so what do we really know that's a man behind the car. think. that the life of a great passion designer. starts september. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe it is great to have you with us spain has become the new hotspot for migrants from africa they're heading to europe in search of a better life the vast majority cross the mediterranean and rubber boats and land in port cities like cuts in the first six months of this year more than twenty thousand people cross the sea to spain more than any other european country
topics: Spain: Refugee Crisis; Sweden: The Elin Ersson Case; Britain: Cellar Wars Beneath London; Iceland: Hunting Endangered Whales; Italy: Stamping out...
be in. spain is a country with high unemployment which by the mere. there's just not enough jobs for so many people but i got up on to him. the other spaniard see things differently antonio about volunteers for an aid organization and supports migrants like any way he can get it he helps plant vegetables and takes care of freight takes. on tonio sees the refugees as an economic factor the plantations in the region couldn't get by without them. you know after i get up from thanks to these people many others are getting rich at the immigrants live off what little money they can earn so they're cheaper labor. party fun of them having a job or the problem they have to put up with everything and never complain. antonino thinks they can be proud of what they've accomplished so far but most of
them are ashamed to be living in a slum in europe. you know peering through from they don't want their families to see them living here in these conditions that's logical you can understand that. i don't think they ever lived like this in africa but if you go. there is not ashamed on the contrary he wants people to know what's really happening in europe. and he's not ready to give up on his dream of a better life. a move in modern us no one living here sometimes i'll go to work to get more money to send to my family offered to help myself here you know. for my future it will be to go. eventually once he is saved enough money intends to return to the ivory coast my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right
now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. while migrants are facing an uncertain future across europe as governments step up deportations of those who've been denied asylum but it is a controversial practice especially returning migrants back to afghanistan and critics say the country is not safe in sweden and activists made headlines were refusing to sit down on a flight taking off from gothenburg preventing the deportation of an afghan man ellen erickson has been celebrated by some for her courage and criticized by others for breaking the law we caught up with her to find out more. when and shauna gets together with her friends these days they usually talk about her protest which made headlines around the world she still getting messages of support . refused to take a seat on
a flight from gothenburg to istanbul in order to prevent the deportation of an asylum seeker to afghanistan video of the incident has gone viral. then she took this step to protest against sweden's asylum policies. we're not giving the correct legal procedure they have the right to we are the government and the migration office are doing so much things that's possible it can use to make sure that they deport and react as many people as possible. and works for an association in gothenburg that provides assistance for under age refugees. most of them come from afghanistan. they see hope in people like you trying to keep them from being deported even if it means breaking the law. or your figure they're trying to deport me to i took them to court and i've been
waiting for a ruling for a year. it could take another year i've lived in sweden for several years now and i have no idea how i'd react to being deported if you know or don't do it over the over the. actions have sparked debate about sweden's asylum and immigration policies and recent polls indicate that right wing populist saw gaining ground ahead of september's parliamentary elections they blame immigrants for an increase in crime in suburban areas. and to stop the next government should stop immigration was. born. and young people who face death at home are allowed to stay and if we let in all sorts of shady characters we've got. the conservative opposition party moderate turn out says ash on committed a crime and says she should be punished for it. we would do it in
sweden deportation cases are decided in a court of law not by politicians and you can't have private citizens interfering with that process of the suit but then sean says the courts ignore the dangers facing deportees in afghanistan and that's why she decided to protest. so in afghanistan we are when you are deported there they can see that you are from europe they can see that you're wearing clothes from europe that you have a different way of walking off talking and it's a really bad situation but if he. says that she now fears for her safety. right wingers have threatened her on social media networks so when she goes out in the city she keeps her eyes open. for her like they write down my whole life i think of her and such like that different sides you're just trying to make sure
that. this social media doesn't know where i am or who my. tsars. says she plans to keep protesting because of the dangers many afghans face once they return home despite all the recent pressure she remains determined. so even with guests like stuffing the dictations to afghanistan than we did probably a still together and i hope so because they are part of my life now but. time now for ensuring to give an english radio station an interview the debate over sweden's deportation policy continues. now london is facing a serious housing shortage the prime minister the city's mayor have vowed to fix the market and build more affordable housing but the british capital is becoming increasingly an affordable for normal earners and even for london's wealthy residents like robbie williams who you might know space is at a premium so if you can't build up or left or right there is only one direction for
a major conflict the victorian fortress is a listed building owned by rock star jimmy page the led zeppelin icon has lived here almost fifty years and was happy until another music legend turned up and wanted to start digging below ground. robbie williams bought the house next door for his growing family he has plans to build an underground swimming pool under his garden. but jimmy page thinks the project will cause irreparable damage to his house. he's been fighting the project for five years he lodged a complaint with the local council and asked them to refuse planning permission. he likes his home too much. i've got to protect the building of. it it's a very special building and it's really difficult to be able to talk about it
