0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17EXPLOSION
0:00:19 > 0:00:21GUNFIRE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24HORNS HONK
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Nobody wants to leave their country
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and risk dying in the sea.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32But when it becomes impossible
0:00:32 > 0:00:33to live in your own country...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38..people will do desperate things.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56In 2015, over one million people
0:00:56 > 0:00:58smuggled themselves into Europe.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I wanted to contact my family,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19but I couldn't because my place was under siege.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35This is the story of the migrant crisis,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38told by the people who risked everything
0:01:38 > 0:01:41for the dream of a better life in Europe.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Me and my wife, we agreed
0:02:37 > 0:02:41that I will travel to the UK
0:02:41 > 0:02:43and my family will later on join me.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50You see, if you look at here...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54A lot of numbers - smugglers, smugglers, smugglers. Wow.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58They've got groups on Facebook, you know?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Closed groups, so they keep posting, advertising,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07prices, dates, routes...
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Discounts. Promotion, you know?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Yeah.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Sorry. Do you know where the Omonia Square is?- That way.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42That way? Five minutes?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Sorry. Omonia Square?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Right here? Thank you so much.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Good evening, sir. Do you know where is the Omonia Square?- Five minutes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Thank you so much.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00OK. I mean, everybody says five minutes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I don't know what's the meaning of five minutes in Greece...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06HORNS HONK
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Bye.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24He will be here in...
0:04:24 > 0:04:26ten minutes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28And, to be honest, if you're asking about my feeling,
0:04:28 > 0:04:29I'm now so anxious...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Not about travelling, but about you filming me because...
0:04:33 > 0:04:36..a lot of mothers are looking at me now
0:04:36 > 0:04:40because, you know, I know there's a lot of, a LOT of, a lot of these...
0:04:40 > 0:04:41you know,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43traffickers, they're not happy.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Seeing you, in particular, ruining their job.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Well, shit. It's better you turn it off because they will be...
0:04:56 > 0:04:58No, please turn it off.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Because if they see the camera or they see me... What are you doing?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03OK.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10'He came...
0:05:11 > 0:05:13'..with a suitcase
0:05:13 > 0:05:14'full of passports.'
0:05:17 > 0:05:21And I asked him how much it would cost me to the UK.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25He told me it would cost about seven, 8,000. I said...
0:05:26 > 0:05:28"This is too expensive".
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Then I said, "OK, how about France? Can you get me to France?"
0:05:31 > 0:05:33He said, "Of course".
0:05:33 > 0:05:36He said, "I'll give you half price".
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Because you can fly easily to Marseille.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43And from there...
0:05:43 > 0:05:46my next step will be...Paris,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48the city of love.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59This is the picture of my little daughter and my wife.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01You see the building out there?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Last week,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05there was a bomb,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09two little children lost their lives there, in my town.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's about 200 metres from my house.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16(Shit.)
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I don't want to talk about my family, to be honest.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I want to be so positive
0:06:22 > 0:06:25because, whenever I think about my family, things get fucked up.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29I don't want to talk about them. No, they are fine there.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I don't want to think about it, to be honest,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34and I don't like to be reminded of them.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37(Shit.)
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Do you want to record video?- What?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- You are recording video?- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Oh...
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- If you have any questions, we can talk with you.- OK.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Because I can talk English.- Where are you from?- I am from Afghanistan.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And we have passed a very difficult way
0:07:29 > 0:07:33and finally we arrived in Greece,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36so we're thankful for the people of Greece, you are very kind people.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Today, I have seen the Greek people,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42they have bought from their pocket,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46from their money, from a store, breakfast, lunch, dinner...
0:07:48 > 0:07:54- Where do you want to go?- I want to go Finland.- Finland?- Finland.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06When I hear it from the news that the borders are open and many people
0:08:06 > 0:08:11are going to abroad, then I decided it is time to go, now or never.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Because the people who are living in Afghanistan, all of them
0:08:18 > 0:08:20don't like Afghanistan.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25But why they stay, because they don't know the way how to come,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29or, if they know the way, they don't have the money to come.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38I'm sure, if they have enough money,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40nobody will remain in Afghanistan
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and Afghanistan would be empty.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56Here are the buses, which the refugees travel to Macedonia,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58and I'm going to find my friends there.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39I'm 24 years old and I've faced many problems,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I have seen many problems in my life, and it's enough.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47I want to have the remains, the rest of my life, with peace,
0:09:47 > 0:09:52with safe life, with good... good situation.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03I remember... When I was a child, the regime of Taliban...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07..and everything was bad.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19'Our war on terror
0:10:19 > 0:10:21'begins with Al-Qaeda.'
