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im here to see if i can trace just one person through one of these lost objects and shed new life on this dangerous journey taken by so many. my name is thomas naadi and im a bbc correspondent. im based in ghana, my country, but my journey starts here in lampedusa. this has long been an arrival spot for refugees seeking better opportunities in europe. im here to meet one of the founders of a collective set up for objects lost by those travelling on this route. im hoping to use one of t...

security council as a "slap in the face to the international community". ukraines foreign minister urged council members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse the position. the presidency is largely ceremonial — although it oversees the agenda. now on bbc news, traces left behind: a migrantjourney. every year, thousands of migrants try to make their way to europe. as they leave their homelands behind them, the possessions they take with them give us a sense of who they are. remnant...

for the easter holidays. now its time for traces left behind: a migrantjourney. every year, thousands of migrants try to make their way to europe. as they leave their homelands behind them, the possessions they take with them give us a sense of who they are. remnants of a painful past or glimpses or a more hopefulfuture. some dedicated people on the italian island of lampedusa have saved some of those items. where are these people? where are they? im here to see if i can trace just one...

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I cant wait to have it! yes, thank you so much. oh, my god. thank you very much. all right. this is the moment i have been waiting for — a number, a tangible connection. after a brief phone call, i cant believe im on my way to germany to meet the owner of the drivers licence giacomo showed me in lampedusa many months ago. hello, richard? good morning. guten morgen, mr thomas. im in front of your house. i cant wait to meet you. be with you shortly. all right. here we are, welcome home. thank yo...

She doesnt have money. it is easier for you to call your family to send money or your dad. yeah. richard eventually made it to tripoli and then in 2011 when gadarfis regime fell, he decided to attempt crossing. when you finally got in lampedusa, you finally arrived, what was that feeling like? for you? i was so weak, very, very weak, but i was... "finally, i have seen light." richard, i got something to show you. wow. can i have it? yeah. quietly: wow. so grateful to have it back. wow, thank you...

Its expired, my brother! richard found his way from lampedusa to bremen, germany, where he now works as a forklift truck driver. now that you are in europe, is that what you imagined or hoped for? when i was in africa, i thought europe, things are easy. you get money easy. but its not like that — you have to work hard. but at home, there was no plan for me to leave my house or to survive so, i would say im grateful to be here. ive been looking for one person, one story, and i will never forget...

Faced by migrants today. richards story, like every migrant�*s story, is a story of risk, a story of hope. hello there. at this time of year, with light winds and a little bit of shelter, you can just start to feel the strength of the sunshine, but clear skies overnight can still lead to substantial frost. we have —6 celsius in parts of oxfordshire first thing on tuesday morning. lots of blue sky and sunshine stayed all day, and in kew gardens by the middle of the afternoon, 15 celsius was t...

This is the moment i have been waiting for — a number, tangible connection. after a brief phone call, i cant believe im on my way to germany to meet the owner of the drivers licence giacomo showed me in lampedusa many months ago. hello, richard? good morning. guten morgen, mr thomas. im in front of your house. i cant wait to meet you. be with you shortly. all right. here we are, welcome home. thank you. thank you very much. like many from west africa, richard travelled to europe via libya. the...

But its not like that — you have to work hard. but at home, there was no plan for me to leave my house or to survive so, i would say im grateful to be here. ive been looking for one person, one story, and i will never forget finding richard, and learning about his challenging journey. like all of us, he has simply been searching for a better life. but it was through the search itself, through the many incredible people that ive met and spoken with, that i really came to a new understanding of ...