a dream job for the marine biologist. it's one of the main attractions for tourists here but they need to be patient. with her spotted something a mentor whale is eating its way through a school of fish. the whale only stays at the surface for a few moments. with a bit of luck the guests may even catch sight of a much larger humpback whale. in the same waters where the tourists are shooting their photos others are whale hunting for whitaker a cool business. the sound it was laid out skid like out that has nerves it can feel there's pain so there's a heartbeat that goes into the wild an explosion and then they bring these wells on board so it can take you know thirty minutes up to an hour but these wild life is a long painful process. iceland's only whaling station lies
hidden at the end of a few org far from reykjavik the whale catchers have bagged a fin whale the second largest mammal on earth and listed as an endangered species . animal activists record the stripping of the forty ton whales blubber. begin to toss is an icelandic activist working to stop the killing of whales. she posts photos and videos on the internet hoping to inspire others to act against whaling mainly her own countrymen. this is not a tradition here really it started with norwegian still in it we have we have a long tradition of even kale in iceland and growing kale so if kale not the way
you. want. the whaling company owner places no value on such criticism as a teenager he harpooned whales from his father's boat and eat the meat. where you meet it's. the only meat without any harm or i think i don't feel that but it's being banned in all e.u. . us due to some reasons but if this sentiment is going to take over here i don't think i think iceland will be. will not be existing as a dependent nation in a couple of years if you're going to use that argument these aren't the everything groups they want to ban all fisheries they're protesting everything. was that here these demonstrators outside the parliament building in reykjavik aren't protesting everything only for protection for the endangered fin whales. survey
show more and more icelanders oppose whaling. the government could end the hunt at any time. instead it granted last sons whaling company a permit to kill one hundred ninety one fin whales in two thousand and eighteen. the uncle of our finance minister is the c.e.o. for the wally company so if this doesn't scream corruption i don't know what does but we have all the cards in parliament and they are against whaling and i hope that it will be forbidden by law to william iceland i hardly anything is left of the giant fin whale at the station the meat has generally been sold to japan the only export market for. this yarn most son has a new business idea he wants to make a compound to treat iron deficiency. we plan to freeze there are even me.
you get about thirty percent. of the meat that will be then ground down in powder. and used as a supplement either as a pain or as or just as a public arena biologist meghan whitaker reacts to such business ideas with sheer horror. just look you know the other threats these animals face oh it'll take a long time for us to rectify and whaling is something we can stop here and now and there's absolutely no need for it is just as pointless for industry. recently the hunting of minka whales at least was halted it's a key victory for iceland's conservationists and their fight against whaling. now to roam the eternal city millions of tourists flock to the italian capital
every year to visit ancient treasures like the colosseum where the pantheon or the trevi fountain roam is magnificent but it's also falling apart public infrastructure is collapsing especially streets and roads rome's administration has been accused of not doing enough mismanaging public funds the city is deep in debt so what can locals do well they're rolling up their sleeves and filling in the gaps them selfs. bad so must a low end his living on the streets of the eternal city he has been a taxi driver here for three decades he's lost millions of kilometers. but sometimes the job can get really dangerous every day must allow his to deal with countless paul tells. me so this problem isn't new the city's politicians haven't paid attention to the situation for fifteen years if i could write off tire damage on my tax form with me i'd not have to pay any more income
tax. no one seems to know how many parts hells that are in room. fifty states indicates this one affray one turns up every ten meters in some parts of the city streets look like swiss cheese it's a real hasn't. for local residents the potholes are simply part of everyday life but they've also attracted the attention of tourists city officials can't seem to get the patel problem under control despite the fact that by their own admission they've spent a lot of money on st tropez. some residents have taken matters into their own hands as group of volunteers has started filling in the pot tells themselves. they call that group tap me all filmy they figure they for pet nearly six thousand health so far most of the materials needed by businesses city officials tolerate
the group's efforts but provide no financial support. for all volunteers which are going to give us all but we donate some of our free time to deal with this serious problem. goals are a major threat for motorcyclists. and it doesn't do any good to just sit around and complain when i meet a must on stuff will be a good result we want to make a contribution. removing it appears you want to get out of the us we've even got an internet site where people can contact us and warn us about really dangerous part of us that i on weekends you can find christiane and devaney in his crew on the streets filling paul tells the most they've ever done was one hundred in a single day but why does this work have to be done by private citizens and not city workers that work across the room blames the problem on corruption. when i look at my kid over the last twenty years the potholes in the streets of
rome have been filled with bribes instead of tar. i think the politicians are just afraid to admit that they can't fix this problem by themselves. i probably should maybe they think it would make them look bad but in situations like this you can't be too picky about how you're going to solve the problem about the what are you know willing immortals is not our mission in life we don't know what you want a bottle of water we just want to help out and solve a problem for the room hosted this year's general to tally up bicycle race and the riders had to keep their eyes peeled for part tells the attend all city and seemingly at ten on proper. well if you were planning a trip to rome anytime soon please keep an eye out for those potholes that wraps up this edition of focus on europe from all of us here thank you so much for watching we hope to see you back here next week.
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