mokhtar fazil also fled to europe via turkey and the balkan route, paying traffickers over 5000 euros. a dangerous journey. >> people told me i would get a house in germany, and find work. but it wasn't like that at all. i lived in a really remote area. reporter: mokhtar ended up in the state of brandenburg, far from any urban center. he'd hoped his wife would be allowed to join him. or that he'd at least be able to send money back to his family. >> i thought i would at some point get a passport, and would be able to help my family in afghanistan, and i would be able to go to school in germany. reporter: mokhtar lasted nine months before returning, frustrated, to kabul. he hasn't found a job here either. unemployment is rampant. the e.u. wants to send around 80,000 afghans home to a country that, even according to its own government, is plagued by war and terrorism. >> in 2015, germany said that refugees could come. so a lot of afghans sold everything they had. and if they're deported now, it's a big problem for us. reporter: afghanistan is overwhelmed, something evident every morning