his boat sank and he s now back on the streets in callais. there have been increased efforts to prevent the crossings, but numbers this year are double 20205. he is waiting for his asylum claim to be processed. no africans have little knowledge of the life that awaits them in uk, but stories like this mean that they will continue to go
fewer and fewer people, there still people, but because of either their fathers or mothers or ancestors came after world war ii to taiwan. and still hope one day. but the majority of people hope for the status quo until there is a democratic way of solving things. i think that s the easiest way to describe it. thank ou ve easiest way to describe it. thank you very much easiest way to describe it. thank you very much for easiest way to describe it. thank you very much for your easiest way to describe it. thank you very much for your help - easiest way to describe it. thank you very much for your help on l easiest way to describe it. thank i you very much for your help on this story. more than 17,000 migrants across the english channel so far in 2021, and while some people pay people smugglers and thousands of pounds for the crossing many others try to make their own arrangements despite having no contacts in callais in france and little information of what awaits them if they do re
providence was kind. the normandy weather was so bad, the german navy cancelled the usual patrol of the english channel. they also called off a practice drill. an allied s deception campaign including inflatable tank and fake plans made the germans think the invasion would happen at callais, they were wrong. the last thing the men heard when they boarded the higgins boats was general eisenhower. you re about to embark upon the great crusade, towards which we ve been driving these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine, the elimination of nazi germany over the oppressed people of europe, and security for ourselves in the free world. the higgins boats allowed 36 infantry men to hit the beaches of normandy in 19 seconds. it was the allied s bridge to the beach. without higgins and his boat,
storm-ravaged puerto rico. today i m gonna drop him off and then i m gonna try to go to walgreens to buy a few things for my mom. that is my mom. reporter: mom is over 1600 miles away, stranded in san juan since hurricane maria battered the island, barbosa had to rely on word from relatives to confirm her 76-year-old mother was okay. the first week was horrible for me because i didn t know anything about none of my family members until my best friend called me finally and she went, no, christopher she went to the house and saw her, that she was okay. reporter: barbosa s husband doesn t have that peace of mind. he still don t know the fate of some of his family in the city of callais. i heard from one of my daughter that lives there, and, but i don t know anything about my sister or other relatives.