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to well then progress as tough calls to everyone who wants to know more about the topics that concern us. about this story is beyond the headline world in progress. the w talk costs the hello and the welcome to focus on europe is wonderful to have you with us. scores of refugees continue to attempt to reach you are risking their lives in the winter . the journey to the spanish canary islands is particularly dangerous. nevertheless, the small island of arrow is reporting an unprecedented increase in refugees. moto
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a young senegalese arrived on this island 3 years ago, but his dream of starting a new life has not yet come to refugee a work group at the say the drum and her husband. his bare though are familiar with such stories, some of which leave them a motion to lead great. this port on grand canal aria is of special significance to moto, he's from senegal, and like many other west africans, he came here on a small, overcrowded fishing boat. this year, tens of thousands made the perilous journey same, but it was all i was thinking was i'm going to die if not today, tomorrow to where i sense the danger we were and zip otherwise. go have to imagine to the boat went up. that didn't crash down. sometimes it almost broke apart. if noble people were crying that they must,
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all i could think about was my mother who did i never see her again. so it moto survived the life threatening crossing, but his hopes of traveling to the spanish mainland for a new life have slowly faded. it's been 3 whole years since he arrived in the canaries and motors still can't leave. all the while boats from west africa continued to dock here. around 35000 people made the journey this year over twice as many as last many arrive with injuries, hundreds more, di and see the crossing from west africa to the canary islands is considered one of the most dangerous brutes to europe. finally, get upon throne is confronted with this reality. every day. he's the mayor of albuterol, the smallest of the islands. he's on his way to the cemetery, yet another funeral for a migrants who died at sea. missy and the lady. good. i'm happy that we can bury
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them here. let's get to proceed along side everyone else from our community. ok, but i'm sad because we don't have their name is. the gravestones are blank home, but if i can, that means that no one will come to look for their husband, their child, their brother, somebody is of legal or for him on motors, mother and brother are still instead of go. he misses that, he'd never risk his life crossing on a boat again. he says, pull that up going to be that you gamble with your life is some make it many don't have him with them, which i mean, i've lost so many friends at sea. i tried to warn them, see that they wouldn't listen. it's more important than they're not a guessing thing and the sort of thing the story is to say that pods their own and her husband know all too well. it'll be all probably of the volunteers are making
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preparations for a new shelter in a former monastery. space on the island is running out of him, broke it for the cable. when he left word, shall i make the bed allow hare. the 1st aid kit on the what the key in the middle, they made up the key. yes. let's see how many there are. first of the them. then we can decide where to put the babies, women, and children. but as the injured to take the 1st floor and the others the 2nd week i'm, i look at them a whole good by the very to 10 a reef. transporting hundreds of refugees to the larger island. many more are expected. so more to hold up for health and then after so many coming we just can't take care. so the one boat arrives, you give everyone water and take them to the showers, then and other boats coming 280 people to yeah i, they say you must reorganize again. let's see where you can find more band. sorry. hold on the side by the one he said look, got hard at the end of it and we can get all those many arrived sick or wounded
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just a few days ago, a man and test that he does care died deputy c b, i think it was not the real blow you ever did tell them you wonder if you could have done more. whether you should have checked again that night, you dial the same thing matter for can we meet them, get to know them. and then when i say most, it's difficult. i can pick a mode who is considered an economic migrant. he was denied asylum, which means he'll be deported. that's a biased the most on basic refugees from other countries might be here for a month or 2 before being allowed to travel to the main. le. and those are the ones that we have from synagogue, and there's no war. there are no idea of them. so they told us we have to go back to our country and put a, suffice a motor who lacks the legal grounds to stay. but he is staying foot
