Episode 1 Exodus: Our Journey

DISTORTED RADIO TRANSMISSION

'Position, give me position.'

'Hello? Mayday. Mayday.'

'Your position, please. Your position.'

'We have small children, please help us.'

'Boats are sinking. Help us. Now we are sinking. Can you help us?

'OK, we will send the rescue.'

SHOUTING, CLAMOURING

BABY CRIES

TRANSLATED:

Since 2015, over 1.5 million refugees

and migrants have come to Europe.

In the first series of Exodus, the extraordinary story

of the biggest mass migrations since the Second World War

was told by those at the heart of the crisis.

I was feeling very good that I'm in Sweden, in Europe.

This is me and I'm in Sweden.

It was very interesting for me. European people are good and kind.

Filmed over the last three years, and across 31 countries...

this new series continues their journeys...

seeing 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 the dream of a better life...

even as public opinion seems to be turning against them

and the route into Europe has closed.

Now this time, everybody went to that truck that is stopping here.

But the police, you see police, you can see, they are there,

you see, you see the police.

Now there is no chance to go in there.

Come on, this side.

Yes, yes. Other way.

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

SHOUTING

SHOUTING

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Go, go.

Do not come to Europe.

Do not believe the smugglers.

Do not risk your lives. It is all for nothing.

-NEWS REPORT:

-In Calais, workers have started to dismantle

the migrant camp and officials say that 4,000 people...

French officials in charge of cleaning the so-called

Jungle migrant camp say that everyone has...

They no longer have any home in Calais.

This place really is being shut down.

-NEWS REPORT:

-Mainland Europe is fortifying its borders.

Building walls and fences to keep the migrants out.

-NEWS REPORT:

-In Greece, thousands are stuck in grim conditions...

Tens of thousands of people are still stranded...

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

-NEWS REPORT:

-Macedonia has slammed its border shut.

-Macedonian troops build a second fence...

-Strict border control...

They fled war and poverty but their route into Europe is blocked.

THEY LAUGH

PROTESTERS CHANT

-We need justice!

-We need justice!

We need justice!

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Good evening.

-Hi, bro. Come on, are you OK?

-Yeah.

Good.

So this is my big bro, Sam.

-And his mum, Martha.

-Hello.

This is like his home.

He's stayed here for a long time.

Thank you, bro.

-Do you want to go outside?

-Yes.

-OK.

OK, it is finished, let's go.

He's really good with Sam, really good, and so patient.

Yeah, so patient.

Does Sam understand Dame's situation?

Up to a point, I think.

He's very firm that Dame should be allowed to stay,

but we don't talk to him about the situation in Ethiopia.

Sort of, what the threat is, actually.

I feel like there's actually the threat of death for him

if he goes back.

Sam.

I really need to keep the Oromo people safe

and don't send them back.

If they get sent back, then I think they'll get killed.

If I am not getting this place to stay,

I'm on the street, I'm homeless.

A lot of problems will happen on me.

-Does the government give you any money to help?

-No, never.

They never gave me any money from the first until now.

Have you got any idea how long this can go on for?

Well, what I understand is people can just be in limbo for ever.

They don't send people back, but they don't actually give them

a way to establish their lives.

And why don't they send him back?

I think they know it's dangerous, don't they?

They know it's dangerous and they can't.

They're not actually monsters, but the politics don't allow them

to actually give them permission to stay.

This is my room.

The light, it sometimes just takes time to come on.

This is Oromo flag.

This is for my learning English.

Book.

When I'm there, I feel bad, I'm very sad, upset.

I come in, close the door and if I want to cry, I cry.

If silent, just silent. That's why I love this room.

Yeah.

SHE CALLS TO SOMEONE

CHILDREN SHOUT AND SING

LAUGHTER

When w-we arrived in this camp,

a lot of people, they didn't have anything.

The weather was very cold.

But another one group come,

they give us clothes and shoes.

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

From Germany.

Allemagne, Germany give us coat,

clothes and shoes. Beautiful shoes.

Your country, United Kingdom, give us money.

100 euro. 100 euro.

And another family also - for Mohammed's family, 100 euro.

Germany, Germany, OK.

Germany, Germany.

German. OK.

THEY SPEAK THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

Sherin doesn't like this.

-She likes...

-THEY LAUGH

If you were in Afghanistan,

-would you be allowed to walk holding hands like this?

-No.

We can't walk like that.

Like this, it's very difficult and very bad in Afghanistan.

It's very bad. Bad.

-NEWS REPORTS:

-..four metre high border fence runs for 110 miles

and is topped with razor wire...

..steel fence and barbed wire which runs...

..separating Hungary from Serbia...

A border fence with an armed border guard.

Hungary has deployed up to 10,000 police and soldiers.

HE SINGS

-London is far from Serbia?

-Yeah, Serbia.

-Yeah, quite far.

You've got to go Serbia, Hungary.

-Osterreich.

-Austria, Germany, France, UK.

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

On my orders,

the United States military has begun strikes against Al-Qaeda

terrorist training camps

and military installations of

the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

The oppressed people of Afghanistan will

know the generosity of America and her allies.

Oh, yeah!

GUNFIRE

HE SHOUTS

We will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from Afghanistan

by the end of this year.

He is doing what the majority of Americans want.

With an election round the corner, voters outrank generals.

CHANTING OF PRAYERS

EXPLOSION

SIRENS BLARE

Yes, Mister.

CHILDREN SHOUT

SHE SOBS

SHE SINGS