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A migrant staying in a Calais camp has revealed the startling motive he needed to take two treacherous boat journeys to dwell in Britain.

Abdullah, 19, from Somalia, crossed the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy after which took a bus journey to France the place he has been trying to board a UK-bound dinghy.

He spoke to the Express as he returned from the seashores of Northern France to a makeshift tent metropolis within the centre of city after a failed try and journey to Britain. The teenager stated he was impressed by individuals within the camp who’d already efficiently made the journey.

“My friend already got there,” he added enthusiastically, “a few days ago.”

Abdullah stated migrants had been staggering their makes an attempt to cross the Channel to extend the chance of one of many vessels making it.

“I just tried to go and take the boat,” he instructed us, “I can’t go again [yet] because now other people need to [try].”

When requested what appealed to him about Britain particularly, he gestured to the tents erected amongst rocks beside the river in Calais.

“It’s better than here,” he added, “it’s not living like this.

“[There is] housing, jobs [and] you get to manage your life. If you are studying or you have [a] goal to play football or be an actor [you can try]. You can’t get that chance in France.”

Abdullah desires to board a dinghy as a result of he desires of taking part in soccer for Liverpool FC.

He refuses to try knowledgeable profession in any of the football-loving international locations he’d travelled via already as a result of it might imply approaching golf equipment aside from his beloved Reds.

“If you feel for one team you have to go, you can’t do with another,” he added.

As with many migrants the Express spoke to throughout a reporting journey in Calais, the hazards posed by boarding a dinghy had been performed down within the context of a war-torn state of affairs again dwelling. Abdullah believed the chance was outweighed by the potential reward.

“It’s a 50/50 [chance of survival]. You have to take it because the difference [is] between a good life and a bad [one],” he stated.

“You don’t have the opportunity to fly there so you have to go this way.”

During a reporting journey to Calais, the Express uncovered proof that migrants coming by small boat to the UK are being transported at no cost by traffickers as a result of they’ll repay the debt as soon as in Britain by working illegally.

According to at least one group of migrants, smugglers had been charging between £1,500 and £2,000 and had been putting offers with potential prospects as far-off as Turkey.

You can watch the Express’s monitoring of migrants planning to cross the Channel on our YouTube channel.