0:10:21 > 0:10:25'US Special Operations Forces were on the ground in Afghanistan...'
0:10:25 > 0:10:27'..take back the town from the Taliban...'
0:10:27 > 0:10:30'Most US troops left at the end of 2013.'
0:10:30 > 0:10:33'..city strongholds, 5,000 US troops dead,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36'tens of thousands of Afghans dead,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38'hundreds of thousands wounded.'
0:10:38 > 0:10:42'Taliban regime is coming to an end.'
0:10:56 > 0:11:01The Taliban was very cruel to all human beings...
0:11:02 > 0:11:05..and especially for women.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10It was not right for a woman in the period of Taliban, no right.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17For example, girls and women were not allowed to go for a job,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20for work, for studying.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Everything was forbidden for them.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29And when they go outside, then it was a rule they should
0:11:29 > 0:11:33cover all the parts of your body, all the parts.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38If their hands or feet was uncovered,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40if a Talib see them like that,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Talib beat them.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53When I was Afghanistan, I saw that Taliban are trying to govern again
0:11:53 > 0:11:55and, every day, fight is going on.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03That is why I decided to leave my home country and come to abroad.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25In Afghanistan,
0:13:25 > 0:13:29it's very important for every family to have
0:13:29 > 0:13:32about five males...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Five men, yes?
0:13:35 > 0:13:40But here, I'm just living with four girls -
0:13:40 > 0:13:42my sisters.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45So, I feel very responsible for them.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39MAN TEACHES GERMAN ON PHONE
0:14:55 > 0:15:00I learn German language. It is interesting, the language.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- Is it worth risking your life to get there?- Yeah.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16'Ja... Ja...'
0:15:16 > 0:15:18GERMAN LESSON FADES OUT
0:15:30 > 0:15:31BABY CRIES
0:18:40 > 0:18:42PEOPLE CHATTER
0:18:46 > 0:18:50You can't go there, everybody. No! No, sorry. No.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52PEOPLE SHOUT CHILDREN CRY
0:18:52 > 0:18:53No.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15'Hundreds of men, women
0:19:15 > 0:19:19'and children waiting in the rain near the border.'
0:19:19 > 0:19:22'..authorities and aid agencies seemed completely unprepared...'
0:19:22 > 0:19:25'Croatian authorities are slowing the flow of migrants
0:19:25 > 0:19:26'being allowed in...
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- 'Refugees...'- 'There are more coming hour after hour.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32'Refugees and migrants arriving in Croatia...'
0:19:34 > 0:19:36'Still pouring into the European Union...'
0:19:36 > 0:19:39'The problem is a lack of coordination.'
0:19:39 > 0:19:41'..blocked their entry to the European Union.'
0:19:41 > 0:19:44'Whatever limits and quotas EU leaders may have in mind,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47'this influx is continuing.'
0:19:47 > 0:19:49'There was no shelter, no food,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52'no warmth for this group, which included MANY children.'
0:20:10 > 0:20:13We think all the body here, they will die.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15They kill us here.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19They kill us, you must understand.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02THEY LAUGH WITH THE CHILDREN
0:21:05 > 0:21:08THEY LAUGH AND CLAP
0:21:09 > 0:21:11THEY CHANT
0:23:13 > 0:23:17HE SPEAKS ENGLISH:
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I've never travelled to Europe before.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I don't know what's the atmosphere towards refugees.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It didn't feel like we were welcomed by all those countries
0:23:33 > 0:23:34we were going through.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42We were certainly not welcome.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57It felt like every country was trying to get rid of us.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02"Just go north and then you'll figure it out from there."
0:24:08 > 0:24:10The back door of the van broke
0:24:10 > 0:24:13because around 26 people were stacked in the van.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Around 27, 26 people...
0:24:17 > 0:24:20..and an hour and a half is going to take us into Austria.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41The driver was drunk.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And they do it on purpose because, if we get caught,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49he will get a lesser sentence because he's drunk.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50He'll be like,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53"Well, they put them in my van - I didn't know about them".
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Right now, our van is entering the Austrian borders.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30It's nine o'clock. The van just dropped us. We are in Vienna.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37I wanted to go to the UK, and it took me around 14 days
0:25:37 > 0:25:39and I'm in Austria.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43So, yeah, maximum two more weeks and...
