waseem is over whelmed by a sense of lost. at 17 he has little to live for >> translation: if they don't open the border, i will kill myself. if i have to go back to afghanistan, i will dedie there so i might as well end it here. >> reporter: europe is crumbling understand the flow of refugees, but the children have been abandoned by everyone, the border closures increasing the vulnerability of the risk of them ending in the wrong hands >>> in germany three states will elect new parliaments on sunday. these elections are a major test for chance la angela merkel refugee policy. she is insisting on keeping her borders open. polls show supporters have surged for the right wing party, the alternative for germany. >> reporter: there is popularity for this party. the alternative of afd once concentrated on opposing the euro. now their main concern is the influx of refugees to their country. >> having taken more than one million asylum seekers and waiting more awaiting families as well, it is going to cause huge problems in germany o

waseem is over whelmed by a sense of loss. at 17 he has little to live for. >> if they don't open the border, i will kill myself. if i have to go back to afghanistan, i will die there so i might as well end it here. >> reporter: europe is crumbling under the endless flow of refugees, but the lonely children have been abandoned by everyone. the border closures only increasing their vulnerability and the real risk of them ending in the wrong hands >>> north korea says its military is ready for a pre-emptive attack against the south. the announcement is in response to joint military drills involving the u.s. and south korea. >> reporter: this exercise is a show of force that is always meant to impress. the u.s. say it is non-provocative. they've told the north koreans what is taking place here. they say it adds to the stability of the region and does not undermine it. from the north koreans point of view, though, they suspect this is a prelude for an invasion, used as a cover for a build-up of forces. those are not helped by the

. >> brown: another artist-- a very different kind of imagery: waseem al marzouki documents the historye syrian conflict through intricate, large-scale paintings and films that depict military and industrial images and symbols. he grew up near raqqa, now the stronghold of the islamic state, and now lives and works in los angeles. he told us the war had left him unable to work for a two-year period. >> i was very shocked from what i see and what we have experienced. killing, displacement, torture, all this things happening to us. and after two years i start working again but i realize what i'm doing is totally different than what i have done before, it's more related to what we are facing. >> brown: another voice: that of poetry, which has always had an honored place in arabic culture. ghada al atrash is a syrian writer and translator earning a doctorate at the university of calgary in canada. >> syrian poetry today is an outcry. it is a plea to humanity. it embodies that human tragedy, that raw pain, the loss and the defeat. >> brown: atrash is from sweida, in the south of syria, and ha