good tips for your bucket list. and some great country mornings to boot. 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 buddhists via the 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 allen 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. minas of his interest on parviz it is always difficult to come here. the symmetry of the nameless is a belief place. my 100 years if you did we're going to give you 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 because it breaks my

heart that there is no one who comes and prays for them mobile how dare you not out there. that is why i am mean 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 buried a man here who was found dead in a mansion. and once we brought women's bodies so their fingers and toes were frozen off 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 cook chan says walls won't stop the refugees. fairly make their journey more dangerous. the shape of a and some want to be if your remember the. 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. i mean and power this is still clearly remember 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. on money collecting garbage or selling fruit and vegetables at the market and we simply can't make ends meet. but 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 a war zone our house was destroyed how can we go back there when there's no safety for our children and you will environment 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 cemetery of the nameless. a new. life and safety nets 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 safe from

the nazis lord 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 in terror and who are on the move all by themselves. having to leave your family your country and everything you know behind you. more dubs knows what that's like when it was just 6 years old all for dogs was placed on a train and frank as part of a kindertransport evacuating children from nazi occupied czechoslovakia the train was bound for london where his jewish father had already sought refuge his mother was denied a visa. in put on a train. saying goodbye and parents of the station german soldiers. i suppose that was quite traumatic. give me some sandwiches for the journey and what i got to love that i had no problem at all hadn't touched them but on the hug

my father was waiting for me. at liverpool sensation are very very lucky that his father died not long after and although his 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 of what the minister said was slightly less certain but about the 2nd half of his cross party initiative has enabled 480 children mainly from war zones to come to the u.k. even if the government cut back on the numbers. i think saving one person and giving them a chance to have 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. a lot of people died in the sea of 'd shoes and in the water yeah i see a lot of boat was on life was unsafe. i didn't have another choice this was his 1st meeting with the man who brought him to england. today mostly lives in london and study supporting college y'all just want to say thank you for. only being here without i'm just happy i came as a child i was 6 i was young i was 6 years old go well i never thought this these

things happen in life quite unexpectedly but of a lot of i thought i'd be here doing this no. more dogs asks must stay what it was like to live the company cally 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 118 and the other 88. i was called him legend he has been a love for v.j. and done a lot of things to help in a lot of younger be able because he understands and he was that situation and know how it's fairly not been in somewhere like in cali or craig so has he done brilliant. yeah i want to be like him in the fish i had a lawful vision of what unites me is the 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 refugees will be given the same opportunities and the same

old welcome that i think. at present unaccompanied minors in european refugee camps have little chance of coming to the u.k. legally your dobes considers that to be unacceptable i'm just fighting for the law to be changed man. i would argue that the least we can do is to share the sponsibility of other european countries and that means we should take a few more shouldn't take them all. right but the risk we should take a few more we can do better than we've done and i would argue that that is our humanitarian responsibility. nor dobes plans to live up to this responsibility over the next 10 years he wants to u.k. to take in 10000 children the same number as one skein on the contrary transport. and that can lead to wonderful encounters like the one between large dogs and the

mass they have from somalia last year was difficult for hotel and restaurant owners and european tourists and nations 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 20 act 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's right this year they're still having to wait to. get you all in the gulf of naples especially beautiful during these months as is

the garden of the where no current systems. are live and products and legendary we . if you look we have blossoms and lemons at the same time. such an intoxicating smell. we had so much rain that everything has grown well look at this branch it's bending under the weight. so i don't think about how much ice cream and cakes are going to make. meanwhile and the fear come out a 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 coconut free capri campaign will help bring about their return. and all goes to plan the entire island population will be back cemented by the summer and the dodgy beach atmospheric and be restored half of already received 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 local mayor marino lembo denies this. this is the whatever 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 you can return to and we have life that may not be the same but which places like these can be visited again there are so important for everybody.

