"I used to meet Foad at every meal distribution we organised,” Yolaine Bernard, a member of the migrant solidarity group Salam, said. The 29-year-old from Sudan had been living on the streets around Calais for months. “I watched him sink deeper and deeper every day."
At some point "Foad didn't want to talk anymore,” Bernard continued. “He stayed away. He even stopped eating with the other camp residents."
On a cold morning in January 2023, after distributing breakfast in the camp, Bernard and other volunteers got back into their van and drove away. They stopped at a nearby railway crossing. The barriers were down and a train whistle was sounding in the distance.