0:25:44 > 0:25:45..I'm going to be in the UK.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49..but I wasn't!
0:26:13 > 0:26:18When planning my trip to the UK, I've always wanted to
0:26:18 > 0:26:21be as quick as possible.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Time is my worst enemy.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30In Syria,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33sometimes a minute can change
0:26:33 > 0:26:36the entire life of you or your family.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's an amazing view.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48'And the system for family reunion in the UK...
0:26:50 > 0:26:52'..is super quick.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54'It's so fast.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59'Once I am given the refugee status,'
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I can get my family easily out of Syria,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07which might take me two and a half years in Germany or France.
0:27:10 > 0:27:16And, from France, there's only one way for you to cross.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27'Thousands of migrants are trying to board trucks bound for Britain...
0:27:27 > 0:27:29'And walk off across the tracks towards...
0:27:29 > 0:27:32'Angry migrants venting their frustration in Calais -
0:27:32 > 0:27:35'they complain that they're being treated like animals.'
0:27:35 > 0:27:38'You've got a swarm of people wanting to come to Britain
0:27:38 > 0:27:41'because Britain has got jobs, it's got a growing economy,
0:27:41 > 0:27:42'it's an incredible place to live...'
0:27:42 > 0:27:44'French gendarmes eventually...'
0:27:44 > 0:27:47'More dogs, more fencing, more policing.'
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I was watching the news on Calais because, at that time,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54a lot of media was focusing on Calais.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57'The new security measures at the tunnel and at the port
0:27:57 > 0:28:01'have made it much more difficult for the people-smuggling gangs.'
0:28:01 > 0:28:05I said, "If i go to the Jungle and I meet these people,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09"I might end up like them, spending a lot of time living in the Jungle."
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Which was...crazy impossible for me.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I said, "I will never, ever do it."
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I don't know. I used to see on the news that,
0:28:27 > 0:28:31when they show Calais, this kind of...
0:28:31 > 0:28:36A jungle, a forest and a lot of migrants and people and police.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I don't know. It's not the case with me for the time being.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42I don't know what's going to be waiting for me there.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47It looks like...a quite peaceful city.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52It's a bit chilly, but that's OK.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Oh, my God. Look, look, look!
0:28:58 > 0:28:59It's the sea.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I don't know. I might be taking one of these ferries
0:29:14 > 0:29:16and be heading to the UK.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32See there? It's over there.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37The horizon.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40The mirage, it's England.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44It's so close.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I can't wait, man. I can't wait to get there.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Now I need to go walk through the city to see
0:29:54 > 0:29:57if somebody is willing to support, to help me.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03And by someone I mean some human traffickers,
0:30:03 > 0:30:06some smugglers, because this is the only way to get out of here.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Where are the smugglers? I don't know where you can find them.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42You see, I prefer that you stay here and I go there.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45They might be afraid, they might be worried.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01They told me, "Welcome.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05"Tomorrow, you will be having your lunch in London."
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I said, "Wow! This is great. Please, yeah.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11"Let's do it as soon as possible."
0:31:19 > 0:31:24It was very, very stupid of me to believe these smugglers...
0:31:24 > 0:31:27but I didn't have a choice but to believe them.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51I feel relaxed because I'm near to Germany.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56Just one country remains, Austria, and then to Germany.
0:31:56 > 0:32:02From Germany to Sweden and from Sweden to my destination, Finland.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10It is so difficult for the children.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13We are young and we cannot suffer this cold weather.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17For children, it is too much difficult.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26BABY CRIES
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Stay with your family and everybody get a bus one by one.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01THEY SCREAM
0:35:08 > 0:35:10THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:35:20 > 0:35:22THEY VOCALISE
0:38:06 > 0:38:08SIRENS BLARE
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Nice city.- Nice city. Nice place.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53THEY LAUGH
0:40:14 > 0:40:18It is 8:00 and we will leave here about 8:30,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21to the terminal of buses,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24and after that we will start moving towards Istanbul, Inshallah.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- You seem quite anxious. - I am very nervous.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I'm heading to the cafe now, where the smugglers,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43the group of smugglers, are sitting.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49Feel lucky? Of course. If I'm unlucky, I cross another day.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51What matters is that I'll cross.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Ciao! Wish me luck, huh?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07An Egyptian smuggler...
0:42:07 > 0:42:09he took us to a parking place...
0:42:11 > 0:42:13..me and another seven people.
