CHRISTMAS IN CALAIS
Right now, there are around 2,000 people preparing to spend a harsh winter in makeshift camps in the north of France. Their future is uncertain. They come from Afghanistan, Syria, northern and sub-Saharan Africa. They endure terrible conditions, yet sleeping outside in freezing temperatures is still preferable to the situations they are escaping from. They are a small percentage of the refugees who have already attempted to settle on mainland Europe. Despite the dangers on the open sea, many will risk the perilous journey across the Channel in the hope of a new life in the UK. Even learning of the deaths of 27 in an accident in November does not deter them. And it certainly doesn’t stop the people traffickers. There is
