really fast, the young people clearly have the solution. the future is 77 percent. every weekend on dw, the very one welcome to focus on europe this week with me live show. it's come paying season in poland and the ruling national conservative party could lose its majority . so part of it strategy to attract borders has been to spread fear about refugees . the ones they have targeting of those trying to cross the border from bella, roost into poland and therefore into you territory. despite beefed up security,

the number of the legal border crossings is on the rise. the wall runs along the border between the polish region of port laskey and bella roofs, but the records use are not what worries residents like maria, patricia huff? scott. she's more concerned about the divisive tone of the election campaign, the steering up of nationalism and his uniform. yet, all this cold, her and her business, she says, and give her home country poland, a bad reputation. it may look a bit like the end of the world, but it's only the border of the european union. this is put lucky on poland, on the border with fellers. there is not much here apart from forest fields and a few houses. and that's exactly why maria chelsea got moved to 6 years ago. she built a holiday house for people looking for some peace and quiet. but this year business

has been pretty slow. you want, you want the kids and i spoke to some friends who told me that they wanted to ride their bikes here, but they don't want to meet the soldiers around every corner. it's asking them where they're going and why i can understand that temple. so yeah, that you can't, yeah, that was on them. that's the this florida area between poland and bella. ruth, has been under particular observation since rushes invasion. a modern fence is being built and soldiers are on control. they are looking for human smugglers and people who have cross the border into poland illegally. poland has accused bell every so orchestrating and migration influx into the you via poland, to the stabilize the region. there is some $10000.00 and so just station 2 because of the legal migration and the presence of the russian bug, the most and regrouping bella verse, cause i believe on there is no doubt that the bell origin regime is cooperating with the kremlin. and the attacks on the pole this border are intended to destabilize our country. but i'm convinced that this action will not succeed due to

the polish military and the strength and border. the region has been changed by military presence and defense, which is either 180 kilometers long. it's, it's for the better says go from a stand as well need to bitch who lives just for kilometers away. the moment it's much calmer. now there used to be on the barbed wire, the people are able to cross quickly and trust exit. for now they have to cut defense a dig under it. so it's safer for us not the face of moment, but he says nothing ever happened to him. most people close to the board, i have seen migrants trying to get to the european union now, but i didn't dare open the window because they were shouting and crying, and there were little children. my la maria, pretty cho scott does not share the fee is new to me with a goes,

i go to run. yeah, we don't feel threatened here. neither by refugees nor by the wagner group or the individual. i have the impression people are still can fear to reach a certain political goal for the staff user. but there's nothing. oh gosh, pointing to to the ruling law and justice party has focused its election campaign on security with the slogan, a secure future for the police people. and it has pinpointed one threat, biased immigration, illegal immigration, large numbers of people are coming here, not to work, but to benefit from social welfare and also to undermine our security. but those are some are doing in an organized way, but much is a challenge. others simply because it is their disposition, but those have been the best bits as funded by the constant warnings about illegal migration and high profile appearances of politicians with military representatives, not good for local tourism, the level of drone. it says there's been

a 70 to 80 percent drop in reservations at his hotel, and the restaurant is often empty. the board, so it's not only an election campaign, it's a long term campaign just to make people constantly afraid to go ship to make them afraid. so that the government can give them security, which is done with all the good time for the law. and justice party has also decided to hold a referendum on election day and ask about is what they think about the use asylum policy or tanya of the promotional video and the phrasing of the questions a more suggestive than serious get us, are you in favor of thousands of illegal migrants from the middle east and africa having to be taken in by the use co wasted mechanisms. what's on them? says bureaucrats here, will really say no to illegal immigration units. maria pritchett. joe scott is trying not to be discouraged by the political mood. she does not want to give up her business in which he has invested so much money and passion. she thinks that

people should not be scared of coming up here. it would be good for them to come in to support local businesses and people like us, but also to see for themselves what's really going on here. what it looks like. i'll click send them over to be sent to you so much. so appreciate that. no problem to jay, and she hopes that some normality will return to port alexia after the election on october 15th february 24th, 2022. it's a date that will be forever edged in the memories of ukrainians because that is the day the rest and full scale invasion of the country began. but this date is also special for ethnic because it's birth date. so what does life flag for a child who is only experienced her country, a tour, a reporter visited of nica and her family and the suburbs of tea of to find out, to have nico spends her days like any 20

month old girl, going to the park and feeding the pigeons. but this little girl is growing up in ukraine. she was born on february 24th 2022. the day of rushes full scale invasion. she's never known a single day of peace eclipse or go home when the air raid alarm goes off. so she senses it immediately. if we're outside, when the alarm sounds, i get anxious little don't panic, but i get anxious. and she's sense, is that one? yes or no clings to me really tightly and what gets quiet, what's say of the it's been like that from the start. and then when you, when we brought her home from the hospital, we were in the car for a long time. she didn't even cry. and but there are children who get nervous and demand attention when they sense anxiety, so which one is the provide to sleep? she will not average cost you the family lives in

