How to be young

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5 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired October 15, 2021

Overview

Margriet van der Linden sketches the often shocking and moving world of European young people. We live in an era rife with concerns: polarization, political instability and oppression. What do young Turkish women do when they are assaulted, raped or shot? What is the situation with the enormous group of Belarusian students in Lithuania who fled the violence of dictator Lukashenko? What inspires the thousands of Moroccan boys who illegally cross the border with Spain every year and for whom hardly anyone is waiting? And how are the Hungarian youth doing, who have to deal with a leader who is slowly but surely throwing democracy overboard?

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Spain

Season 1 - Episode 4 - 1h 41m

Air Date

November 05, 2021

Overview

The Spanish city of Ceuta was flooded by thousands of Moroccan boys in May. Climbing over the fence and swimming they entered Spain. What is it like to enter illegality with often unrealistic dreams, looking for a visa? Margriet hangs out with one of them, Oussama. He is determined to go to Barcelona but has no money and no papers. He sleeps in an abandoned car. In Barcelona Margriet meets Husein, also illegally. He does his best to get his residence permit by working a lot and not being noticed.