>> hello and welcome to "european journal." more refugees are stranded in turkey as greece balks their way into the e.u. norway's breeding of salmon is threatening the eco system. the story of successful vietnamese immigrants in germany and japanese manga brings sudden fame to of winegrower in france. when hungary took over the presidency of the european union this month, it had a rocky start. the new media law shocked many europeans who say it infringes the freedom of opinion.

that is not the only case where people have doubts as to whether hungary really believes in and wants to protect european values. another example is the trial against the hon. accused of serious war crimes that has been delayed for years. >> sandor kepiro rarely allows himself to be filmed. the accused were criminal at the age of 96 is the target of not see hunters -- nazi hunters worldwide. he has lived in budapest for years. some believe he picked the address for a reason. right across the street is a synagogue. the caretaker knows exactly who he is. >> i get a lump in my throat when i think about it. i always wonder which window he is hiding behind. >> sandor kepiro was still giving interviews up until three years ago.

>> the allegations are false. i never used any weapons. >> he is accused of having taken part in the massacre in 1942. he was 10 years old when he witnessed the massacre. he is now a citizen of serbia. it was occupied by hungary, a puppet regime of nazi germany. >>, serbs, and roma were killed. some said as many as 3000 were dead. >> this is one of the places where people were thrown into the river. they were pushed under the ice. >> it was -27 degrees celsius in 1942. they spent three days driving people from their homes to their deaths. ♪

after the end of the war, the atrocities was largely forgotten by the west. that is until a few years ago when the simon wiesenthal center in jerusalem picked up the trail. the organization searches for nazi war criminals still at large. the well-known historian and nazi hunter says he is surprised at finding kepiro, who was an officer at the time of the massacre. he believes kepiro was instrumental in selecting people for execution. >> he was in charge of the roundups of hundreds of civilians living in the section of the city and who were then marched to the danube where they were murderere >> he was tried and convicted for his part in the massacre in 1944. the germans occupied hong greek shortly thereafter and the sentence was never carried out.

-- the germans occupied hungary shortly thereafter and the sentence was never cried out. >> they searched long and hard for a living member of the gendarmie and found me. they came up with slanderous stories that were easy to refute. >> kepiro does not deny he was present for the massacre. he says he did not kill anyone himself and is not guilty. some call his denial an insult to the victims. she survived as a small girl. >> the snow was soaked in blood. bodies were everywhere. when the ice in the danube started to melt later, it was full of dead bodies. nobody could go into the water.

>> several survivors are willing to tell their stories. the efforts to bring him to trial have stalled. a right-wing populist party who governedg in hungary since last year. some say anti-semitism is still socially expectable in the country. they say that is why the investigation has dragged on so long. >> we had to get several documents from serbia before we could move on. that process always takes months. then you have to translate them. that is one reason why the case is lasting so long. >> it is a qution of political ll. does the hungarian government have the political will to ensure that justice will be achieved? >> >> believe the hungarians would like to forget the massacre all together and wait

for the last living criminal to die. >> one of the important officers in 1942 was sandor kepiro. he was in the unit with the massacre. it was well known then. today, he claims he did not do anything. >> they're still trying to keep the case moving forward. he is hoping he will live long enough to answer the charges. ♪ >> wild salmon are extraordinary fish. they spend most of their lives at sea. when they are spawning, they travel back up the rivers they know from their early days. they have nothing to do with the fish we know. as are likely to come from a norwegian salmon breeding area. if you think it is ok because it helps to protect the wild

salmon, things are not that simple. >> he loves his job. he farmed salmon here on a small island off the norwegian coast. a huge portion of all the salmon produced from aquaculture comes from norway. >> this community was founded for fishing. there are very few boats here now. people are looking for new ways to make a living. >> today, he is joined by the press spokesman from a midsized company that produces salmon for export. they want to show us their exemplary farming enterprise. the fish here are fed tons of fodder every day. the company says the investment in feed pays off. for 100 kilos of feed, they are

able to produce 65 sammons of salmon. that yield a healthy profit. >> there is far more potential than we are using. we need to work sustainably to get more out of it. >> they take us out to the salmon farm. the conditions are optimal. de-, open waters with strong currents and protected environment. the head of the farm places a camera underwater during the feeding process so you can see when the fish have eaten their fill. norway produces about 1/3 of the world's farmed salmon. the number of wild salmon continues to shrink. salmon farming is considered a threat to wild population when the farmed fish escape from their pens. they say it should be prevented. last summer, more than 9000 escaped from one of their pens.