a suburb of key if need to alice and drove. it was already in the hospital being prepared for us this area. and when russia invaded the most we heard explosions. and at 1st we didn't understand what it was. just about 5 or 10 minutes later, a doctor and a nurse came in, they said russia was attacking us and we had to pack our things and move to the basement for most of us over to us to be no more than assisted by the she had her c section the same day and was moved to the basement, which had been converted to an emergency bunker. so i have nico spent the 1st 7 days of her life underground. as fighting just outside key of intensified

the family, found shelter with relatives in the countryside. not until the russian troops withdrew from a round key of did they return home? we were there, but our hearts were here. so we decided to come back. there we recovered from the constant air raid sirens and caught up on our sleep. since then, the neighborhood have come back to life. the caches and businesses have reopened, and more and more neighbors are returning. now it almost looks like it did before the russian invasion the move are the

but the young families daily lives are still overshadowed by the war. they found an apartment on the ground floor where they feel safer. products under alexander of works for a company essential to the war effort. he can't reveal anything more. is that chicago to the in the i've been waiting for this child, talked to somebody a little bit too we'd had a miscarriage before this. the end we lost the baby in the 3rd month falling on, so we were already pretty anxious except that kimberly put that, but then it los niko was here and to go was on. but we'll hang on for moment. when the alarm goes off of nick and her parents take shelter in the store room and they do what they can to make life for their daughter as light and airy as possible

. i in the you physical, national borders have all that's, this appeared at least for those people who hold the right type of passport in place to for young along the french, italian border for example. both countries are working together to create one coming, attractive tourist region. but just a few kilometers away at the points where migrants wants to cross over from italy to friends. the border is protected like a few others within the you. it's a paradox of the open yet closed border, which leaves thousands of migrants in limbo. the . ready ready the

french should be ashamed of human. you know the best deal around the male of brace roy. yeah. in southeast friends, which is visit is outside is communities to west office or the best of the town of over 2000 overlooks the mediterranean sea in the border region between france and italy. initiative. i'm looking for the brochures, maps, and travel guide for our culture. e u project, it is the only wish it was ever need. o co truck stands for the southern alps coat to 0 region this you are paying union projects subsidizes across the board of cooperation between french and attending municipalities, dismantling the board as yet further. and i will never remember we rely on close connections within that way. so without the beach closest to brazen vince

amelia, in italy for skiing, we go to limone and italy. we cannot get by without cross board relations. this is the most on possible for you to go to region, combine spectacular mountain scenery with plenty of french and tongue in history until the 19th century. this was the most important trade route from piedmont to the mediterranean. the northern royal valley was part of it to meet during world war 2. and the border was disputed until 1947. today, the italian fortresses are decaying. more than 70 years after the war. there's nothing to suggest that the french italian border runs here. it's a board, a free europe. the southward toward the mediterranean, the roommates passed old customs and border crossings, french and italian by the crumbling 1st, the customs offices, and then the board of police to disappeared from the european union's internal

borders. no passports, a check here anymore. or so it seems but in the you, the situation and how is drive south of the mediterranean is only allowed in exceptional cases. for years, france has been guiding its border between vin tamilia in easley and montague, on the code to 0, to the french board of police are working at an internal european union border crossing some time ago. the board of posts was even expanded with a container with friends can detain illegal migrants for 24 hours, the refugees and migrants mainly from african countries. the reason most reach vent tamilia by the mediterranean and southern italy. it's in human and really in human, the french don't want them know,

but he does send them back to the board or not people like us, but people who have fled their countries and comes here, people staying in place and bring them up to the homeless people have been on the streets, have been tamilia for years now. many of them young people, they keep hoping to find a way through the border. i want to go to france, the to try to do the police, drive them out of the city center. the tell the and government in run has refused to provide state support to the people here and blames front for the misery. many events amelia agree lot for on shot to the ranch should be a shame getting only just if not unfair. it's not right that we had tell you is have to take in all these masses booklets. thomas via 30 is closed the only

reception sent to 3 years ago during the carpet pandemic for fear of infection. it was never reopened. only the catholic characters charity hands that food for 2 hours in the morning. in the early evening volunteers cook for the homeless. one of them is building contract filippo lombardo, he's a or a to help for a. yeah. let me because i'm a little on average 100 to 150 more comes event tamilia every day saw a fostering comfortable home through ventimiglia is a stop on the way. despite the guided buddha, migrants manage to cross into france again and again. the royal river flows into the mediterranean here in the southern alps. the river draws tourists and summer hike is, as does the french town of bryce who go yeah. since 2014, the european union has subsidized the border region with more than 200000000 euros

for tourism joined nature conservation and cross border cooperation among mounts and communities. the when i created a t o, we'd create a tourist brochures information plaques and this website which highlights the different communities throughout the royal environment. non, you know, territory and the various monuments do the whole. yeah. in the mean then yeah, one such monument embrace atanya and twin town of board of go send a month. so commitment rates are the 300 jewish people from all over europe, who were deported from here to outfits. battalions, french, germans dodge most, had fled denazi's 1st to the south of france and then to the mountains on the tele, inside. and they ended up in prison t. in a concentration camp. the companion exhibition is designed to inspire reflection, be owns the deportations. this panel is titled to desperate escape through the

