AT THE END OF YOUR DREAM

AT THE END OF YOUR DREAMS

For several months, the influx of migrants and refugees fleeing conflicts, dictatorships or difficult economic and living conditions has been incessant.
Braving thousands of kilometers, it is the European Eldorado that attracts them. By seas and lands, it is illegally to cross each frontier which will bring them closer to their goals. From Syria to the jungle of calais, hundreds of shadows filled with hope march towards an invisible mirage. In the rain, in the cold, mud, family or alone, the goal is the same, flee for a better life, elsewhere ...

SYRIA. BAB al-SALAMA refugee camp: Since the start of the Syrian war in 2011, more than 4 million people have fled their homes. Some have found refuge in camps such as Bab el Salama in the north of the country when others have taken refuge in Turkey. Living conditions are difficult on both sides of the border. For the Bab el Salama camp, 20,000 people were piled up in tents provided by UNHCR. Lack of food, water and medicines are the dailies of the inhabitants of this camp. A team of Medical relief for Syria is present on the camp and is mainly concerned with problems related to living conditions in the camp. The insalubrity is increasing day by day making the work of the medical teams difficult. Between 100 and 150 people would be treated each day and seventy percent of them would be children. The care is mainly provided for inflammations (bronchi, gorges, colonists), burns to different degrees, allergies, diarrhea. Untreated water is also a recurring problem. The inability to wash properly is also a factor in the proliferation of diseases. April 2013.

TURKEY. City of Killis and Gaziantep: On the Turkish side, families who want to stay in the region are organizing to rent apartments in Killis or Gaziantep. NGOs organize food distributions. Since the arrival of Syrian refugees in southern Turkey, apartment rents have increased. Turkey would welcome 2.5 million refugees. April 2013.

SERBIA. Slum of Belgrade: 2000 people for a single drinking water pipe live without toilets and showers. 2000 people are waiting to continue their journey or places are being set up or set up in official reception centers. According to political agreements with the European Union, Bulgaria is expected to host 6,000 refugees. The country's 15 centers would already have more than 7,000. Moreover, between 400 and 700 migrants would arrive every month in the country. A new "jungle" of Calais. On the spot NGOs are banned by the government which fears to create a call of air. For a month now, it has not responded to the urgent requests of associations to install toilets. To survive in extreme temperatures, refugees burn old chemically treated wooden rails that emit toxic fumes. January 2017.

HUNGARY. City of Hegyeshalom: The Hungarian government has been clear, Hungary will not accept refugees. However, faced with the influx of thousands of refugees and migrants on its border, the government decides to park the refugees on trains that run through Hungary to the border with Austria. Arriving at the station of Hegyeshalom, the last Hungarian city before Austria, the trains are unlocked and the flow of hundreds of people begins to organize to reach Austria. October 2015

AUSTRIA. Nickelsdorf border post: After 7 kilometers, Austria. The Austrian authorities, various NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and simple volunteers await them on site. Refugees and migrants are then cared for for distribution of food, water, blankets and access to a health care area. October 2015.

GERMANY. City of Munich and Dachau Refugee Camp: At the first German city where he arrives, a refugee receives first aid in a "first-time institution". This welcome is supposed to last only one night. As a result of this initial reception, asylum seekers are assigned to the Land which will host them. Trips by bus or train are organized to make this land. Inside his land of assignment, the applicant is reassigned to the different organizations, sub-units called districts. Between hope and idleness, asylum seekers have nothing to do but wait. Germany would have welcomed 600,000 Syrian refugees when France welcomes only 10,000 refugees (figures Oct. 2016). October 2015

FRANCE. Slum of Calais: "Jungle", This term may seem pejorative, comes from the Persian "jangal" meaning "forest". It was used by the first Afghans and Iranians who settled in different areas on the outskirts of Calais in the 2000s. This "New Jungle" becomes a mandatory stop where one settles down. More than 9,000 people are piled up in deplorable conditions. In two stages, the shantytown will eventually be dismantled (January and October 2016). Migrants will be sent to reception centers throughout France when they are not sent home by OQTF (Obligation to leave the country). October 2016-October 2017

View of part of the refugee camp of Bab el Salama. Located before the border between Syria and Turkey, it is one of the camps that groups the populations of the large cities of Aleppo and Azaz. 22 April 2013. Bab el Salama. Syria.

