according to a recent report from the university of nottingham, in the u. k, at least 15000 young men were trafficked from west africa to europe in the middle east and 2021. with a promise that play professional football most were minors. generation foot is a football academy where the langley starr said your money was spotted here. they work with professionals clubs abroad. now the 2 top players will be sent to the french football club, met for the vast majority of the young men that you see on this pitch will not make a living, playing professional football. they'll be disappointment for them to carry of their families, but also of entire communities and villages that have supported them. me hope this 22 year old central defender was months, so will be selected by a professional club here. would have it on the i my favorite is i me, my family, my friends, my community. everybody's waiting on me to succeed. success means a contract normally does the academy make money on a potential transfer, but the players community expects to cash in to his is a possibl

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and joining us to discuss this is bridget, well, who's from the university of nottingham? malaysia's asia research institute, she's in kuala for welcome to al jazeera. so do you expect any surprises in the selection? absolutely, i think 1st surprise has been is the high level of turn out. we've seen, you know, over 70 percent, and we're expecting that that will, that figure will increase when the final number comes in. and we've seen the lines full of young people that the young people of this country have taken this election to very seriously. and they've come out to vote, especially in the peninsula. right. and in terms off the parties who are battling for. 0 power, what we understand is that the main battle will be between the long ruling united malays, national organization and to the opposition leader and are abroad, heem? what do you expect to happen there? i think we're abraham's packets in har bonner. the alliance of hope has, has secured the most seat. of course we're waiting to hear, the coding has begun, so we will get a sense of the amount of tally. i think the

emeritus professor of theology and studies at the university of nottingham.od to see you, john. thank you forjoining us. john. thank you for joining us. i just can't get my head i can't i just can't get my head around this or you just break this for me, please. the this down for me, please. the findings that findings of survey show that a lot people under the lot of young people under the age 30 understand the age of 30 don't understand the role in the lives role of fiction in the lives of children . i think it's children. i think it's incredibly disturbing. it suggests people are totally alienated from their own culture . they no longer understand what fiction means and above all. they no longer understand children because children don't discover danger from stories. children already know about danger to children or ready have to overcome fears. and children role playing. and extending their imagination . and it's part their imagination. and it's part of their practising for. it's part of the wonder thing about what are and these very very traditional storie

also i'm joined by helen 0'nions, associate professor of law at nottingham trent university, and harjapngal, uk immigration lawyer. good afternoon to all of you and thank you so much for being with us. dominic, starting with you with a question. why does the processing take so long? i think there is like something like hundred people waiting for decisions on their asylum claims.— waiting for decisions on their asylum claims. waiting for decisions on their as lum claims. ., ., ., ., asylum claims. how long have we got because this — asylum claims. how long have we got because this is _ asylum claims. how long have we got because this is a _ asylum claims. how long have we got because this is a big _ asylum claims. how long have we got because this is a big issue _ asylum claims. how long have we got because this is a big issue -- - because this is a big issue —— 101,000. the numbers have been rising for a long time year on year now, and the precise reasons why seem to be unclear. it's not even clear that the home office understands what is going on here. what we know is back in 2014, the

yeah by the nottingham trent university, one of our campuses is in clifton .nd when campuses is in clifton. and when it's an area that you know, i mean obviously it must be if you live in that it must be absolutely awful for you to come to terms with what's happened. but even just someone who lived there 30 years ago, i think , how there 30 years ago, i think, how can that happen ? how can that can that happen? how can that happen in, you know, just an ordinary little spot. that's often people's reaction, isn't it? could something terrible happenedin it? could something terrible happened in a nice place where most people are lovely. yeah. and that's always the shock when something terrible happens, isn't it, yeah, that's isn't it, that. yeah, that's awful. on a lighter note, we were talking earlier about black friday. it's black friday today . which which is the day when we're all meant to go out and buy something would never have thought of buying otherwise. you see where it gets see this, is where it gets confusing we've confusing because i said we've got ne