nourishment. the archaeological site is also the financial lifeline of at. a small town near naples. on a day trippers but now it has around 2000 tourists. every guest counts the local mayor says capri has luxury problems whereas here the fight as for survival. i don't think it would be rights to prioritise capri ischia or procida and to forget pompei. naples and the surrender coast and they are murphy coast tourism should only begin after mass vaccinations and not because one island has been vaccinated. but many hope tourists return earlier than that. when of course sisters have added class divisions to their ice cream parlor and preparation so that they can work without wearing a mask. the fact of if you. ask.

i don't know you have got to be something you know 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 cause and. i fancy santa has spent countless hours ferrying visitors around. certain tourists will be back soon thanks to the vaccine was. 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 more sense when it is empty of what. their dream island of capri waiting purpose a chance to return. everyone in the bosnian capital saturday of war probably knows him the part is that. 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 war after the war of ulta became a superhero even in comics bookstore now. 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 a film it was a comic book that had millions of fans around the globe. comics were hugely popular in the former yugoslavia and alya shallots hopes to preserve this tradition he's been a comic enthusiastic childhood he founded design publishing company this courtyard

in sarajevo is home to a gothic comics as well as a shop which sells comic books and graphic novels there 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 were the 3 poor you need to love comics so aside from the fact that i'm trying to earn my living from it folks this is about my passion for comics through the series of is also an attempt to leave a few traces behind me that was especially to reawaken a lot of comics and kids go through the look of you. children can bring in a comic they've already read and exchange it for another shall it earns 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 everyone in yugoslavia read comics it was organized by the state in the school supported it or maybe a little less but little compared to today. the print runs were incredible. the way through the dallas 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 brought into the us talk with twaddle who were there are a couple of enthusiastic to do it because it's their passion for 3 the city of new reason for still any type of scene here reporter work over there is comic book authors and illustrators unfortunately look for jobs outside 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 challenge 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 not so much rod. a gothic 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 who water is tell me his name at once. i will show him to you. you see the answer to. this is falter. in sarajevo walter is once again a symbol of resistance now against the political corruption that paralyzed bosnia for decades. within those who were the more people are sick of having to just survive on their own. and walters message to fight for others to fight for others' lives and all of us work with the other of those to make something of our lives here and sorry vu and in bosnia i mean she held each his 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 nest 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 winship or ground effect

the of course are generically known really this one is called the caspian sea monster. what we get into i operated the propulsion units from here it's a great machine just incredible the slope. the 1st winship was designed in the 1960 s. it was meant to guard russia's coastlines and fight enemy ships costing undertake to buy radar thanks to a slew flight this uses the ground effect here a dynamic interaction with the surface beneath the wings treat just enough to carry the 380 ton 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 new bit of the way. we thought hardly words that.

we were so proud of our country at the time for developing such let's call them products on like water on your country in the world hunt you from what it is isn't natural it wasn't a monster there was a problem or thought. even plans to use their credit plan to carry passengers you know because it didn't need long runways or airports. up to gleam of stabilities 14 years of his life to the crown aplomb. 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 had only been built for test flights. 3 was new here we have various firefighting protocols and event of an accident. or is that 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 up to gleam of whom. the now retired flight engineer is proud to have been the only d'agostini on the team of soviet researchers. hardly any photos remain from his time of them after all it was a top secret soviet military project. it was the only non party member they took on but they would have gone the other coworkers were communists. when the head of our test pilots division found out about he was shocked. at how could a nonparty member have become a crew member. but we kept us. today party membership means nothing the country allergy of. this of the 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. the work of so many designers and engineers. hospital at least it's still standing here but we were rather that there was talk about dismantling it for scrap the new smaller go buy milk i hope it'll help young people understand what fantastic technology we had and what a great country. we fight there were. and i hope that will help them feel proud of this country and its people not obama's. and soothe the caspian sea monster faces a very different mission in today's russia to be your 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 up to see you then take care and then back.

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