19aug21-Afghan refugees Calais
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19 August 2021. Calais, France.
A small group of Afghan men including 16 year old boy who did not wish to be identified pose for a photograph outside the central hospital in Calais where aid organisations including British founded Care4Calais offer help and assistance to many of the thousands of migrant refugees who pass through.
A small number of Afghans who fled Afghanistan fearing the return of the Taliban have steadily been trickling into the camps in Calais and Dunkerque where they join migrant refugees from all over Africa, Iranian and Iraqi Kurds and other other Asian and middle eastern countries.
French police have ramped up their efforts to make Calais as hostile as possible to migrants, often raiding makeshift camps and taking all tents and migrant possessions. This forces many migrants to live in swampy inhospitable terrain spread around the town. It is a miserable existence for most with insect bites and infestations a common ailment presented at makeshift medical clinics.
Aid agencies working in and around Calais and Dunkerque are expecting a steady rise in the number of Afghans arriving there over the coming weeks as those fleeing the Taliban emerge in Europe.
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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A small group of Afghan men including 16 year old boy who did not wish to be identified pose for a photograph outside the central hospital in Calais where aid organisations including British founded Care4Calais offer help and assistance to many of the thousands of migrant refugees who pass through.
A small number of Afghans who fled Afghanistan fearing the return of the Taliban have steadily been trickling into the camps in Calais and Dunkerque where they join migrant refugees from all over Africa, Iranian and Iraqi Kurds and other other Asian and middle eastern countries.
French police have ramped up their efforts to make Calais as hostile as possible to migrants, often raiding makeshift camps and taking all tents and migrant possessions. This forces many migrants to live in swampy inhospitable terrain spread around the town. It is a miserable existence for most with insect bites and infestations a common ailment presented at makeshift medical clinics.
Aid agencies working in and around Calais and Dunkerque are expecting a steady rise in the number of Afghans arriving there over the coming weeks as those fleeing the Taliban emerge in Europe.
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
All rights managed.