What are the forces driving refugees across the Channel? What are they fleeing? What are they hoping for?
Dr Iain Overton travelled to Calais to find out.
‘For me to return to Afghanistan… It’s Death’: The Reality of Demonised Asylum Seekers
63% of small boat migrants in Q1 2023 come from countries most impacted by global explosive violence in 2022
Of the 3,793 migrants detected crossing the English channel in small boats, 63% (2,380) come from countries which were among the fifteen worst impacted for civilian casualties from the use of explosive weapons in 2022.