oh, it's our future after all, and if we don't do something, our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air with no. want to sit on your 3 field this week on d. w. it's with this is dw news ally from berlin. european governments begin clamping down again on migration as ports are closed and borders tighten, dw follows the many people trying to enter the e. u through the so called balcony, and twitters new bossy line must begin splashing jobs. he says it's to make the

platform more profitable. twitter workers reply to see you in court. ah. and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. italy's new right, when government has formerly closed its ports to rescue ships run by humanitarian groups. that says 3 ships with more than a 1000 migrants on board, remain stuck in limbo off the coast of sicily, cruise or reporting worsening conditions on board, including their spread of sickness. italy's interior minister says ships would be inspected at sea before any further steps are taken. the balcony root taken by refugees into the e. u has not been in the spotlight for some time, but it's still busy and getting busier. e u officials recorded more than

a 100000 people without documentation entering the block from the western balcony in the 1st 9 months of 2020 to serbian visa rules make it relatively easy to go from there into the u. d. w's ego safari went to the o brought up but camp near belgrade. new arrival said the oberon, although scamp they have come from around the world here they get the medical check off the shower some things to eat and somewhere to sleep. hardly any plan to stay. not we can take 200 people in our emergency shelters, on average. they stay here for around 2 weeks. new people come but people leave to and we have enough capacity to accommodate them. other than bill are 2 of the few long term residents in the camp. they both spend years of their old number, tired of trying to cross dangers borders. they have both applied for asylum and he'll give me it is bag love saw off that i decide that i want to rest here because

here i am, i am little bit bissell bill. i'll has also southfield here. he flat the war in syria 4 years ago. and can go back, he's hoping to stay and work here. sony for me again, syria. i was a carpenter, and my father was to you. he taught me the trait. when i left my country, i planned to go to germany, but then i decided to stay here. they gave me these machines, workspace, and everything. i wanted to make some sculptures and stay here to work chess at the time, a space for cricket, yet everyone is focusing on their friend game. that's what they call that very serious business of trying to cross the board. there's into the you. this is where it starts. this part near belgrade, the main bus station is where people prepare to travel to towns near the borders with gray, sha hungary,

and romania here countries. the bay smugglers thousands of dollars to get across the frontier. nikolai colacho vicious, a belgrade lawyer and refugee activists. what kind of problems you have the guardian police budrum and meeting our pupil, which one was put in with a sick day. have a sleep sent your search. you are safe to and we're going to see a future. what is your plan? our plans to go to the country to a peaceful again. she is the day they are. they want to live serbia, not because of violence, but because they see a better chance of finding work in the eel survey. i cannot stop them moving through says march of each. so b, i cannot do anything so nobody can do anything by themselves. that's the point. the point is that western ball can region audit, balkan region or european union,

or europe in region should design our response, which is human rights and record your law family. that was the people who would continue coming. they are flat from war poverty and persecution. the world over the goods by station it's another step, the balkan root is open. and for many, there bethought this winter for more in the current migration situation in europe, we are now joined by gerald canals. a european migration analyst and director of the european stability initiative, thinktank and former german government migration adviser. so nice to have you and d, w, or is the balcony root really refugees, best entry into europe right now. well, it's very important to understand 2 things. that expression balkan route was a fantastic public relations success of victor urban and l form. austrian

chancellor. a sebastian courts in 2016 because what we are really dealing with here is a region to western balcony, which is surrounded by the european union. it is true that a few people, tunisians, indians barone, the citizens, can come to serbia visa, free, and soviet said that it will change this and align. it's visa rules with the you. but all the syrians iraqis, afghanis most of whom you've also shown in your, in your report. they don't come. these are free to the west and welcomes they 1st have to enter the european union, greece of bulgaria. and then from those countries, they leave the european union to re enter it some way in the north. and the basic fact is that this year, the number of people who crossed from turkey and that means from the whole middle east into the european union irregularly, is extremely low. so the high numbers crossing the western vulcans are largely

people who've been in the e u for years in greece. we've been treated very badly who don't see a future there. and we're trying to get from one part of the you to another part of the you. there is no strong increase of irregular migration of afghans assyrians into the european union this year, last year. this root is essentially a 2nd chance for refugees who have already fled into europe to make a better life for themselves in europe. and the plight of ukrainian refugees is obviously captured, the world's attention, perhaps, to the detriment of other refugee crises. ukraine. aside, where would you say is the most challenging refugee crisis the world currently faces? well, you, you highlight a really important point. the reason countries like germany, austria, or indeed many in the european union feeling under pressure this year is because they have accepted the highest number of refugees in any year since the 1940s.

