Since 2015,
over 1.5 million refugees and migrants have come to Europe.
But the Europe they dreamed of has changed.
Borders have closed.
And public opinion seems to be turning against them.
Filmed over the last three years, and across 31 countries,
this news series sees Europe through the eyes of those who thought
they'd made it to safety.
And it tells the stories of those who are still prepared to risk
everything for a new life in Europe.
THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
IN OWN LANGUAGE
BACKGROUND CHATTER
SHE CRIES SOFTLY
THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
Eins, zwei, drei...
Sechs. ..sechs,
sieben,
acht,
neun... Neun.
Zehn.
IN GERMAN:
SHE SPEAKS IN ARABIC THEN GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
BABY CRIES
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
Ich komme!
LAUGHING AND PLAYING
HE IMITATES GUNFIRE
IN GERMAN:
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
IN GERMAN:
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
HORN BLOWS
SHE ULULATES
IN GERMAN:
LOUD CHATTER
IN GERMAN:
Hallo.
LAUGHTER
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
ON TV: Germany takes in more refugees than any other EU nation.
Europe does not speak with one voice.
The controversial closing of the Balkans route for migrants...
Moving along the migrant trail has slowed to a crawl.
More than a quarter of a century
after they tore down the Iron Curtain,
they're putting fences back up again.
It's the classic domino effect.
Borders further north close, so this one stays shut too.
WIND WHISTLES
This is my... CLICKS TONGUE
What's the name in English?
Underwear? Underwear?
CAMERAMAN: Your underwear?
Underwear.
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
What-what I saying in English,
my shoes is, uh...
like, take the water.
Your shoes are getting wet?
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
ON TV: This steel fence which runs for 110 miles is now a reality
separating Hungary from Serbia.
More barbed wire, more police patrols...
..and comes equipped with alarms and thermal imaging cameras...
Only a few refugees dare to come close.
They're all very aware that they're not welcome in Hungary.
The climate has become hostile towards migrants...
When caught, they've been stripped of clothing and beaten.
The new law allows the government to lock up refugees
and asylum seekers indefinitely.
It's a prison!
They are treating us like animals!
ON TV: This month, the Prime Minister, Victor Orban,
took charge of a new group of so-called "border hunters."
A new law now gives the government even more power
to round up migrants.
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IN ENGLISH:
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
IN ENGLISH:
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
MUFFLED SPEECH
DRAMATIC MUSIC
DOGS BARK
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
CHILD CHATTERS
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ON TV: Hungary has already blocked the Balkan route into Europe
and it's calling for what it calls "the line of defence"
to be pushed all the way to Libya.
Unrest in Northern Africa has swelled the numbers of people
trying to reach the EU.
SAILOR: Bambino first!
Thousands of migrants have drowned or died from starvation
or dehydration.
This man was found clinging to a boat's rudder at sea.
Just one of many thousands rescued by...
The migrants themselves come mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa,
they're fleeing poverty and repression.
Most are not refugees but economic migrants,
young men looking for a better life.
IN FRENCH:
ON TV: You've got the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta,
which have barriers that separate them from the rest of Morocco,
built to stop immigration and smuggling.
INDISTINCT SHOUTS
70 Sub-Saharan African migrants were injured
when they tried to get through the razor-wire-topped fence.
This is the moment where their struggle to enter Europe will start.
At the top of a six-metre barbed-wire fence,
facing rows of Spanish officers
waiting to turn them back to Morocco.
MUSIC PLAYS IN DISTANCE
IN FRENCH:
HE SHIVERS
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
IN FRENCH:
ON TV: More than 1,000 people surprised the Moroccan border patrol
and ran for the fence.
Hundreds of migrants entered Spanish territory in North Africa on Friday.
Upon arrival, they shouted, "Freedom."
NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE
PROTESTERS CHANT
This was one of several demonstrations that took place
across Europe today.
Political momentum is with those opposed to asylum seekers.
The far-right has gained votes by promising a crackdown.
An annual rally of the Golden Dawn party in Athens.
Around 800 Greek nationalists gather to denounce
the European Union and migrants.
"Merkel must go," they chant.
This is the backlash against Germany's generous refugee policy.
These are the dissenters and their numbers are swelling.
The right-wing has been making spectacular gains here in Germany
in the last couple of years.
The AfD, or Alternative for Germany,
has only existed for three years and, in that time,
it has attracted a lot of support for its anti-migrant views.
PROTESTERS: Nazis out! Nazis out! Nazis out!
SIRENS WAIL
IN GERMAN:
Gut. Danke.
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
SHOUTS IN GERMAN
HE CHEERS
No fascisti!
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
IN GERMAN:
SHE SIGHS
Better?
SHE LAUGHS
# Despacito... #
CLICKS FINGERS
# Despacito
# Despacito. #
IN GERMAN:
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYS
BELLS TOLL
I am now in Espana, in Spain,
and this is a really good city, and nice people.
IN OWN LANGUAGE:
Ciao.
Hola.
I have locked the door.
If the police come, I will jump from here.
DONALD TRUMP: I call it extreme vetting, right. Extreme vetting.
It's going to be so tough.
Subtitles by Ericsson