The Mirror's new 'Island of Strangers' film tells the story of a group of girls who have all fled war and terror in Iran, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan learning to surf – as a way to overcome trauma

Asylum-seeker families tell of living in tiny rooms, with one bed between five, and being forced to endure violence, vermin and racist abuse

Britain has told Afghans to find their own way to the UK. But the new route is paved with danger, as Holly Bancroft finds out

Burnham and Macron have committed to going further in the crackdown on French beaches. But little is being done to offer refugees safe alternative routes, says human rights writer Diane Taylor