa. we put on a train. saying goodbye anxious parents at the station german soldiers. i suppose that was quite traumatic. give me some sandwiches for the journey and when i got to love that i had no pain the thought hadn't touched them but all they

had by far was waiting for me. at liverpool sensation are very very lucky that his father died not long after and all those mother made it a lot and she was never happy there but the 88 year old's doesn't like to talk about those things he prefers to not change through political progress and a seat in the british house of lords in parliament dobbs advocates for under-age refugees well as they did for the 1st half what the minister said i was slightly less certain about the 2nd half of this cross party initiative has enabled 480 children mainly from war zones to come to think u.k. even if the government cut back on the numbers. i think saving one person and giving them a chance of a decent life is one victory so without sounding too pompous about it that is a victory. but behind every victory is

a story of what you. must do it was 13 when he left somalia fleeing from islamist terror groups. over the next 3 years he traveled through war ravaged libya over the mediterranean to italy before reaching the refugee camp in cali france known as the jungle he was all on his own. he said he was beaten and witnessed other migrants perish. but i see a lot of people died in the sea of shoes him in the water he has yellow boat was on life wasn't safety i didn't have another choice this is his 1st meeting with the man who brought him to england. today must a lives in london and study supporting college beyond just once a year thank you for. only being here without just how kids i came as a child i was 6 i was young i was 6 years old cobol i never thought this these

things happen in life quite unexpectedly but i'm a part of a thought i'd be here doing this. more daubs asks must say what it was like to live in the company tally and about his experiences of the civil war in libya to discover they're both manchester united fans it's a conversation between 2 refugees 18 and the other 88. i was called him legend he has been a lover of v.j. and done a lot of things to help him a lot of young to be able because he understands and he was that situation 'd and they know how it's fairly and i've been in somewhere like in cali or clegg so has he done brilliant. yeah i want to be like him in the fish i had a lot for the ship but what unites me is a fellow feeling that we've all fled to safety britain gave me fantastic opportunities. and i'd like to feel that other people coming the child effigies

will be given the same opportunities and the same old welcome that our history. was present unaccompanied minors in european refugee camps have little chance of coming to the u.k. legally your dubs considers that to be an acceptable i'm just fighting for the law to be changed man. i would argue that the least we can do is to show the sponsibility of other european countries and that means we should take a few more shouldn't let them all. right but we should we should take a few more we can do better than we've done and i would argue that that is our humanitarian response to both. nor dobes plans to live up to this responsibility over the next 10 years he wants to u.k. to take in 2000 children the same number as one skein on the contrary transport. and that can lead to wonderful encounters like the one between large dubs and must

say from somalia. last year was difficult for hotel and restaurant owners and european tourists the summations like the italian island of capri many people stayed whole or only travelled within their own countries now that we have several vaccines against the corona virus there are hopes for a better holiday season and 12 track visitors this year capris population is being vaccinated as quickly as possible but this is this pleasing to sam on mainland italy. this stunning view belongs to capri. the island usually some 2000000 holidaymakers every here. locals are used to the many visitors . that so far this year they are still having to wait to. get you in the gulf of naples is especially beautiful during these months as is the

garden of the where no current systems. are live and products are legendary. if you know we have blossoms and lemons at the same time. such an intoxicating smell. we had so much rain that everything is grown well look at this branch it's bending under the weight. think about how much ice cream and cakes are going to make. meanwhile and the fear come out luxury of being spruced up for affluent tourists who up until the pandemic brought in a large part of the island's revenues. the islanders are now hoping that the coquetry capri campaign bring about their return. to plan the entire island population will be perhaps needed by the summer and the beach atmospheric and be restored half about ready to receive their 1st shot. but now the

island is being criticized by other tourism spots on the mainland capri has been accused of trying to jump ahead with its vaccination scheme to attract more than its share of tourists. mary no lembo denies that. this is the one i mean there is a real disagreement just different approaches simply up the pressure so that more attention is paid to tourist sites on the islands. on the mainland at the famous site of the ancient town herculaneum people are also waiting for tourism to pick up again. and 29600000 visitors came here. last year it was only $60000.00. people sounded like we can return to and we have life that may not be the single one of which places like these can be visited again there are so important for

everybody else it was also neat nourishment. the archaeological site is also the financial lifeline of ethical arnold a small town near naples. used to attract only daytrippers but now it has around 2000 tourist beds every guest counts the local mayor says coppery has luxury problems whereas here the fight as for survival. i don't think it would be right to prioritise capri is scared or procida and to forget pompei herculaneum naples and the surrender coast on the coast tourism should only begin after mass vaccinations and not because one island has been vaccinated. but on many hope tourists return earlier than that one of course sisters have added class divisions to their ice cream parlor and preparation so that they can work without wearing a mask oh yeah. you. ask. here

i don't know your gun will be sold here we have to work and we want to work absolute but we have to be safe and so do our customers you know what you see. caprio is known for its beautiful waters stunning cove and hidden caves. i fancy santa has spent countless hours ferrying visitors around. he is certain tourists will be back soon thanks to the vaccine was the. will of all of this to the philosophy of our region which is that you have to be a barrel when it's full because it makes no more sense when it is empty of what the op bought. their dream island of capri waiting for visitors to return. everyone in the bosnian capital saturday of world probably knows him the partisan