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working as a taylor an acquaintance took him in, but the situation makes him unhappy. and yes, so you get, my family keeps asking me for money 1st time though, but you're in europe now. they say, and i think, but africans, idea of europe has little to do with reality. and i don't know if you live here and have paper. so you can have a good life way to sell it. otherwise you have nothing then and i, and i left so much behind which of course i had a good job understanding go with the whole, but i lost everything. you know, if you have any adult model hopes, it wasn't all in vain. but so far he says, his dream of a better life in europe has not come true. when it comes to air pollution bosnia and herzegovina ranks among the worst, any of the country has abundantly lick not call list horses. this cold is also used in the country's largest power plant in cost. this power plant helps me to big
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chunk of the country. so electricity needs and provide thousands of people in the region with 6 your employment. however, residents like these that have started to express health concerns. there is an increasing incidence of cancer and respiratory problems. the amount of the population near the power plant. so how toxic is this neighborhood really? kina is harvesting the last tomatoes of the season. they're not as tasty anymore as the ones in august. she says, she's 74 years old and lives alone. the house is right next to the biggest coal power plant in bosnia and herzegovina. oh no, i'm sorry. i have to grow my own vegetables. no, that's good. good. i can't walk very well and the supermarket is far away. she. it is all over. well, when i harvest something,
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i wash it well 33 times. indeed it i don't think it's dangerous mediaspace, though. she tells me she has 4 chicken and 2 cats that keep her company after her husband died. uh was middle middle, the sadness. my husband died as stomach cancer in 2018. so, but i don't know what caused that deal. was it? ok i'm pulling up the place that god is on one side of getting us house lies the coal power plant. on another side, it's s disposal site. this is the body ash from the plant. it's dumped. it's just outside of town, but it feels as far away as the moon. this is what we meet, dennis disco. so he is an environmental activist and has been opposing the power plant for years.
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so if you look at this, this boy's in this with wash. i can't until after, after 3 that it's full of heavy metals. cotton you, i've sent a lid. it's most healthy. what's more, drop it, some chunks, please do. last year ends. but nothing this would yes. from the plant is pumped with more to into the basin. presumably the ash will be less chief of good dentist tells me that according to a study he did, together with the scientist from the university up to us not to mixture contains a range of heavy metals to vote is toxic and extremely alkaline. he says, so it should not come into contact with underground water. so how, how is this space and how is it sealed off? and they just build a dime at the end of the valley. and unfortunately,
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there is nothing ceiling the bottom of this thing. so that's where we have a problem because the way it should have been done, they should have put the liner, some kind of prevention of this water penetrating the underground water, which they didn't do. dennis come see a rec, you and i need to talk, you mentioned the site piece of freight, that heavy metals will end up in the soil, the ground water and ultimately the food chain. we want to know that just as type violate legal standards, according to our legislation, if legal. unfortunately, the environmental permits, they're doing everything in accordance with the environmental permits. so the problem we have in this country is that the whole system is actually working to predict the polluters rather than predict the people in the nature. as we asked the company with a ceiling exist and getting evasive answer,
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saying they comply with the own regulations. to double check the accusations, we ask the environment ministry to get an insight into the official environment. impact assessment of the site did tell us that it can get ahold of to document but voltage sort of pollution might be one issue at pollution seems to be the bigger one. besides the power plant, traffic, household teaching and other industries contribute to it. to a slice, consider one of the most polluted cities in europe and measures a particular method in the air. awesome and the unhealthy range during our stay. another person who is deeply upset about absolution is, is it by kids who lives near the plant. he wants to show his health problems.