0:42:15 > 0:42:23Yes, this is Calais port and I'm walking next to it.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31Preparing to get in one of these ferries or trucks.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40See, there's a group of people walking in front of me -
0:42:40 > 0:42:43they're all migrants trying to get in.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51There was a tanker full of flour.
0:42:53 > 0:42:59He said, "This flour tanker is going to the UK.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02"You will get there within six hours."
0:43:07 > 0:43:11And the smuggler shut that circle where we slip, you know,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13inside the tanker.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17It was total darkness.
0:43:19 > 0:43:25Imagine you are buried alive, you know? In a tanker with no air...
0:43:26 > 0:43:27..nothing at all...
0:43:29 > 0:43:32..because you trusted a criminal.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38I started suffocating and I started losing consciousness.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43We started knocking and knocking and knocking.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Ten minutes, the tanker stopped.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50The driver opened the door from up there...
0:43:52 > 0:43:53..and he let us out.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56We were reborn again.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01And the guy told us, "Look, this car is going to Italy.
0:44:01 > 0:44:02"I'm going to Rome.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05"If you want to go to Rome, come sit next to me. You're welcome."
0:44:05 > 0:44:07It was a shock.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16I was almost killed...
0:44:17 > 0:44:19..for a stupid idea called the UK.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23I gave it up.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31'I changed my plans. I said, "I'm going to Germany."
0:44:31 > 0:44:33' "Germany is a nice place."
0:44:37 > 0:44:42'To Stuttgart, met my brother for the first time since 2011.'
0:44:44 > 0:44:47This is my brother, Mohammad.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51My other brother, Mahmud, he's staying in Berlin.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUGE In Berlin.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Mohammad reached last year and he speaks good German.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Ja. Ein bisschen deutsch.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08I don't understand but I'm sure, maybe, in six months from now,
0:45:08 > 0:45:11I will be a fluent speaker of German.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Deutschland.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17- Gote morgen.- Guten morgen.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19- Guten morgen?- Guten morgen, ja.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22You see? Just 24 hours in Germany
0:45:22 > 0:45:25and I've started to speak some German.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32I've done my best.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36I've tried and I've tried hard.
0:45:36 > 0:45:37I was almost killed.
0:45:37 > 0:45:42Like, in the future, why didn't you try to go to England? I did it.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45I've tried and I've tried hard to go to England.
0:45:47 > 0:45:48I mean, yeah...
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Germany, why not?
0:45:54 > 0:45:55Yeah.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Guten...
0:46:00 > 0:46:03Guten tag. Guten morgen.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41We cannot see. I think it's gloomy.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45- Gloomy.- Gloomy.- It's called fog.- Oh.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46Yeah, it's gloomy.
0:46:48 > 0:46:53But I hope that in Finland it should be better than this, not like this.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56I like the normal weather.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03I can see here the refugees.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06Finland.
0:47:20 > 0:47:25'In Afghanistan, Sweden is a very popular and famous country.'
0:47:27 > 0:47:32And I was feeling very good that I was in Sweden, in Europe.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34This is me, Sadiq, and I'm in Sweden.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36It was very interesting for me.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38I had a very good feeling.
0:47:41 > 0:47:46'But if the European people go to Afghanistan as a refugee,
0:47:46 > 0:47:47'what would happen?
0:47:50 > 0:47:53'The Taliban would arrest them'
0:47:53 > 0:47:56and brutally kill them, the European people.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08It was a very long trip - too much long.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Er...
0:48:10 > 0:48:13We started the trip this morning and now it's night.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18For some guys, this bus is the last bus
0:48:18 > 0:48:21because they want to stay here in Sweden.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25And to get to Finland, we have a little more journey.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30Maybe it takes one or two days to arrive in Finland.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45OK, thank you.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- You're going to Finland?- Yeah.- OK.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- It's going to be cold.- Oh.- You want?
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Yeah. Thank you, sir.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03It's a cap and it's...
0:49:03 > 0:49:07We have clothes in the basement, if you need.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11- Hi.- Hi.- Welcome. You need anything?
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Over there you have some t-shirts and you have some jackets.
0:49:14 > 0:49:15Oh, thank you.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Oh!
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Let me check, maybe it's for girls.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42Now I go to Finland.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03'I many times told my friends, "Look how European people
0:50:03 > 0:50:04' "are good and kind."
0:50:06 > 0:50:11' "We are not working here. They give us everything what we want." '
0:50:19 > 0:50:20This is a kind of chips.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:50:26 > 0:50:31My friend says he put milk and said he can't find yoghurt.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34I said, "This is yoghurt." "Oh, I made a mistake."
