Channel crossings: who would make such a dangerous journey – and why?

Migrants are helped ashore from a lifeboat at Dungeness in Kent. About two-thirds are fleeing conflict and persecution in Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Syria. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Migrants are helped ashore from a lifeboat at Dungeness in Kent. About two-thirds are fleeing conflict and persecution in Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Syria. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/28/channel-crossings-asylum-refugees-dangerous-journey