but 10 of 11 of those refugees have been ukrainians who arrived. you who arrived regularly, they can cross the borders without smugglers, they can simply come across that the most important other route this year. and here we are talking about much, much lower numbers than the ukrainians. but still significant has been from central a northern africa to italy. this year, already around $80000.00 people have crossed the mediterranean. it said deadly ruled the deadliest in the world. and it is a root where the european union has relied on cooperation with libya, where people are mistreated. this is a shameful cooperation, but it is also a rule to a lot of people drown. and now of course, the new italian government is going to try to repeat the policies of a previous italian government that has tried to stop this by closing the ports to

the rescue ships. this is not a policy that will work, and in fact, the most important human italian crisis at europe's borders today, where most people die is there in the central mediterranean. and we're gonna have to leave it there that gerard canal, se european migration analysts and director of the european stability initiative. thinktank many, many thanks for your insights. i think you ukraine's new ambassador to germany has renewed calls for a european travel ban on all russians. tens of thousands of russian men fled their country. after mass military mobilization was announced in september. but ambassador alexi my k, yeah, says they are leaving because they're afraid to get killed in the ukraine war. not because they oppose it. russian troops have suffered setbacks in recent months, including in the occupied southern hershawn region. as ukrainian troops continued

to advance towards their son, russian president vladimir putin has urged civilians to leave. it may not look like it, but this river could soon beyond the front line. here russian soldiers are assisting residence from the occupied ukrainian city of her san crossing from the right bank of the denise pro, to the left, according to troops here, around 1200 vehicles. and 5000 civilians are being transported every day. and its suggested that they may be about to do the same a signal, perhaps that moscow is ready to give up ground in this war was his law. it was what i think, potentially, the russian army is ready for another act of goodwill. regarding the left bank of denise prego, just in the area of a city of hassan. but for this, they will still have to take losses due to the response of our armed forces in

moscow, no official word yet on the withdrawal of troops to the left bank. instead, president putin seemed to be enjoying festivities to mark russia's unity day, a national holiday to celebrate a popular uprising against polish and lithuanian forces in $1612.00. this year the focus was also on the annexation of ukrainian territories. with some young volunteers, given an audience with mister putin, where he explains why people are being told to leave her son ah, to fill it with those living in her son, she be removed from his own with the most dangerous military actions are taking place. for civilian population should not suffer from shelling from the offensive counter offensives or any of the actions connected to be ongoing military operations. director, im lucky, liberating her son city would be

a major victory for keith. these ukrainian soldiers digging in for the winter, and near by mc alive, know they may be told to head that way. but there's a feeling here the any offensive will be complicated and they will need more supplies and weapons if any assault is to succeed. some of the other stores now making news, at this hour, protesters and riot police clashed in the northern iranian city of rush. amateur footage shows crowds, charging the police, forcing him to retreat, regroup. nationwide anti government demonstrations erupted in iran after the death of a young woman in police custody. 7 weeks ago. at least 7 people have been killed in eastern venezuela after a heavy rains triggered flooding and land slots. rescue services are searching for survivors. in the city of puerto della cruz, across the country, torrential rains have caused the deaths of at least 80 people. in the past month. almost 30000 people have flocked to

a stadium in bo wayne to attend mass led by pope francis. it is the 1st ever paypal visit to the muslim majority country. it comes as part of the pope's whirlwind tour of gulf states focused on promoting dialogue between muslims and catholics. twitter is slashing almost half of its workforce just a week after billionaire eli musk took charge of the company. twitter employees are suing the company in a class action lawsuit over the mass. wales must has defended the cuts saying that the company is losing over $4000000.00 a day. critics say that the mass layoffs will affect the platforms ability to moderate disinformation ahead of the u. s. mid term elections. earlier d w spoke to gordon kalak. he is an associate professor of strategic management at mcmaster university in canada. we asked him to explain the strategy behind the

massive cuts of twitters workforce. it's quite possible though, what a lot of mosque is trying to do is kind of play to his strengths. so he hasn't never really bought a company like this before. he has started new companies, tesla space, x, the rolling whole list of companies where he's been able to bring in his own culture. and you kind of see this now with twitter words bring in friends in top executive positions. and he's laying off people and bringing even employees like software developer, some tesla. so we could be seeing a cultural change to a twitter, and that could be what he's planning. and now it is something that will likely make our colleagues around the world shutter, a reporter and live broadcast was interrupted by a feathered friend. chalet is yawns and nicholas chrome was on air when a pair decided his shoulder would make a delightful perch. after its moment in the spotlight, the bird ascended with aim to veneer, but definitely unclear what the parrot wanted with his ear buds. but credit to the

intrepid reporter for carrying on by yes was like a press one now to but the leak, the guy that they don't forget, you can always get d w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app. store, that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. a d. w documentary is up next on gothic architecture. don't forget, you can get all the headlines. 247 on our website. that's d w dot com. i'm michael . okay, are you watching d w o, where natural spectacle world the return of the spikey yellow with the survival of the entire ecosystem.