On 11 January 1999, an Iraqi man was found dead in the port of Dover, England. Hidden under the trailer of a lorry, at axle level, he had just crossed the border from France when the jolts of the lorry knocked him off balance. He fell to the ground and was immediately crushed by the wheels.
The identity of this man is unknown, as is his personal history. His death would have gone unnoticed if nobody had found his body.
He is not the only one to have lost his life on this journey. Between 1 January 1999 and 1 January 2024, 391 migrants died on the border between the UK, France and Belgium.
