You try to cross the channel

The situation in Calais is unliveable and you desperately crave the comfort of a familiar face but getting to your friend, based in Kent, will be tough. The UK and France have been working hard to stop refugees from being able to make the journey. It pledged $7m for measures to improve security at Calais and the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. A new fence, around a mile in length, topped with coils of razor wire and CCTV, with the gates and exterior guarded by heavily armed French riot police, has been installed in the port city. In July, the UK also announced a further $2m for a new secure zone at Calais for UK-bound lorries.

One night, you make a dash for it with a number of others who are heading in the same direction, trying to board the high-speed Eurostar train travelling through the Channel Tunnel.