Mohammed Adam; a 35-year-old Sudanese refugee; outside his tent in The Jungle (Calais; France); in March of 2016. He was born in Darfur (Sudán); but he left his motherland in 2006 due to war. Now; it has been a fifteen months since he arrived to The Jungle.
Mohammed Adam; a 35-year-old Sudanese refugee; outside his tent in The Jungle (Calais; France); in March of 2016. He was born in Darfur (Sudán); but he left his motherland in 2006 due to war. Now; it has been a fifteen months since he arrived to The Jungle.
A group of Eritrean, Ethiopian and Sudanese friends play Dominoes in a sunny morning in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A group of Eritrean, Ethiopian and Sudanese friends play Dominoes in a sunny morning in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A sudanese refugee cries and covers his eyes from the fire and the smoke in front of a burning tent in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A sudanese refugee cries and covers his eyes from the fire and the smoke in front of a burning tent in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
One of the walls of the school in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
One of the walls of the school in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A small group of Eritrean refugees warm themselves in the main street of The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A small group of Eritrean refugees warm themselves in the main street of The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A man walks right next to a shop at night in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016. Most of the shops in the refugee camp of Calais belongs to the mafia.
A man walks right next to a shop at night in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016. Most of the shops in the refugee camp of Calais belongs to the mafia.
A group of refugees warm themselves with a burning tent in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A group of refugees warm themselves with a burning tent in The Jungle (Calais, France), in March of 2016.
A group of agents of the French riot police watching over the highway, at the entrance of The Jungle (Calais, France), in September of 2016.
A group of agents of the French riot police watching over the highway, at the entrance of The Jungle (Calais, France), in September of 2016.
A group of refugees walking down the railroad heading to Frethun, where the entrance of the Eurotunnel is (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), in September of 2016.
A group of refugees walking down the railroad heading to Frethun, where the entrance of the Eurotunnel is (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), in September of 2016.
Two police officers on the bridge watching over the fence that separates the migrants from the entrance of the Eurotunnel, in Frethun (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), in September of 2016.
Two police officers on the bridge watching over the fence that separates the migrants from the entrance of the Eurotunnel, in Frethun (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), in September of 2016.
Cattle grazing in the surroundings of the fence that separates migrants from the entrance of the Eurotunnel, in Frethun (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), in September of 2016.
Cattle grazing in the surroundings of the fence that separates migrants from the entrance of the Eurotunnel, in Frethun (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), in September of 2016.
Khan, a 27-years-old Afghan refugee, in his new room in England, United Kingdom, in November of 2016. Only two photographs could be shot, in agreement with Khan and his lawyer, as showing his face could put his assylum petition in danger.
Khan, a 27-years-old Afghan refugee, in his new room in England, United Kingdom, in November of 2016. Only two photographs could be shot, in agreement with Khan and his lawyer, as showing his face could put his assylum petition in danger.
Khan bears this ring as a symbol of friendship. It belonged to his best friend in Afghanistan until he gave it to Khan, a few weeks before he had to leave. This photo was taken during the interview with Khan in his new room in England, in November of 2016.
Khan bears this ring as a symbol of friendship. It belonged to his best friend in Afghanistan until he gave it to Khan, a few weeks before he had to leave. This photo was taken during the interview with Khan in his new room in England, in November of 2016.

Long Term Project

The Last Border

It is the biggest humanitarian tragedy since World War II and the milestone that has
marked this century. Millions of refugees are reaching the shores of Europe running away
from violence, terror, death, carrying only what they can in their arms and risking their
lives in a desperate journey by land and sea, only to find a Europe with closed doors. A European Union that answers this desperate call with indifference and bureaucratic obstacles. The result: Millions of human beings  are living in jungles of mud, plastique and misery. “The Last Border” is a three-chapter-story about the trip of refugees from the refugee camp of Calais to United Kingdom.

The first chapter is the story of the destruction of the south part of the camp, which was burnt to the ground. It is also the story of a Syrian refugee who wanted to go back to Syria, and the story about Mohammed Adam, a Sudanese refugee who has spent the last decade fleeing from one war to another.

The second chapter is a road trip, made during the night and in black and white, showing the oppressive atmosphere of the border surroundings and focusing on police control around the area. It is the narrative of one of the last nights of the refugees in Calais, as two weeks later the camp was fully demolished. The point of making this chapter in black and white is also to create a metaphorical border between the first and the third chapter, as in a map borders are made of black dashed lines.

The third, and last, chapter is focused in one person. When I met him, both of us were working in the medical caravans, he as a translator and me as a first aid assistant. His name is Khan and he was born in Afghanistan. This last chapter is his story, from his country to England in one year. He only allowed me to take two photographs of him, as he is still struggling with the asylum process and is scared that showing his face in the media could delay the process even more.