i am soran qurbani. 12 years ago, i smuggled my way into europe from iran. now, i working for the bbc and i am investigating what is happening to refugees like me on that route today. we met with refugees in turkey who managed to escape, but lost everything in the process. and those trying to tackle it. call to prayer van city, in turkey, on the border with iran and the gateway to europe for many hundreds of thousands of afghan refugees. for decades, people have been smuggled from afghanistan through iran, and into turkey. these undocumented migrants have been fleeing civil war, poverty and persecution. when the taliban retook power in august 2021, the numbers increased. an underground network of smugglers operate safe houses across van city for those who have just made it to turkey. houses, flats, stables, all repurposed to hide the thousands of refugees coming in each year. ahkmed is in his early 20s. the blood you can see is a broken nose. it happened while crossing the bo
half trillion dollars of debt. that would leave workers not getting paid and the economy could spiral into chaos. earlier, our correspondent gave us this update. us this update. lots of lawmakers us this update. lots of lawmakers are - us this update. lots of| lawmakers are walking us this update. lots of- lawmakers are walking around the capital are walking round giving their viewpoints, expressing their disappointment at the bill but, look, there s at the bill but, look, there s a lot of confidence. president biden is confident it will pass. a man named tom mellor who is the width of the republican party. they need 18 votes, 218 is what they need and he says they are very confident that republicans will pass it through the house and he said those who are making the noise haven t fully read the noise haven t fully read the bill and hisses when they do they will get on board. are we seeing any defectors quiz mac there is house caucus, the ultraconservative members of the r
revealed that it had been told that the cabinet office did not have access to some of the material it was being asked to provide. i will been told by the cabinet office they have been engaging with boris johnson about some of this material including today. borisjohnson spokesperson said this evening that more material has been headed over from borisjohnson to the cabinet office and that borisjohnson is now urging the cabinet office to hang that over to the inquiry. in short, i understand that there is some new material that the cabinet office has been given by borisjohnson this afternoon and that they now understand that all the material requested from them has been handed over to the cabinet office. i am still waiting to hear from the cabinet office if they now have all the material they had been engaging with boris johnson the material they had been engaging with borisjohnson over and whether they have all of the material the inquiry has requested of them. that being said,
walking around the capital and giving their viewpoints, saying how they plan to vote. lots of republicans expressing their disappointment at the bill. there s a lot of confidence, president biden is confident it will pass, the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy as well. and a key figure people might not have heard of, the majority whip for the republican party. they need 218 votes, the republicans control the boat with 222. he said he is confident republicans will pass it through the house, and he says those making the noise haven t probably fully read the 99 page bill and when they do, he thinks they will get on board. ., , ., board. you just mention the republicans board. you just mention the republicans control - board. you just mention the republicans control the - republicans control the house, are we seeing any defectors? there is the house freedom caucus, they are members of the republican party who expressed a lot of anger yesterday at a press conference. they don
whether to hand this material over. and ultimately i m sure he will have been given the advice that whatever is within that could potentially be embarrassing that withholding it and being seen to withhold it would look far worse. 50. being seen to withhold it would look far worse. ., ., , ., far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is on far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is on the - on rishi sunak, it is on the government. what are they going to do? are they going to risk legal action? ~ y . ., , do? are they going to risk legal action? ~ . ., , ., action? well, officials have said the are action? well, officials have said they are considering action? well, officials have said they are considering the - action? well, officials have said| they are considering the position