to as far as the bias of appetizing large amounts of moist tune and to get the onset and learn more about the heavy and visible over the flows through the sky. start september 20th 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 put laskey and bella roofs, but the records you 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 design, a phobia. all this called 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 certainly the border of the european union. this is put locks, the 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 me want the kid? 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 twice. i can understand that templates. oh yeah, that you don't count. yeah, that was on them. that's the shot. this for the area between poland and bella. ruth has been under particular observation since rushes invasion. a modern fence has been 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 over is of august writing and migration influx into the you via poland, to the stabilize the region. there is some 10000 soldiers stationed to you because of the legal migration and the presence of the russian bug, the most and regrouping billers cause. i believe there is no doubt that the bell of rouge and 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 you. so the region has been changed by military presence and defense, which is either 180 kilometers long. it's for the better says go from a stand as well need to bitch who lives just for kilometers away. it's much calmer now. they used to be only barbed wire, the people are able to cross quickly and trust exit. now they have to cut defense or 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 in my life. maria, put to tell, scott does not share the fee is new to him with that goes that goes on. 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, but those are because it's that he's are but there's nothing over that's pointed to the ruling law and justice party has focused its election campaign on security with it's logan secure. a few to 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 good chance to a bunch of other the constant warnings about legal 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, go ship to make them afraid. so that the government can give them security that you don't have a good time for those things. 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, what i'll face will be say no to illegal immigration, get us maria printed show. 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've clicked on you so much. so i 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 etched in the memories of ukrainians because that is the day the rest and full scale invasion of the country began. but this state is also special for ethnic because it's birth date. so what is life lag for a child who is only experienced her country, a tour or reporter visited of nica and her family and the suburbs of key of to find out of the ethnic 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 clipping to go home when the air raid alarm goes off, because 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. when things to me really tightly and it gets quiet. so yeah, it's been like that from the start. 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 to provide for sleep? well, not every scar you. the family lives in

a suburb of kids 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 the city. no. more than assisted vaughn, the she had her c section the same day and was moved to the basement, which had been converted to an emergency bunker. so ive 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 around kid, did they return home? we were there, but our hearts were here. so we decided to come back there. we were covered 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. the products under alexander was 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 trial, talk to somebody a little bit too. we'd had a miscarriage before this the end we most of the baby in the 3rd month valley and on. so we were already pretty anxious except that kimball, so just put that but then it los nathan, the

friend should be ashamed in human, you know the best deal around the mail. a brace roy. yeah. in se friends, which is visit is outside is communities to his 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. so i don't know who she was ever, you know, co trust stance for the southern alps, code to 0 region. this your opinion project 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 with the beach closest to brazen vince amelia in italy. first

game we go to the monet in italy. we cannot get by without cross board relations. the said, the most phone calls will tell you the border region combined 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 italy during world war 2, and the border was disputed until 1947. today, the italian fortresses are decaying. more than 70 years off to the war. there's nothing to suggest that the french italian border runs. he gets a board, a free europe, the southward toward the mediterranean, the route leads past old customs and border crossings. french and italian. both are crumbling, 1st, the customs officers, and then the board of police to disappeared from the european union's internal

borders. now, if possible, it's a check here anymore or so it seems. but in the you, the situation in how is drive south of the mediterranean is only allowed in exceptional cases for use fronts has been guiding its board of between vend tamilia in italy. and montague, on the code to 0 of 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 fronts can detain illegal migrants for 24 hours. the refugees and migrants mainly from african countries. the reason most rage ventimiglia, by the mediterranean and southern italy in the human mind. 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 sign and play it and bring them up to the flat 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 vote for you to try to call the police, drive them out of the city center. the tell you and government in ryan has refused to provide state support to the people here and blames fronts for the misery. many invent tamilia agree that i put on shot to the ranch should be a shame getting only just so it's not unfair. it's not right that we had times have to take in all these masses. groups. of course, 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. uh, filippo lombardo is a good a to help for a yeah. because i mean all on average $100.00 to $150.00 more comes event tamilia every day, saw a false. think of them through ventimiglia. is this stuff on the way? despite the got it border migrants managed 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 boy 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 say to the field, we've created tours, 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 commemorates of a 300 jewish people from all over europe, who were deported from here to outfits. battalions, french, germans dodge most, had slipped the nazis 1st to the south of france and then to the mountains on the tele, inside. and they ended up in prison to you in a concentration camp. the companion exhibition is designed to inspire reflection beyond the deportations. this panel is titled the desperate escaped 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. genetic i only mean think is genuine. it's generally quit or can i study? i would have been, we forget what we should have learned from history. we bought a 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 thing to do. much to that. let me get a feeling on thursday. philip 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. the assistance i feel like that's enough to

