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Beachcomber in France hunts fragments of migrant lives

A Belgian named Aaron Fabrice de Kisangani found a travel plan belonging to a migrant on a beach in Gravelines, France, which detailed a journey from Ethiopia to England.
He also discovered items like an expulsion hearing notice for an Albanian and plane tickets from Bucharest to Paris.
He saw migrants trying to board boats to the UK, describing scenes with emotional moments, including a crying child and a family struggling to stay together.
De Kisangani wants to raise awareness about migrants' experiences through the objects he finds, reflecting on their journeys and motivations for fleeing.

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Beachcomber in France hunts fragments of migrant lives

The sand-covered notes outlining a migrant's travel plan to a better life read like an itinerary of hope: from Ethiopia to Sudan, Libya, Italy, on to France and finally, England.

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Belgian collects objects left by migrants

Reading zen Home / Videos / Belgium / Society Home Videos Belgium Society Video Subject by topic Belgian migrant history souvenir collection witness journey Home / Society 2 pictures Video Monday, March 31, 2025 - 19:35 A Belgian collects objects left by migrants Monday, March 31, 2025

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Belgian beachcomber collects objects from migrants who make the crossing: “Otherwise it will be lost”

Aäron Fabrice de Kisangani (27), a Belgian beachcomber, doesn't just collect shark teeth, seahorses and beach debris these days. Recently, he has started to be interested in objects left behind by migrants. Little pieces and fragments from the life of someone with a hell of a journey behind them.

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On the beaches of the North, a "gleaner" gives a voice to exiles

The sand-covered notes detailing a migrant's journey to a better life look like a woven journey of hope: from Ethiopia to Sudan, then Libya, Italy, France, and finally England. This document had travelled thousands of kilometres when Aaron Fabrice de Kisangani picked up on a beach in Gravelines, on the French coast of the North Sea. This 27-year-old Belgian, who describes himself as a "gleaner of the beaches" and a "scientist citizen", delicatel…

2 days ago

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In images. What abandoned objects on the beaches tell of migrants' lives

Aäron Fabrice de Kisangani, a young Belgian "beachcomber", has begun to become interested in the quantities of objects left behind by the candidates for exile. To the point of tracing fragments of these

2 days ago·France

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