>> hello and a very warm welcome to "european journal" coming to you from dw studios in brussels. it's very good to have you with us. here's what's coming up in this edition -- turkey -- the nationwide search for missing children. germany -- how technology is helping save young deer. and greece -- why athens has become the center for graffiti artist. when a child disappears without a trace, it's the beginning of a

terrible nightmare for the parents and the rest of the family. the case of the kidnapped girls in nigeria made headlines worldwide, but usually, most cases of kidnapping do not really get any wider public attention. in turkey, some 14,000 children have disappeared over the past five years. while most of them are eventually found and reunited with their families, more than 800 children are currently the missing. campaigners in turkey have started traveling across the country to raise awareness and to find the missing children. >> when seth hears children outside, he cannot help but check, just to be sure. even though his son would be a teenager by now. evan years have passed since he vanished from the front of their home -- seven years have passed. >> we wanted to move away from here, but what if our boy comes

back one day and none of us is here? >> witnesses claim to have seen a suspicious car, but the distraught parents say the police never really followed up. when children of the well-to-do go missing, helicopters go out looking for them, but the police did not even put a sniffer dog on this case. >> we found out what it means to be poor. the case gets different treatment, but a child is a child. >> we just want our child back, even if it is just the mortal remains. then at least we can bury them and visit the grave in the cemetery. >> for 20 years now, the bus of the missing has been traveling

the country, searching for the thousands of children reported missing in turkey each year. the affected people form the association of emily's of missing people. 21 years ago, is older, mentally disabled brother was pulled into a taxi. >> at first, we were just out looking for our own family members. nowadays, we are focusing more on raising awareness. we have to warn parents of the dangers. >> today, the bus arrives in istanbul at the golden hall. the group runs across some unsupervised children playing in the water. when they try to warn them of the risks, they seem wary -- a healthy reaction, actually. many of the vanished children may have become victims of unspeakable crimes.

>> there are illegal organ transplants in turkey, and apparently a mafia that deals in organs taken from abducted people, but our police and criminal investigators have yet to produce solid evidence. >> a public service video by the turkish police says that over 14,000 children have been reported missing in the past five years, and despite the many children who are found, the total number of missing children, regardless of the date a whip missing is 1449 -- regardless of the date they went missing. the affected families are not satisfied. they have found missing children in street gangs and rescued them from factories. here at the golden horn, the crew turn up a lead. there are claims of a sighting

of one of the youngsters. they set out, but when they get to the indicated location, nobody is there. the homeless people have moved on. most of the children at this publiclaround are unattended by their parents. some of them are barely three or four years old. >> some people let their kids play here until midnight. i hardly ever see the parents here. the main thing for them is to have the kids out of the house. >> he talks to people who have moved to istanbul from rural areas and warns them that it is not a savior as in their villages. >> poor people do not have anywhere to leave the children

while they are at work during the day. they cannot afford daycare, so the children end up alone on the streets for hours and fall easy prey to kidnappers. every day, we hear about children being approached by strangers. >> the association's warning about pedophiles, drug dealers, and the organ mafia are making the rounds. this girl says a man tried to lure for a way offering money, but she ran off. bravo, says the activists. he tells them to keep a close eye on one another. the bus moves on. soon it will not be the only face showing photos of missing children. an advertising company has offered to put them on billboards all across the country. >> drones are not exactly the most popular objects in germany, and that is, frankly, an

understatement. most germans associate these remote-controlled flying machines with modern warfare and with illegal spying activities, but germans now are warming to these devices. yes, they can be very useful. they give a spectacular tracking shots and films. they are successfully used for pest control in farming, and they could soon be delivering parcels and presencts to your jurors. engineers have launched a project funded with millions of euros in public money. drones are even helping to a lives of animals there. >> a remote-controlled drone sounds eerie, like a swarm of hornets, or an angel of death, but this one is a lifesaver. from a distance, it looks like a peaceful countryside, but every year at this time, it is the scene of a life and death drama.