the company even offered a reward for their return. the association of salmon farmersstimates 83,000 fish swam free last year. they say it could never happen here. he checks the fish during every feeding. >> i look at the surface to make sure everything is as it should be. once a month, the divers come by to inspect the nets. >> the environmental activist is out to prove that fish farming is a major pollutant and a serious threat to wild fish populations. the fish farmers have accused of applying -- him of lying but he is dedicated to his mission. with the help of sponsors, he had a high-tech h ip built with a camera to film. there analyzing a video showing a dirty seabed under three of the five farms surveyed. >> it is a combination of fish

droppings and bacteria. the seafloor is dead. this kind of pollution throws the entire ecosystem out of balance. you can see all of that is not good for the wild fish. >he believes the solution is farming in enclosed tanks. that way, the droppings could be pumped out and the fish would not be able to escape, especially if the sea is choppy. many environmentalists believe it is the only way to stop wild salmon from mixing with the fish bred in captivity and falling prey to the diseases they carry. >> everyone wants to produce more so that the fish is cheaper. the salmon ought to be exclusive and good for the environment. it has now become cheap and has serious consequences. it is destroying the entire norwegian coast. >> he shows us one of his salmon and reassures us that the fish farming is safe. it takes his job of monitoring depends seriously.

he says the keep an open dialogue with environmentalists. >> if it can be proven that closed tanks will have a positive effect and be accepted, the industry will consider them. >> currently, there is a moratorium on awarding new licenses. he is skeptical is a child. a sign of changing attitudes in the industry. -- he is skeptical that it is a sign of changing attitudes in the industry. ♪ >> the evros river is increasingly becoming a death trap for refugees who try to make it into the e.u. immigrants are killed or drowned on their way. greece has protected itlf from the immigrantsy buildina fence. the e.u. is against the plans. more refugees are left stranded on the turkish side.

>> he is far away from his home, a small village of barely 50 huts in southern sudan. he is now 3,000 kilometers away in the booming metropolis of istanbul. he arrived here a few weeks ago as a refugee from the civil war in darfur. wants to continue on to western europe. >> i know it will be a dangerous trip. we will have to cross the river to get across the border. greece will not be that friendly to us, but i must take the risk. >> he is not alone in his journey. an increasing number of refugees in that stranded in istanbul. officials estimate of around 70,000 illegal immigrants live in turkey now. the istanbul neighborhood is made up mostly of refugees.

>> our government should find a solution for them. the refugees should be helped before they have to flee, when they're still in their home countries. >> we do not have such great living conditions either. they cannot expect a lot of help from us. >> refugees from countries like iraq, iran, afghanistan, and sudan have no legal basis for seeking asylum in turkey. their only tolerated until the e.u. refugee agency can resettle them. that can take years. he does not want to wait that long. >> there is no way to get work or residence permits and turkey. i would like to get job training but i cannot. i could be deported at any time. >> the refugees receive little or no legal assistance. a few local civil rights

organizations offer some help. they criticize the e.u. for manding that turkey ta ba refugees that left the country and fled to greece. >> they are constantly at the risk of being detained arbitrarily without any specific time frame for attention. they have the risk of deportation. without an established system that would respect the rights of refugees and protect individuals from being transferred to places where they would face mistreatment, torture, threats to their lives, whout those securities, it would be problematic. >> the turkish government has promised to implement a modern asylum law. the opposition says brussels is partly to blame. >> europe has pushed the refugee problem on to turkey and greece.

everyone calls it a security issue. that has not done anything to solve the problem. the refugees here have no voice. i doubt the government will take any steps before the election in june. >> he has to pay a smuggler at least $500 to transport him safely from istanbul to greece. until now, he managed on his own with just a fake passport. as soon as he receives some money from relatives and friends, he plans to set out. he fears returning to sit down -- sudan. >> the militias attacked our village and killed almost my entire family. i went to khartoum but cannot live there safely as a black african. going back would put my life in danger. >> he still keeps in touch with his friends in sudan.

they are waiting anxiously to hear if he makes it to europe. they may be joining him one day. ♪ >> germany long denied it was a country of immigration. today there is a constant discussion of issu like immigration. it reached a climax recently when a book was published that claims that immigrants, particularly those with the muslim background, or having a detrimental effect on german society. it has always past one group of immigrants by, the vietnamese. they are not getting tired of being the teacher's pet. >> he has close ties to his neighborhood. he left vietnam in the 1980's and came here as a worker like many others from his country. he built his life in germany aroundndis store. he wanted to give his son all the opportunities he never had.

