In Calais
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At the entrance to the Calais youth hostel, the signs have been adapted to the situation: it is now using the Cyrillic alphabet that a large banner welcomes those who come to put their suitcases there.
This Sunday, about 150 Ukrainians are staying in this large building 50 meters from the beach.
Inside, teenagers are playing billiards, a grandmother is doing a puzzle and two young couples are drinking coffee.
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Tanya, 26, gets impatient with her brother and mother in the hall.
She wants to join her father, who works in England.
"It's a long wait,
" explains this student from Chernivtsi, in the west of the country.
We've been here since the middle of the week.
We arrived by bus, but were turned back at the port by English officers.
We don't have a visa.
We thought there would be no problem.
In Romania, we were told that we could go to England without worry.
This Monday, Tanya is going to Paris to…
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