does hide their newborn fonds -- fawns from predators, but as always, their worst enemy are human beings. for the first two weeks of their lives, fawns have no impulse to flee. their instinct tells them to curl up and wait until the danger has passed, no matter how are made they may be -- no matter how afraid they may be. this behavior all too often proves fatal. when farmers mow their fields, the sharp blades cut down everything in the past. even if they take the time and trouble to search the field early beforehand, they can't easily miss -- they can still easily miss baby deer in the tall grass. only after the mowing is done

the carnage becomes visible. mowing machines kill an estimated 100,000 fawns every year between may and june. >> it really does hit you where it hurts. you feel so sorry, but you cannot undo it. there is nothing you can do. a young deer like that looks at you so trustingly, so it does hurt. >> hunters criticize some farmers for not doing enough to protect the wildlife. saying they only follow the principle time is money. >> the task and the obligation to search these areas in advance is clearly with the farmers. they are the sources of the danger, so they have the legal obligation to protect the farms -- the fawns, and that's just one example, from being hurt or killed by mowers. >> the punters all the despot to note all too well -- the hunters

ought to know all too well that it's all but impossible to search the whole land, or at least that has been until now. that's where the drones come in. they search the land where they suspect the fawns may be hiding. this is where the cutting edge can save a life. cutting-edge technology, that is, allowing the drones to work independently. first, the engineers define the area to be searched, and the drone takes off. it can cover the area the size of two soccer pitches in 10 minutes. it is equipped with one infrared and one color video camera. the infrared camera can spot the body heat of living creatures in the field. the color camera is used to identify a creature positively as a dear -- deer. as soon as the engineers nowhere in the field the animal is

hiding, they can approach it using a device that exploits estes plays its coordinates -- a device that displays its coordinates. if the deer is older than two weeks, usually, it will flee, usually with its mother. the engineers have located a go -- doe, and before they can reach her, she flees with her offspring. but even then, the deer are not out of danger. often, some time passes between the searching and mowing, and the deer can return to the same field. so the engineers plan to attach tracking devices to the animal so the farmers can follow their movements and avoid them. >> the deer can be traced with the help of receivers mounted on the farm machinery. receivers give the farmer a signal when a fawn is in the immediate vicinity.

>> in the not-too-distant future, every tractor could "with high-tech radar to flash a warning "caution: fawn in the field or cup -- field." >> i think he would be a good idea if you could use it to save the fawns, even if it is just so you can keep from seeing them get mowed down. >> farmers had to escort the animals out of the field personally and then mow it quickly. this hunters supports the project because it would save the newborn deer from a senseless death. he says it would be even better to leave some fields on cloud. >> in the future, we will need

to compensate, to set aside land to create spaces where our wildlife can find some safety. i think if we can spread these spaces evenly like mosaic tiles in the countryside, it would give a future to the efforts for long-term preservation of our free ranging wildlife. >> even with land set aside for wildlife, the drones will still be needed to make sure mowing the field is a pain-free experience for everyone involved . >> 10 years ago, the european union welcomed 10 new countries as members in one go. the so-called eastern enlargement process was a milestone. it meant that the cold war really was over and that the borders between east and west have lost their meaning, but european integration also meant

new barriers were built where they did not exist before. >> lithuania was one of the countries that joined the eu in 2004. its western borders were now open, but the ones in the east were now fortified. the heavily guarded border now runs between lithuania and belarus, to countries that use to both belong to the soviet union, but now, there is a fence that cuts right through villages. >> was born and bred in a village in lithuania just on the border with belarus. both countries were once soviet republics. >> this is belarus, and this here was lithuania. that is my garden.

>> he jokes that he has the best guarded garden in lithuania. the region is patrolled night and day. during the soviet era, there was only a line on the map separating the two republics. the middle fence was erected in 2004 with lithuania became a member of the european union and joined nato. the new type of iron curtain keeps friends and family apart. >> there was not a border or fork. it was one village, and we could all visit each other, but now, our countries are separated. yet, i still know a lot of people there, and they know me. sometimes we go and have a chat at the fence. if i had a visa, i would be able to go over. but to get one, i would have to travel about dirty kilometers to the next border crossing --

dirty kilometers to the next border crossing to visit them, and then travel back home. >> along with the collapse of the soviet union came a new border which was strengthened with barb wire when lithuania joined the eu. there is high unemployment here, and the lack of prospects on both sides of the border in a region that was once prosperous. >> it was like a mix of cultures in the border. now with belarus, all the people there there, but younger people move like us. >> she is a rare example. many young people live -- leave for bigger cities or go abroad never to return. in an attempt to escape high unemployment and our hall-related problems. just a few days ago, a

