0:00:03 > 0:00:05Since 2015,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09over 1.5 million refugees and migrants have come to Europe.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24But the Europe they dreamed of has changed.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Borders have closed.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36And public opinion seems to be turning against them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Filmed over the last three years, and across 31 countries,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58this news series sees Europe through the eyes of those who thought
0:00:58 > 0:00:59they'd made it to safety.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And it tells the stories of those who are still prepared to risk
0:01:12 > 0:01:15everything for a new life in Europe.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:04:25 > 0:04:27IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:05:23 > 0:05:25BACKGROUND CHATTER
0:07:22 > 0:07:25SHE CRIES SOFTLY
0:08:01 > 0:08:03THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Eins, zwei, drei...
0:08:38 > 0:08:39- Sechs.- ..sechs,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41sieben,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43acht,
0:08:43 > 0:08:44neun... Neun.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Zehn.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48IN GERMAN:
0:08:51 > 0:08:54SHE SPEAKS IN ARABIC THEN GERMAN
0:08:58 > 0:09:00HE SPEAKS GERMAN
0:09:11 > 0:09:14IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:09:51 > 0:09:53BABY CRIES
0:09:59 > 0:10:02IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Ich komme!
0:10:52 > 0:10:56LAUGHING AND PLAYING
0:11:22 > 0:11:25HE IMITATES GUNFIRE
0:12:26 > 0:12:28IN GERMAN:
0:13:22 > 0:13:25IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:13:53 > 0:13:55IN GERMAN:
0:14:33 > 0:14:35IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:15:28 > 0:15:31HORN BLOWS
0:16:04 > 0:16:06SHE ULULATES
0:16:23 > 0:16:26IN GERMAN:
0:16:43 > 0:16:46LOUD CHATTER
0:17:13 > 0:17:16IN GERMAN:
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Hallo.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54LAUGHTER
0:18:21 > 0:18:24IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- ON TV:- Germany takes in more refugees than any other EU nation.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Europe does not speak with one voice.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09The controversial closing of the Balkans route for migrants...
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Moving along the migrant trail has slowed to a crawl.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14More than a quarter of a century
0:19:14 > 0:19:16after they tore down the Iron Curtain,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18they're putting fences back up again.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It's the classic domino effect.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Borders further north close, so this one stays shut too.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36WIND WHISTLES
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- This is my... - CLICKS TONGUE
0:20:36 > 0:20:38What's the name in English?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Underwear? Underwear?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43CAMERAMAN: Your underwear?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Underwear.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47PHONE RINGS
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Hello?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:21:18 > 0:21:20What-what I saying in English,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23my shoes is, uh...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26like, take the water.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Your shoes are getting wet?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- ON TV:- This steel fence which runs for 110 miles is now a reality
0:22:45 > 0:22:48separating Hungary from Serbia.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50More barbed wire, more police patrols...
0:22:50 > 0:22:53..and comes equipped with alarms and thermal imaging cameras...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Only a few refugees dare to come close.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59They're all very aware that they're not welcome in Hungary.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01The climate has become hostile towards migrants...
0:23:01 > 0:23:04When caught, they've been stripped of clothing and beaten.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06The new law allows the government to lock up refugees
0:23:06 > 0:23:08and asylum seekers indefinitely.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10It's a prison!
0:23:10 > 0:23:12They are treating us like animals!
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- ON TV:- This month, the Prime Minister, Victor Orban,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20took charge of a new group of so-called "border hunters."
0:23:20 > 0:23:23A new law now gives the government even more power
0:23:23 > 0:23:25to round up migrants.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:23:42 > 0:23:44IN ENGLISH:
0:23:51 > 0:23:53IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:25:12 > 0:25:15IN ENGLISH:
0:25:46 > 0:25:49IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:26:09 > 0:26:12MUFFLED SPEECH
0:26:46 > 0:26:50DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:26:51 > 0:26:54DOGS BARK
0:27:27 > 0:27:30IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:29:56 > 0:29:59CHILD CHATTERS
0:32:49 > 0:32:53IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- ON TV:- Hungary has already blocked the Balkan route into Europe
0:35:10 > 0:35:13and it's calling for what it calls "the line of defence"
0:35:13 > 0:35:16to be pushed all the way to Libya.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Unrest in Northern Africa has swelled the numbers of people
0:35:19 > 0:35:20trying to reach the EU.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- SAILOR:- Bambino first!
