A Tunnel of Stories
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Insight, writing, storytelling. In this edition Nick Thorpe reflects on the many tales he's heard in months covering the migrant crisis at the gateways of Europe; Gabriel Gatehouse is in Germany where the influx of refugees has caused a surge in the popularity of right-wing anti-immigration parties; Stephanie Hegarty talks of her visit to the Central African Republic where UN-troops are trying to restore peace after violent clashes between Christian and Muslim militias; Jonathan Fryer goes to Astana in Kazahstan, a capital city with awe-inspiring architecture and a president determined that nothing will stand in the way of his vision for the country's future and Kieran Cooke goes to Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, to investigate a claim that 'nature's greatest cathedral in the west is being severely damaged'
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the latest edition of BBC radios from our own correspondent, |
| 0:05.7 | the best in news and current affairs storytelling. |
| 0:08.8 | It's introduced by Kate Adi. |
| 0:11.1 | Hello, in this edition, resentment in Germany towards Chancellor Merkel's |
| 0:16.6 | open-door refugee policy. On the brink of disaster, that's the UN's assessment as sectarian violence flares again in the Central African |
| 0:25.3 | Republic. |
| 0:26.7 | We touch hands with a president in Kazakhstan's purpose-built capital at the centre of Asia, and dark clouds gather over Ireland's holy mountain, |
| 0:36.2 | a pilgrimage is called off. What would St Patrick have made of it? |
| 0:39.7 | Angela Merkel meets David Cameron tomorrow and Europe's migrant crisis will be high on the agenda. |
| 0:47.0 | The German Chancellor is facing increasing criticism for throwing open her borders to refugees from Syria. |
| 0:53.9 | Yesterday a poll showed that support for her Conservatives has slipped to its lowest level for months, |
| 0:59.5 | while backing for an anti-immigrant right-wing party has increased. |
| 1:04.2 | The authorities there are struggling to cope with some 10,000 refugees arriving every day. |
| 1:10.1 | Gabriel Gatehouse has been to the city of Dresden, still the scene of regular anti-immigration |
| 1:15.2 | marches. |
| 1:16.2 | Vier's not dasfolk, we are the people. |
| 1:20.0 | The chant echoes through the streets. |
| 1:22.1 | We hear the crowd before we see it. |
| 1:24.6 | As we arrive in the vast cobbled square, more and more demonstrators pour in their placards |
| 1:30.2 | visible by the yellow light of the street lamps. |
| 1:33.0 | Stop the asylum madness, reads one. |
| 1:36.0 | On another, Europe is committing suicide. |
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