Children negotiate with a refugee some salads harvested in the vicinity of the camp. 22 April 2013. Bab el Salama. Syria.

A dozen men are trying to get passes for their vehicles at the border post between Syria and Turkey. The boundaries open up sporadically and they become more and more difficult to pass. 22 April 2013. Bab el Salama. Syria.

View of Syria from the road that runs along the border between Killis and Gaziantep. It is not uncommon to come across police checks. 24 April 2013. Turkey

About 70,000 refugees now live in Gaziantep. This represents almost 5,200 families. Some of them sublet apartments in the hope of returning quickly to Syria. Gaziantep. 24 April 2013. Turkey.

Basement of a house rented to a family of Syrian refugees in Gaziantep. A damp cellar like this one rents up to 300 euros per month. 27 April 2013. Gaziantep. Turkey.

Refugees warm up near a fire in one of the disused buildings they occupy near the Belgrade railway station. Several people have already been hospitalized due to the emanations of toxic fumes which burn continuously. 2017/01/14. Belgrade. Serbia.

Many refugees wash while others finish their laundry. They use metal drums that fill with water and then cool down to have a little hot water. Since the beginning of the winter, a little more than 2,000 refugees, in the great majority of Afghans and Pakistanis, are piled up in the old and unhealthy warehouses of the railway station of Belgrade. 14 January 2017. Belgrade. Serbia.

Hundreds of migrants queue under the snow during a food distribution. These are volunteers who have come to bring foodstuffs that are added to the daily distribution of meals. 2017/01/19. Serbia.

Several migrants are waiting to get on the bus affreted by the Serbian government, for refugees under 18 years. they will be taken to one of the new official camp. Some 50 young people will benefit today. 2017/01/16. Belgrade. Serbia.

Hundreds of refugees descended from the train arriving from Tovarnik. Hungary does not accept migrants on its territory, it must then charter trains crossing the country to the border with Austria. 26 September 2015. Hegyeshalom. Hungary.

A young Syrian who is illuminated by the light of a mobile phone in a train that has just returned the refugees near the Austrian border. 27 September 2015. Hegyeshalom. Hungary.

A woman, carrying her child in her arms, walks on the road linking Hegyeshalom in Hungary to Nickelsdorf in Austria. 26 September 2015. Hegyeshalom. Hungary.

Refugees are walking in the rain towards the Austrian border. Arrived in Hungary, it is on foot that they must go the last kilometers to Nickelsdorf. 27 September 2015. Hegyeshalom. Hungary.

Nickesldorf border post. The refugees line up and are then directed to a medical unit or food distribution before taking the bus. 26 September 2015. Nickelsdorf. Austria.

A Syrian refugee looks out of the window of the bus that is to take him to Vienna. Once there, the government offers trains departing for Germany. 26 September 2015. Nickesldorf. Austria.

A camp was set up outside Munich station to handle the flow of people arriving by train from different borders. 24 September 2015. Munich. Germany.

A family of refugees board a bus that will take them to a camp on the outskirts of Munich. 24 September 2015. Munich. Germany.

A volunteer helps refugees locate on a map of the city of Dachau. The gymnasium serving as a reception center has 400 people. 25 September 2015. Munich. Germany.

A group of young Afghans managed to pass between the gates of the reception camp of the Munich train station. They do not want to go to a camp and prefer to continue on their way to Calais. 24 September 2015. Munich. Germany.

A man prepares to pray behind barracks in the Jungle while a group of men warm up near a fire. the population of the jungle will rise to 9000 according to the NGOs on the spot. 23 February 2016.

Loading point for mobile phones, where a large number of migrants are found in the jungle of 19 December 2015. Calais (62), France

The first day of the dismantling of the southern part of the ‟Jungle‟. The security forces are chasing the last refugees out of the area to be destroyed. Some migrants remain until the last moment, while others go up to their barracks in the hope of slowing down the destruction. 29 February 2016. Calais.

An Iranian refugee trying to find access to the Eurostar dock. He is an artist and wants to go to London to live his painting. In Iran the police burned his workshop. 2 November 2015. Calais (62).

view of the ‟Jungle‟ on fire in the morning as refugees leave the scene. During the night the ‟shopping district‟ caught fire. This was followed by a series of fire starts throughout the day and the following days, leaving the shantytown in ash. 26 November 2016. Calais. La France.