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The Guardian - UK
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Amelia Gentleman in Dunkirk

Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel

A refugee camp in Dunkirk
A refugee camp in Dunkirk where there is no sanitation and no running water or electricity. Photograph: Amelia Gentleman/The Guardian

Refugees who worked alongside international organisations in Afghanistan are among a rising number of Afghan asylum seekers in camps in northern France planning to cross the Channel in small boats.

The number of asylum seekers from Afghanistan crossing the Channel in small boats has risen fivefold this year, according to immigration figures released last week, as more refugees flee in the wake of the Taliban takeover.

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