
Migrants being deported across borders
We hear about migrants being deported at the Poland-Belarus and the US-Mexico border
We'll cover two stories of migration and hear direct from the people involved. Our correspondent Nick Beake has been investigating what's happening on the Belarus-Poland border, finding people hiding in forests there who are cold, hungry and ill. They say they're being pushed back and forth over the border by security forces. Meanwhile the US has been deporting people from a Texas town on the border with Mexico, where about 13,000 migrants - most of them Haitians - have gathered in makeshift camps under a bridge. Yesterday, the US special envoy for Haiti resigned in protest over the deportations.
We go to Germany, where parliamentary elections marking the end of Angela Merkel's 16 years in power are taking place over the weekend. Protests have been taking place across the country, with young people calling for action from politicians on climate change. We connect to two first-time voters, to hear what's at stake for them, and the issues that will determine who they choose.
And we'll talk through the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic with one of our regular experts, Professor Marc Mendelson from the University of Cape Town.
(Photo: A Haitian migrant who was flown out of Texas by US authorities reacts outside of Toussaint Louverture International Airport while waiting for processing by Haitian authorities, in Port-au-Prince, Hait. Credit: Reuters/Ralph Tedy Erol)
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- Fri 24 Sep 202116:06GMTBBC World Service