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well then i have 4 ruined ribs here. he tells us he has been sick for more than 20 years and suspects the reason is the plant. because i don't have that on a food that may have. i last part of my long i had cancer. i had to break your losses anymore with all because of the plant guaranteed on the it's all because of the power plant product is the i was born here. so what that will do when i was a kid, the snow was black in the seventy's that that they wouldn't, etc. and now the rain is for the test. set him up. he said it shows pictures of his surgery or how much of it was by now he has only half of his lung capacity. he says, is it doesn't want to plan to be closed, but 3 months, but it protects and he needs to take an array of medications and only goes outside pollution level is low. well,
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definitely go to the doctor is even recommended that i move away if i can move that, but where to get at the local hospital pulmonology. so if you call me hostage is treating patients who live in the area, i show her the level of find particular meta often last days in the red area. mm hm . with up to 200. what does that mean for your help for my health, for everybody's health, your doorstep is not those that's much higher than the maximum for that size. a particular comment, the e. uh, basically no amount of this is healthy for human. sway i have as business of target . so the higher the concentration and the longer the exposure, the more harmful and longer lasting the consequences sigo and most of it was being a survey to go to auction. you find particularly meta, also called pm 2.5. can be to cancer, cardiovascular, diseases, diabetes,
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and ultimately premature day. i want to know, is it possible to quantify how much harm is close by the power plant and how much the other factors, such as the traffic, brought in the 2 name and put the name on exact. i cannot give you a percentage source because there is no data unable, isn't it that am i looked at on the all day or stand when it comes to the area around the power plant to shave it, air pollution is higher than it is in other parts. of the city and economy of issues that are shown on echo all the time. even deal of the mind cannot. the power plant itself is definitely has a negative effect on air quality who seek or not. but it is also comparable to other sources of pollution. ali sama on a similar take on party unity. so don't game is what he is a junior or nationally or clean. yet some locals perceive to power plant as the main culprit on the 6th street residents really nice. we're here to talk about the plant. and suddenly everyone wants to have their say,
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they tell us almost all of them have sick or deceased family members. me small or 2 of we are being poisoned here. my mother died. this neighbor died, his son died. she had surgery and look at easy situation and so on. everybody got got got another man stops his car to give us take on it. he is in favor of the coal power plant. while he was a heated debate starts to the unlimited. so and i said, do they can't close the power plant now that was yellow, this region, and the people here depend on it to the closing, it would mean the end of mining here, but i knew it then what it would mean job losses. and what would we end up with? poverty them, yes. and somebody from up there deciding when to open and to close the pipes they've got to nowadays a country that exports energy is a rich country. they've got a email passing on the,
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on the but there's so much dust really so they should use better filters so we can feel better and breathe easier to use the especially during winter you can breed me versus a key thing. i've seen many doctors. they told me it's no surprise knowing where i live. well, we just want to be healthy about from the volume we walk around, like zombies, that's really cool. zone b hold on both and that touch the governor has huge cold recess. last year, it exposed to the quote of the energy put used to economic benefit to locals. however, here seems limited. according to the company, only $352.00 of the employees from town management is not willing to give a tv interview. they respond to our questions via email, emphasizing that they comply with all legal requirements. they sent us their admission data. but even when asked again,
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don't specifically clarify emissions of p. m 2.5, find particular meta despite many cancer cases and a small study funded by an n t o, it's difficult to legally prove link between the power plant and people sickness. i want to get answers from the public health institute of the content, but don't get clarity there either. the. no honestly searching you might have research as needed to assess the impact energy producers have on people's how we, based on. but neither the state and or the canton dedicates enough financial resources for it to me is lot on the inquiry to us. we ask for the money, but nobody wants to give it to us because the only study that has been done was by an environmental organization. and they only had a small budget tied registers even. yeah. it seems like officially institutions and government bodies are turning
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a blind eye for shifting to blame. enough is living a slow lice sometimes to surface from, from scientists. but she has no anger against the coal power plant. still not, i love living here the while. that's what i know. she has made peace with the place where she lives. will be good. now my name is at my age, you don't have big dreams. civil, the car, just if i take the next step to walk up to stand up it's been more than 50 years since the power plant was built here. i lease of wondering how to situation, but look for the next generation into a small for me to do
