The tiny baby is manhandled aboard a Channel small boat, roughly held aloft by its right arm.
Expressionless, defenceless, dressed in a white romper and wearing a bib, the child is surrounded by men clad in lifejackets and dirty clothing.
But there is no life preserver to protect this little infant photographed last Sunday at a beach in northern France on a people traffickers’ dinghy bound for Britain.
Aged around six months, give or take. An innocent life. It is not clear whether it’s a boy or a girl, but let’s call the child Dylan, a name which means ‘son of the sea’
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