The Migrant Effort to Cross the English Channel
From “The Jungle” in Calais, France, migrants fleeing Syria’s conflict hop onto trucks or moving trains in a desperate — and often futile — effort to reach England.
Niklas Meltio has spent much of the last four years covering Syria’s complex and dangerous civil war and its spillover into Iraq, hewing to the front lines and living under frequent bombardment. While that proximity lets him get to know his subjects, it can also lead to close calls, which is why last year he took a break and returned to his home in Finland.