OpenDemocracy’s recent series on migrant deaths in Calais tied a knot in my throat. Looking through its rows upon rows of recorded deaths – nearly 400 between 1999 and 2024 – I hated knowing what was coming. Sooner or later, I was going to find Zagros.
And there he was. I think. Listed as an unknown homicide, I will never be sure. But the date, place and personal details match. So the cause of death probably does too.
openDemocracy’s series shows us in relentless detail how the purposefully manufactured violence on the UK’s border with France and Belgium is Europe’s silent serial killer. It explains how and why migrants die while trying to get to England.