0:50:39 > 0:50:41HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:50:41 > 0:50:45He said, "It is not tasty. I'm trying to eat fast to finish
0:50:45 > 0:50:48"and have yoghurt." HE LAUGHS
0:50:51 > 0:50:53'Many things are new for me -
0:50:53 > 0:50:56'the culture, the people.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59'It is completely different from Afghanistan.'
0:51:00 > 0:51:02No, not tasty.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08'In here is freedom. Freedom of everything.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20'They don't tell us, "You must be Christian."
0:51:22 > 0:51:25'And they say to us, "You are free, if you want to pray,
0:51:25 > 0:51:28' "if you want to go mosque.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30' "All what you want to do, you're free." '
0:51:45 > 0:51:49The European people are...keeping...dogs.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51They like dogs.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Everybody has a dog.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Here I realised what is equality.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20Men and women have the same rights, but here I have seen.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26It is great.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31'Because men and women are the same.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34'They are human beings.'
0:52:44 > 0:52:49So just one border remains to pass and arrive in Finland.
0:52:49 > 0:52:54We have passed ten countries, ten borders...
0:52:55 > 0:52:57..and just one remains.
0:53:09 > 0:53:14I have encouraged them to go to Finland because it is a nice place
0:53:14 > 0:53:17and I have never seen any pictures from Finland.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24But I know there is a nice place, I believe it.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44Finland is bigger than Germany,
0:53:44 > 0:53:48but the population is too little - five million.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53So we want to get there to increase the population of the country.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44I don't know, here is Finland or Sweden?
0:54:46 > 0:54:50- Sorry, sir. Here is Sweden or Finland?- This is Finland.- Oh.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58Yes! It is Finnish. Here is Finland.
0:55:07 > 0:55:12'I had a friend who told me there's another possible route...
0:55:12 > 0:55:13'to the UK.'
0:55:22 > 0:55:24So I said, "All right, I mean,
0:55:24 > 0:55:26"if it's not going to be an awful journey."
0:55:27 > 0:55:29And he said, "It's very easy.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31"You don't have to climb, you don't have to walk.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35"You don't have to worry, there's no police. There's nothing.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37"You just sit down and you end up in the UK."
0:55:37 > 0:55:40I said, "That easy?" He said, "That easy."
0:55:41 > 0:55:43I said, "This is impossible."
0:55:44 > 0:55:47I tried to find something on Facebook - there was nothing -
0:55:47 > 0:55:49and I was very suspicious.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53From inside the port.
0:55:55 > 0:56:00Now, I am under one of the lorries.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06We're just waiting, so we can sneak.
0:56:10 > 0:56:15'These smugglers, they've got a set of tools with them.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19'They use the tools, they open the back of the lorry.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24'They put us inside it and they relock it again.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36'The smugglers said, "Don't move."
0:56:41 > 0:56:43' "If you ever move, they will discover you,
0:56:43 > 0:56:45' "then the police will come." '
0:56:48 > 0:56:52'So I slept 12 hours, I thought I would wake up in the UK,
0:56:52 > 0:56:54'and the car never moved.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59'And was snoring.'
0:57:00 > 0:57:03And it was like a train. "Come on, man.
0:57:03 > 0:57:07"We are not going to lose this because of you."
0:57:07 > 0:57:12The entire port could hear us. "Come on, for God's sake."
0:57:12 > 0:57:17And I told him, "Look, if you ever sleep, we are fucked up."
0:57:17 > 0:57:21So I had to literally sit next to him,
0:57:21 > 0:57:25whenever he closed his eyes, just wake up, wake up.
0:57:33 > 0:57:38'Me and my friends, we spent three full days...
0:57:40 > 0:57:42'..at the back of that lorry...
0:57:43 > 0:57:44'..motionless...
0:57:48 > 0:57:51'..and that lorry never moved.'
0:57:59 > 0:58:02I would never have ever thought of going to England
0:58:02 > 0:58:03if I knew how bad Calais was.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10There is nothing different between Africa and here.
0:58:25 > 0:58:29To get this passport, it cost me 4,500 euros.
0:58:31 > 0:58:34I kind of wish we could have done this the legal way.
0:58:34 > 0:58:39I wish that there was somehow a way to get to our destinations legally.
0:58:46 > 0:58:48To find out about the making of this series,
0:58:48 > 0:58:50and to share your views, go to...
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