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Thousands of migrants have drowned or died from starvation
0:35:25 > 0:35:26or dehydration.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32This man was found clinging to a boat's rudder at sea.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Just one of many thousands rescued by...
0:35:34 > 0:35:38The migrants themselves come mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa,
0:35:38 > 0:35:40they're fleeing poverty and repression.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Most are not refugees but economic migrants,
0:35:43 > 0:35:45young men looking for a better life.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00IN FRENCH:
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- ON TV:- You've got the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18which have barriers that separate them from the rest of Morocco,
0:37:18 > 0:37:22built to stop immigration and smuggling.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26INDISTINCT SHOUTS
0:37:26 > 0:37:2970 Sub-Saharan African migrants were injured
0:37:29 > 0:37:33when they tried to get through the razor-wire-topped fence.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36This is the moment where their struggle to enter Europe will start.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40At the top of a six-metre barbed-wire fence,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42facing rows of Spanish officers
0:37:42 > 0:37:44waiting to turn them back to Morocco.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51MUSIC PLAYS IN DISTANCE
0:37:59 > 0:38:02IN FRENCH:
0:38:17 > 0:38:20HE SHIVERS
0:39:33 > 0:39:36HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:40:08 > 0:40:11IN FRENCH:
0:45:10 > 0:45:14- ON TV:- More than 1,000 people surprised the Moroccan border patrol
0:45:14 > 0:45:15and ran for the fence.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20Hundreds of migrants entered Spanish territory in North Africa on Friday.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Upon arrival, they shouted, "Freedom."
0:45:29 > 0:45:32NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE
0:45:59 > 0:46:02PROTESTERS CHANT
0:46:02 > 0:46:06This was one of several demonstrations that took place
0:46:06 > 0:46:08across Europe today.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11Political momentum is with those opposed to asylum seekers.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14The far-right has gained votes by promising a crackdown.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18An annual rally of the Golden Dawn party in Athens.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22Around 800 Greek nationalists gather to denounce
0:46:22 > 0:46:24the European Union and migrants.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26"Merkel must go," they chant.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30This is the backlash against Germany's generous refugee policy.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34These are the dissenters and their numbers are swelling.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39The right-wing has been making spectacular gains here in Germany
0:46:39 > 0:46:41in the last couple of years.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43The AfD, or Alternative for Germany,
0:46:43 > 0:46:46has only existed for three years and, in that time,
0:46:46 > 0:46:49it has attracted a lot of support for its anti-migrant views.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54- PROTESTERS:- Nazis out! Nazis out! Nazis out!
0:47:03 > 0:47:05SIRENS WAIL
0:47:35 > 0:47:38IN GERMAN:
0:47:41 > 0:47:42Gut. Danke.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:48:41 > 0:48:44SHOUTS IN GERMAN
0:48:49 > 0:48:51HE CHEERS
0:49:08 > 0:49:10No fascisti!
0:49:10 > 0:49:11No fascisti!
0:49:16 > 0:49:19IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:49:19 > 0:49:23IN GERMAN:
0:51:26 > 0:51:28SHE SIGHS
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Better?
0:51:44 > 0:51:46SHE LAUGHS
0:51:46 > 0:51:48# Despacito... #
0:51:48 > 0:51:51CLICKS FINGERS
0:51:51 > 0:51:55# Despacito
0:51:55 > 0:51:57# Despacito. #
0:51:57 > 0:51:59IN GERMAN:
0:54:13 > 0:54:16IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:55:12 > 0:55:16TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:55:23 > 0:55:26BELLS TOLL
0:55:38 > 0:55:43I am now in Espana, in Spain,
0:55:43 > 0:55:47and this is a really good city, and nice people.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55IN OWN LANGUAGE:
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Ciao.
0:56:07 > 0:56:08Hola.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09I have locked the door.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13If the police come, I will jump from here.
0:58:36 > 0:58:40- DONALD TRUMP:- I call it extreme vetting, right. Extreme vetting.
0:58:40 > 0:58:43It's going to be so tough.
0:59:00 > 0:59:03Subtitles by Ericsson