Wretched conditions for migrants in France

 

Calais, France

Badr and his cousin Mhamod, migrants from Syria, cover themselves with blankets in Calais.  Badr has been in Calais for over a week.  His tent was taken by police so he slept under a footbridge in the centre of town, huddled with six mothers for warmth.  It is a year since at least 27 migrants drowned when their boat capsized in the Channel.  While the tragedy has not been repeated, partly due to better coordination between French and British coastguards, at first sight there is little other change in the wretched conditions faced by migrants in northern France.  Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/The Guardian