He was less than a year and a half old. He had boots that were way too big. And he drowned. A few weeks ago little Artin became the face of a growing refugee problem, close to the Belgian border. Families camp around Dunkirk in appalling conditions, waiting for a perilous journey across the Channel. Reporter Marc Klifman and photographer Inge Kinnet went to Puythouck, barely 20 kilometers from the border. They spoke to parents and children before the crossing. About the despair that drives them in such a rickety boat. And also spoke to them afterwards. About the happiness they felt when they reached England. “We were terrified, but we had no choice.”
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Three children walk enthusiastically out of the forest of the Puythouck nature reserve. Ball in hand, ready for a game of football. “I like to play Neymar,” one of them says. “PSG has a good …
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