Oliver Balch

A Canadian’s experience of the migrant’s ordeal

Fleeing Kabul with a local taxi driver, Matthieu Aikins poses as a fellow Afghan on a nightmarish journey to the unknown

Refugee camp in Lesbos in 2015. [Getty Images] 
issue 12 February 2022
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  • The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

    Matthieu Aikins

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