The migrants who say the Rwanda bill won’t deter them from crossing the Channel
It has taken James, a 24-year-old refugee from South Sudan, over four years to get to Dunkirk in northern France – where he is hoping to get on a small boat to the UK.
His home country was stricken by a civil war that forced him to give up his place to study engineering at university and flee for his life. As he travelled along one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world, he fixated on his dream of being able to continue his studies in the UK.
This week Rishi Sunak finally passed his flagship Rwanda bill, which he says will deter people like James from coming to Britain. The deaths of five people, including a seven-year-old girl, have brought home yet again how dangerous the Channel crossing can be. But despite this, James is not deterred.
Speaking to from a makeshift aid distribution site near the Dunkirk encampments, he said: “I will go to the UK if I get my chance. I am