luddy me a pair each he was part of the communist resistance that fought against the germans in the balkans right before the end of world war 2 and he was particularly active in the city of saturday of well after the war the volga became a superhero even in comics books though now so how it's once the keeper valdez memory alive and with it the fascination for comics. evil nazis and heroic partisans every child growing up in the former yugoslavia knew the story while to defend sarajevo as well as the film it was a comic book that had millions of fans around the globe. comics were hugely popular in the former yugoslavia an army a shaliach hopes to preserve this tradition he's been a comicon through siesta nse childhood he founded design publishing company this

courtyard in sarajevo is home to coffee comics as well as the shop which sells comic books and graphic novels the really it is more of a refuge. within the dallas fort worth i don't think anyone in bosnia today would enter the comic book trade purely as a business venture of a 3 point you need to love comics or so aside from the fact that i'm trying to earn my living from it this is about my passion for comics through the series of is also an attempt to leave a few traces behind me that was eventually to reawaken a lot of comics and kids of the look of you. children can bring in a comic they've already read and exchange it for another shot at it and nothing from this but he says that's not important he's too busy trying to salvage whatever he can his collection of comics is now larger than the one held by boston as national library. in the

1960 s. seventy's and eighty's if everyone in yugoslavia read comics it was organized the street in the school supported it or here is maybe a little less but compared to today the print runs were incredible view of it was the way through the darkness the break of yugoslavia also spelled the end of this comic culture since then sales have been sluggish back in the early seventy's a comic is you could easily sell 800000 copies. today young artists like and it's cheech ish have a tough time living from their work. molly boy enthusiastic. who were there are a couple of enthusiastic to do it because it's their passion for 3 that's the only reason they're still any type of scene here reporter with over there's comic book authors and illustrators unfortunately look for jobs and side of bosnia and

herzegovina valley. she just says the market has been decimated even though the internet is creating new opportunities he says what's missing are publishers like shallot and his publishing company. is doing with regard to comics so with the publishing house on the comic book store there's a good step towards creating what bosnia lacks or what kind of platform you can work with. as a platform or. rod through a coffee comics has brought out a new edition of wall to defend sarajevo the story has also been republished in german and chinese in china the tale of walter the resistance fighter who took on the nazis is well known chinese tourists visiting sarajevo flocked to his memorial

there though until the end the nazis never knew who walter was you know him water is tell me his name at once. i will show him to you. you see this. this is a factor. in sarajevo walter is once again a symbol of resistance now against the political corruption that's paralyzed bosnia for decades. with some very wooden people are sick of having to just survive on their own. and walter's message to fight for others to fight for others' lives and all of us work with the other thing is to make something of our lives here and sorry vu and in bosnia i mean shall each is optimism in the face of all odds is reminiscent of walter's message never give up even in times of great

resistance we now want to take you to the caspian sea to a region where you can actually find sea monsters and know we're not talking about any lost ness monster but about a huge metal vessel designed to scare off enemies during the cold war this man played an important role in the project. is a retired engineer and he remembers the time when he used to ride the waves on the caspian sea monster. colossal quick in dangerous this monstrous vehicle part ship part airplane is on a beach by the caspian sea in the republic of dagestan. trying to plan or screened later design for military use presumably against the west. virginia served as flight engineer on test flights for the wing ship or ground

effect the of course they're generically knode really this one is called the caspian sea monster. what we're getting here i operated the propulsion units from here it's a great machine just incredible. the 1st winship was designed in the 1960 s. it was meant to guard russia's coastlines and fight enemy ships posting under tech to by radar thanks to its looks like. this uses the ground effect here a dynamic interaction with the surface beneath the wings create just enough lift to carry the 380 tons giant a few meters above the water. but it never saw genuine service 14 years after the caspian sea monsters launch the soviet union collapsed and test flights were ended. but the nuclear the. good without hardly words.

we were so proud of our country at the time for developing such let's call them products unlike what any other country in the world hunt from what it was written at the natural it wasn't a monster there was a problem or thought. even plans to use their credit plan to carry passengers you know them because it didn't need long runways or airports. up to gleam of steve otis 14 years of his life to the plan. he logged a bit more than 500 hours of flight time which she says is not much for a professional test pilot but the flights were anything but easy something always went wrong the prototype i don't even built for test flights. 3 was new. we have various firefighting protocols and event of an accident. or if we just want to be honest we never once had to use them. with the new rich of us. today the

caspian sea monster stands near bent a 2 hour drive from whom. the now retired flight engineer is proud to have been the only dagestani on the team of soviet researchers. hardly any food remain from his time of them after all it was a top secret soviet military project. but it was the only non party member they took on but. would have gone viewed her coworkers were communists . when the head of her test pilots division found out about taks he was shocked. at how could a nonparty member have become a crew member. we could push. today party membership means nothing the country allergy a. proud of the soviet union is history and the colossal winship is destined to serve as an attraction in petri park

a tourist site planned on the caspian sea coast. the woman moved to much though. everything is ruined. nor you the work of so many designers and engineers. that still standing here but we were rather that i mean there was talk about dismantling its for scrap the use molecules by milk i hope it'll help young people understand what fantastic technology we hunt and what a great country. and i hope that will help them feel proud of this country and its people not of the most. and so the caspian sea monster faces a very different mission in today's russia to be a witness to the one time power in greatness the former soviet union.

well that's all we have time for today but we'll be back with war stories and reports next week all to see you then take care and come back.

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