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a dutch therapist on admission to brief life into the lives of the senior citizens residing in their local care. home to l finds it important that they move beyond the limited confines of chairs and dining rooms and bedrooms. he overseas an old age home and rotted them where he noticed how agent movement related ailments imposed limitations. watching you will fish items out of his trunk. you'd be hard pressed to guess what he does for a living. is he a clown, an entertainer at children's birthday parties? actually he uses these things to get the laziest couch potatoes up and moving. and when he rolls up, his clients know just why he's their loved resort and by the residents, recognize this walker straight off the thing when i come here with my things they know right away, well, very of us back my stuff. and i,
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luckily we really get around the name of the residents of this nursing home. and rotterdam all have limited physical nobility. most could move around more. they just don't want to. sandra is an exception. she pedals this exercise, bike and watches the ducks landscape passed by. it's good exercise though a bit don't. so you well as building sandra course to play many golf and activities he really enjoys officio the, the bomb physio therapy is used to hear people's analytics specifically when they have a muscular skeletal problem, lifetime of a whole. we're just doing preventative medicine days. we work to get folks moving for them, physio is a most of them, would you? but making fitness, compulsory often doesn't work. so i'm responsible for supplying the fun unit the bank to keep them coming back for more in the colon. bending down, concentrating and taking that take some effort. sandra space
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isn't just flushed from excitement. aol is best to be. so yes, i knew well as an exception when it comes to nursing school. he's very dedicated of and totally present it. and i look nice them, it's usually he runs around with this stuff and use it to get people moving for it to try to play is and he's full of ideas. yeah. you, well it's, it's really great to work with him. oklahoma that's, i'm sorry, i'm with america. one of the more difficult patients is hang. he often lives around in bed for days. i hang a groups holding this whole kind of high and i just holding so high. hang it goes make i brought you my slingshot. okay. yeah, it's a good way to clean up to live in bed and i'm going down to and on when
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hank is lying in bed and i come around as something happens in his brain. but as you have a walker, he becomes more alert to do for the even might have to. and if i stick around, he'll get active off and he'll even get out of bed and help with the cooking or housekeeping. for example, he made the tires out of going for a bike ride with you. l makes lydia happy. she loves to get out. doors sitting around inside makes her feel blue. the head of nursing services says you wells work helps everyone. saker, this company course in the team benefits too, because we work with these people aligned, we must get them out of that and then provide them with a good daily routine. we don't seem to have it. if they're healthier and weigh less, then they'll feel better to asap their dynamic, then they're happier and more receptive to nursing care. that's worked out for adults, a mentor of so it improves the whole work atmosphere. and adults come back the
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history of to who to take a while. you well as out bike riding his assistant, them get takes over as a human basketball hoop for jo. the sam cuz daughter tests often joins in boosting the team. spirit. yeah, i thought experiments are i think everybody wants to play is i think everyone is still a child at heart. and i can see in that inner child makes people here forget about their age and ailments, at least for a while. when i think of turkish deserts, delicacies like buck lava and local, immediately come to mind. but it would have never thought of belgian waffles in turkey, came out last as a well known and highly successful level of baker from east simple. he hasn't just mass of his craft, but he also understands self promotion,
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especially now during the christmas season. in this symbol is full of landmarks, but in category on the agent side of the phosphorus, there is one site that simply must be seen and tasted, come all it says lawful shop. the walls exert a magical attraction. kamala is convinced they are the best in the city, and the figures speak for themselves. on average, i saw $35000.00 waffles every month, with a cabinet come all mix the chocolate himself. lou, this is a special type of shop to called prey. lean janette means it has to contain 30 to 40 percent hazel mats. big get them is 1000 chocolate, wherever you look and fresh fruit with lots of chocolate and different sizes on the walls. level beach gathered levels actually come from belgium and brussels. they're served with icing, sugar and cherries, so not so don't i tried solving that here too, but without success with it. but if you're in turkey,
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you estimate lots of food on them. cool. so i create a different sauce as an adapt to them and we're going out and come all has hit that sweet spot that on. yeah, this is the play and i'm here every night. i cannot go to school, it looks pretty jump moving, but the combination is quite tasty. is that when i see the strawberries, iowa come all came up with all these decorations, the christmas ones too. but what santa claus is doing here? they celebrate new year's eve and turkey, but not christmas come all is flexible about it. will they be is if you want to do business, you come up with something for every occasion. you'll probably do a so the 75 year old is so successful that he has 3 stories and kind of play alone . he really should have himself cloned, woke up his that's my brother. just joking. next year, come on, wants to achieve something spectacular. a record he wants to make the world's
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