he believes that education is the key. >> i have an engineering degree in math and computer sciences. if i wanted to continue my career here, but i could not. i want my son to work in a company or government agency something, something better. >> he comes by to visit his parents after school. they are proud of his son. he is out-performing his german classmates. he willingly gave up on a possible future in football to concentrate on his studies. he plans to study economics. >> it was a really tough decision. it may sound funny, but i was close to tears. i played competitive sports for five years. it felt like all the time and effort was for nothing. but school is more important.

i think i made the right decision. >> for many vietnamese students here, getting good grades is the number one priority. it is not just in their own language or culture. the german students received only average rankings in recent international studies. >> that really surprised a lot of the younger vietnamese. they are used to a different system in their home country. they are critical of the german system. they believe that teachers should demand more rpect and that students should realize how important teachers are. >> immigrants from vietnam have established themselves in communities around the world. their level of integration varies from country to country. >> we have different immigration policies.

they speak french. you are not seen as a minority. when you interview in france, you are not an immigrant. you are french. in germany, they have a multi- cultural model. >> the second generation often gets a lot of pressure from their parents. he had to -- she had to fight to study the subject she wanted to -- philosophy. her parents wanted her to pursue a caer in science. >> my parents are like all vietnamese people in their generation. they grew up in a politically repressed and incredibly poor country. you can understand why they are worried. >> vietnamese immigrants in germany are fighting for prestige and recognition. the struggle has not always been

easy for many, especially those who were denied a chance to succeed. field. he still settled in and learned the language, making friends along the way. he is no longer convinced he should raise his son in a typically strict vietnamese way. >> i spopo with my wife. we realized it was not working. when we applied to much pressure, everything breaks down. i talked to my son about it. i told himhat he could party and stay with a friend overnight if he needed to. that is okay.

>> he has succeeded in his biggest mission -- giving his son the opportunity to shine. he still believes that education is the key to a bright future. ♪ >> it sounds just like a modern fairy le. a winegrower fm france delivers his bottles to a select circle of clients is leading a happy life. his men never be famous, but so be it. then one day, everything changes. checks his e-mail and finds hundreds of orders from overseas, mainly from japan. he is puzzled. his amazement grows as he finds out the reason behind his sudden rise to fame. >> bordeaux is music to wine lovers across the world. is symbolizes indulgence.

he would not necessarily connected with modern comic culture. anyone visiting the manga cafe is in for a surprise. in some of the comics, the bordeaux wine has risen to prominence. in the "drops of god close " the heroes are on the trails of the world's best wines. >> these are beginners books in the culture of wine. they deal with the jargon and how it is drunk. it is about the joy of wine. >> it also made a little-known wine maker, jean-pierre amoreau, into a celebrity. he was oblivious to the attention at first. japan's legion of manga fans

made him into a cu hero after the readers had a taste of the wine and loved it. >> we only found out later. it was a lovely surprise for us all. we do what we can to make the best wine possible. that was picked up by these comics. >> although his wine, château le puy, always had its fans, it never featured among the big names in bordeaux wines. in japan at least, that has all changed. manga artists copied his face from the company website and turned him into a star. >> when i go to japan now, people recognize me on the subway and have their photos taken with me. i do not mind. it is fun. i am honored. it is amusing. after all, i am just a wine maker.

>> it seems amoreau underestated the power of advertising by manga in japan. the clientele in this shop often ask for the name they have read about in the comic books. >> "the drops of god" is very popular manga in japan. we're proud to stock the wind. >> jean-pierre amoreau and his château le puy do not over their fame solely tcomics. janese tv also helped to pluck them from obscurity. ♪ >> château le puy ♪

>> after the movie was broadcast, the price of a bottle of 2003 vintage in japan shot up to over 1000 euros. he could have become rich. instead, he withdrew the vintage from international sales. >> we only have about a thousand bottles of the vintage left. i am keeping them for my children and grandchildren who would like to sell the vintage wines in the future. that is what we do in our family. >> for amoreau, money is not everything. the proof of his fine wine is in the drinking. that was "european journal" for this week. for all of us in brussels, the goodbye. ♪

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