The Children of Calais
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The photograph on this page of The Children of Calais by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.
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The Children of Calais
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 22 Nov 2023
Sculpture by Ian Wolter, unveiled by Lord Alf Dubs on 8th June 2018 It portrays six British children as refugees, echoing Auguste Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais' 1895
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.024246
Longitude
0.239329