Threat of Africa won’t stop us, insist Dunkirk camp’s refugees

Migrants at a camp near Dunkirk were undeterred by the British government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Migrants at a camp near Dunkirk were undeterred by the British government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda
ABDUL SABOOR FOR THE TIMES

Piwand Barzan lives in a camp on the outskirts of Dunkirk but is in no particular rush to reach the UK.

The Iraqi Kurd, who is in his twenties, is earning €50 a day at a barber’s shop in the sprawling French camp, which is beginning to resemble the notorious Jungle camp that was dismantled in 2016.

He plans to pay for a place on a small boat to cross the Channel “when the weather gets better”.

Piwand Barzan said “Rwanda doesn’t have the space” for tens of thousands of migrants from the UK
Piwand Barzan said “Rwanda doesn’t have the space” for tens of thousands of migrants from the UK
ABDUL SABOOR FOR THE TIMES

Barzan is very aware of the government’s new policy to remove migrants to Rwanda. But everyone The Times spoke to at the camp is undeterred.

The reaction among migrants living in tents near Calais and Dunkirk at the deal signed by Priti Patel ranged from bewilderment to