29-year-old died of alcohol poisoning. she hopes to build a better future. >> is really difficult to find a job here. new factories, just a few schools. -- no factories. i understand for young people, if they have education, if they know a language, they should move. i also tell them to please integrate for study, but come back and help me to build a new lithuania. >> she organizes workshops and events for young people who are stuck in the border area. she wants to create networks and persuade young people to rebuild the region and make it worth living in again. >> i was born here, and i saw

the problems. i think that we can just solve them. we can help young people. we understand that every solution for problems are coming from the young people. if we group them up like good citizens, then community will change. >> today, she invited a successful young interior designer to talk to the young local residents and try to persuade them to take their lives into their own hands. >> i was telling the youth about my past, that i was living in alcohol and drug addiction, also fighting all the time, eating other people.

i tried to compare the new style of my life to the old. so they could see the difference and just to show them an example. >> as often as possible, she invites young people from elements and other countries to take part in creative exchanges. she is a great advocate of european unity, and she says she is extremely suspicious of orders -- orders -- borders. >> graffiti actually means something like scribbling, scratching, writing. spraying writings or drawings on walls with paint became popular in europe in the 1970's. today, you will find them on lots of different surfaces, usually in public places, and even on buses and trains.

authorities tend to turn a blind eye to graffiti in the suburbs or in rundown industrial buildings in the hope that the sprayers will stay away from city centers. not everybody considers graffiti a warm of art like the sprayers do. many say it is a form of vandalism, and getting rid of it is expensive. it costs the german state, for example, some 500 million euros every year, money which greece simply does not have. that is one of the reasons why in times of economic crisis, greece is becoming sometimes the mecca for graffiti artists. >> this is kick our rocks. he actually wanted to be a french teacher, but then the crisis hit, and he turned to street art. some of it legal to earn money, but most of it in a neighborhood blighted by poverty and unemployment, is not.

>> i don't like to do work specifically about the crisis, but everything i do is relevant to it. i don't like in your face political statements. i prefer more beautiful things to give people hope. >> the crisis has spawned a real boom of graffiti and street art across the walls of athens. much of it capturing the anguish of the times. many people are weary of politics. across athens, street artists are blanketing walls and façades with raw messages of protest. one of the pioneers and chroniclers of the crisis has artwork in the windows of uninhabited houses often featuring female figures such as a statue with a revolutionary flag and molotov cocktail. his latest work is a satire on the government's so-called social dividend handouts.

for low income greeks after a recording of budget surplus. >> most of these people are long-term unemployed or have seen their income growing less for about 40% or 50%. just giving them a lump sum of 500 euros is not going to save them. it's not going to do anything, actually. >> this is because he sees himself as an observer of the world that is quickly unraveling. greece's topics are far removed from official politics and mass media. they deal with uncomfortable issues such as the rise of the ultra-right. >> art could play a social role. we are not living in this era that art is made a loan the museums or galleries. i believe it should be created for people. >> indeed, athens is turning

into a kind of fast public outdoor museum. some street artist legally paint on space provided by legal authority city authorities or private owners. one of them is a reclusive artist known for his striking works in the greek capital. he says his works reflect the crisis, but his spectacular murals are a arkwright on the edgy works of more politically radical sprayers. some say the booming graffiti scene has also led to a new kind of social volunteerism. this one's dirty square was cleaned up without waiting for approval of the city. the woman responsible now works with the city mayor handing out permits to city artist. >> the crisis generated spontaneous involvement in

public affairs from the citizens. we do the indeed a correlation between the rise of graffiti art on walls of athens and the rise of intervention of people and citizens to comment upon public affairs and a new language, write? it is all part of an urge to change an old model. >> despite the enthusiasm for athens' new creative energy, there is also a lot of unintelligible graffiti and marker scrawls that had defaced old statues and valuable architecture. >> this is the kind of tagging that has filled up the center of athens. the municipality has to clean it up. >> it is a tricky balance. many graffiti artists want to decide themselves where and what to paint.

for instance, he sprays without a permit. it is only when he needs the money that he takes on commissions for themes he is interested in. >> what is happening is like the birth of pegasus out of the head of medusa. medusa is like the crisis. the greeks are like perseus. if we manage like him to overcome her, then perhaps something good can come out of it. >> until that happens, he along with his friends is leaving his mark on the city with a single misspelled word -- the greek term for "wrong." their message -- the system is not working right. >> and that report brings us to the end of this edition of "european journal." from all of us here in brussels, thanks very much for watching, and do join us again next time. until then, auf wiedersehen and

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