SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
The Humanitarian Visa d’or - ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) has been awarded to Syrian-born photojournalist Sameer Al-Doumy - who has worked for AFP for eight years - for his reportage "Routes de la mort" (Routes of death), on migrants trying to cross the English Channel to Britain from Calais.
An aerial view taken on March 25, 2022 shows migrants' tents in a disused velodrome near Grande-Synthe, north of France. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Waleed (L), 29, a Kuwaiti migrant, and Yaser (R), a migrant from Iraq, bathe in a river at a makeshift migrants camp in Dunkirk, northern France, on September 2, 2020. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Falah, an Iraqi migrant kisses his daughter Arwa after getting her ready to be smuggled into Britain at a makeshift migrants camp in Dunkirk, northern France, on September 10, 2020. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
A general view taken on August 25, 2020 shows migrants receiving aid from associations under a bridge at a makeshift camp in Dunkirk, northern France. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
A security dog barks after detecting migrants hidden under a lorry headed to Ireland, at the port of Cherbourg, northwestern France, on February 2, 2021. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Migrants carry a boat before embarking, on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France on September 22, 2020. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Crew members observe the flow of migrants at sea through binoculars from the Abeille Languedoc, an ocean-going tug specializing in the rescue of ships in distress, and which has been docked for the past 26 years in Cherbourg, monitoring the English Channel between the Cotentin and the Pas de Calais on March 14, 2022. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Migrants sit onboard a boat navigating in rough waters between Sangatte and Cap Blanc-Nez, in the English Channel off the coast of northern France, as they attempt to cross the maritime borders between France and the United Kingdom on August 27, 2020. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
A girl cries as migrants are rescued by crew members of the Abeille Languedoc ship after their boat's generator broke down in French waters while they were trying to cross the Channel illegally to Britain, off the coasts of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on May 9, 2022. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Migrants - some wrapped in space blankets - Migrants - some wrapped in space blankets - wait on board the Abeille Languedoc ship after they were rescued after their boat's generator broke down in French waters while they were trying to cross the Channel illegally to Britain, off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on May 9, 2022. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP