Author Who Posed As A Refugee Shares Insights Into His Risky Journey

Matthieu Aikins shares details of his journey of posing as a refugee in 2016 to help his friend and interpreter flee Afghanistan.

Across deserts, rivers and seas, millions of refugees take extreme risks to seek safety every year.

Images of their journeys regularly appear on our screens, yet the dangers they face is beyond comprehension for most people. But not for Canadian war journalist Matthieu Aikins. He's lived the journey himself, posing as a refugee in 2016 to help his friend and interpreter flee Afghanistan.

His new memoir "The Naked Don't Fear The Water," chronicles his underground odyssey across land and sea on the smuggler's road from Kabul to Europe.