mountains. many of the locals he had hidden slain jews, exhibition direct, uh, good or bad. so bianco draws a power low to the present day. well, they will genetic. i mean, think of humans can when he quit or can i start him and i've been waiting for get what we should have learned from history for you, but already the set of values upon which our europe was founded. it's like when the mind that is our humanity when we are confronted with issues of migration, find all i think that's a different kind of too much for that. let me get a feeling on thursday, filippo lombardo cook's dinner for the migrants in the parking lot. invent amelia p, his wife donna and the friends have been helping once a week for over half a year. the volunteers exchanged the latest information via text messages right now, many from eritrea, somalia, and especially sudan are in the city of the assistance of silver light enough

enough to allow with all these wars on around the world now to the families who can afford to take their children and go upon the lord, particularly fairly though they say traffic is uh, already waiting for the refugees at the event tamilia train station. the volunteer at cooks tried to one the migrants about the criminals, on the way that he but the often they've already heard from lamp and do that. you will arrive here and when do they know their surnames and whether they have money when it does shock, it save me that all the traffic is only need one. try to get the migrants across the board are using the path of the main road to front that everyone in been familiar knows about. the route is easily reached but dangerous. it leads straight across the highway. before setting out, they leave behind. they lost belongings, hoping that if they caught the french border patrol wouldn't find anything to prove

that they had just come for me to leave. now to volunteer to spend 3 hours cooking with the migrants, counting the shopping and preparation time limit because it's very spicy and you nice and hot. many people like that, salting, and spicy time is fleeting. down in the parking lot in town, the volunteers are getting ready to provide meals. the various help is depends on one another. i always say as people, we are already born into problems. and i have a migrant to say, and it's holly and it's still a micro upon me on my mouth. just my mother left calabria and southern italy in 1956 and came here in law. she taught me that if 3 people can eat at one table,

5 or 6 can to launch can see dinner is provided every week, day at 7 pm. we try to strike up a conversation, but hardly any of the migrants are willing to speak on camera. mainly, so see everything to put it the you still applies the rule that refugees and migrants who enter have to remain in the country where they 1st arrived. so many here get very courses. when asked if they headed for france. i don't have to pay attention to definitely if i get that for me additional and then you also consider it as the way we didn't say that we're here for maybe getting something, but because of this acute based computer facing spanish,

that's the key. this has been done the best way usually the tele, no authority is grant the migraines, a suspension of deportation and mounting to permission to remain in italy temporarily commanded terry and reasons. current a you little when to allow them to travel to other e u countries that makes this a headboard or for the migrants, but the volunteers themselves, they're not prepared to accept to that followed all of the problem is not year of the so like it's been europeans who cannot comprehend that it's better to give these people something to get by on key. then divide it up with the ones who steal . the drop occurs to lucky. they're the ones that caused strife. the migraines have a right to come here. door. lots of the you funding goes to help breaking down the borders and the french italian out exhibition direct of roberto bianco in folks human rights and the lessons and legacy of the 20th centuries boys and mass

expulsions. they put a question about a saw on it, the phones at one time when people saw a stranger here, they opened the doors to their homes to help and hide and protect them. but by the phone in from a lot of their, their example. these people showed how we could restore some kind of balance after such a complicated history because a room is going around among the migrants in ventimiglia, about local people, somewhere up in the mountains, you know, all the secret roots and sometimes show travelers the way. ready ready we live in an age, we have more and more people or to books online or read digital copies, but surprisingly in the okay, the number of independent bookstores has increased and the british capital london, some creative minds got together and opened a bookstore on a boat. it's a popular destination for book forms and a virus sensation on social media. oh, hi,

i'm petty screech. one of the 3 signed is a word on the go to the london book bunch, which is a book shop on the 19 twenty's dutch badge popped in kings cross in the middle of london. and in the middle of construction sites and office buildings, patty screech and his partner came up with the idea to provide a refuge to book worms on the water in 2011. but the problem at 1st was that the barge had to move its position every 2 weeks. we were doing it almost entirely for love the 5th sort of 7 years. should we have cigarettes, so coffee? we can't afford both today sort of story. i mean, well, the fact truthfully announced that we're gonna have to close and all the people who would be forced to follow us on social media because we were constantly on the move and suddenly came out of the woodwork and in effect, save this. they did so by helping word on the water get a permanent,

1st with the living room. look, the bookshop gets good, pressed on social media platforms, and did the analog world to search different like, you can have those anywhere i guess. but i've never seen one of the part closely. yeah. mostly use of the spirit in the music and come when you go on to the bar chip, walk most of it because it's the river flow. it's just really nice and detailing because once there was a leak and some of the books were damaged, but otherwise business is good and actually better now than ever expect at least a joke. so, you know, people come and hold up a book, photographs themselves with a neat show and then put it down and walk away. but that's not what happens actually. and people come not only to buy books, but to attend performances and concerts on a very special charge in london. the

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