allow you with all these wars on around the world. now it's to the families who can afford to take their children and go upon the particularly fail. they don't think they say traffic is uh already waiting for the refugees at the event and media train station. the volunteer groups try to one, the migrants about the criminals on the but the off and they've already heard from lamp and do the, will arrive here. and when do they know their surnames and whether they have money for the shock it save me that all the traffic is only need $1.00. try to get the migraines across the board are using the path of the main road to front that everyone invents amelia knows about. the route is easily reached but dangerous. it lead straight across the highway. before setting out they leave behind. they lost belongings, hoping that if they caught, the french border patrol would find anything to prove that they had just come from

instantly. now to volunteers have spent 3 hours cooking with the migrants, counting the shopping and preparation time. then it becomes, gets very spicy and nice and hot. when did you feel like that salting and spicy of the time is fleeting. down in the parking lot in town, the volunteers are getting ready to provide meals. the various help is depend on one another. i always say as people, we are already born into problems and i'm a migrant to see. and it's holly and but still a micro upon me. on my mouth. my mother left calabria and southern italy in 1956 and came here. let me see. and she taught me that if 3 people can eat at one table,

5 or 6 can 2 lunch and 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 associated with being deported to a use still applies the rule that refugees in migrants who enter have to remain in the country where they 1st arrived so many here get very cautious when asked if they headed for front it doesn't happen. attention deficit need right. you get that for me additional and then you also consider it as the way we didn't say that we're here. maybe getting something, but because of that this acute base computer get that feeds into the keep this at

the end. so done the best way. usually the tele, no authority is grant the migraines, the suspension of deportation and mounting to permission to remain in it too late, temporarily to whom men of terry and raisins turn a you little when to allow them to travel to other e u countries that makes this the headboard of the migrants, but the volunteers themselves are not prepared to accept that. follow at all of the problem is not europe. the so buckets may europeans who cannot comprehend that it's better to give these people something to get by on. keep them wired up with the ones who steal the traffic are lucky. they're the ones who caused strife. the migraines have a right to come here door lots of the funding goes to help breaking down the borders and the french italian outs exhibition. direct of roberto bianco in folks human rights and the lessons and legacy of the 20th centuries was in 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. invent amelia, about local people somewhere up in the mountains, you know all the sacred words and sometimes show travelers the way. ready ready we live in an age where more and more people or the 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 rooms and a virus sensation on social media. oh, hi,

i'm petty screech. one of the 3 signed as a would on the to the london book bunch, which is a book shop. on a 19 twenty's dutch barge popped in kings cross in the middle of london. and in the middle of construction sites and office building, cottage 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 full of the 1st 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 were going to have to close and all the people who being forced to follow us on social media because we were constantly on the move. so suddenly came out of the woodwork and in effect, save this. they did so by helping word on the water get

a permanent birth with the living room. look, the bookshop gets good, pressed on social media platforms, and did the analog world to search different like, you could have those anywhere i guess, but i've never seen one on the part closely. yeah. mostly use of the spirit in the music and come when you go on to the bar chip, wobbles a bit, because it's the river flows, it's just really nice and detailing. there's 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 concert on a very special charge in london. the

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