WAITING ROOM BESIDE THE WHEAT FIELD
- Art Refuge
- Jun 3
- 2 min read
June 3, 2026
Today we were with @medecinsdumonde mobile clinic in a small clearing next to a living site outside Dunkirk. It was cloudy, and rained on and off all afternoon. The psychosocial activities van was parked next to a water point and in-front of a vast wheat field, factories throwing out smoke from chimneys in the distance.
In this tiny pocket of the world there was a world of life going on, with people walking backwards and forwards in front of the van on route to the distribution area a few hundred feet away, and back to the living site. Some carried objects - bags of baguettes, a tent, a mattress, a life jacket sealed in its packet; others pushed pushchairs or pulled suitcases. Some came to see the doctor, with a range of wounds, colds and headaches. While waiting for their turn, several people sat with us inside the van, resting, sleeping, building or talking.
We were visited by a little boy who wanted to play; a girl who didn’t want to leave, a woman who needed to sleep, a man who built a tower with a cantilevered balcony.
One young man from Sudan was delighted to find we spoke English, having taught himself fluent English from watching films, and narrating the different characters back only to himself. He also responded to the age of the three of us, addressing Alex: ‘you are about the age of my father who I haven’t seen from many years; can you give me some advice?” He later introduced us to two young girls who had been on a boat in May which had capsized near the beach, two women tragically losing their lives. One of the girls showed us images of the horrifying burns she and her mother had received from the mixture of fuel and water.
We looked up the word Courage together, thinking about the #refugeeweek theme this year, a word that described these young people very well: ‘For refugees around the world, courage is often a daily necessity. It is the courage to face unknown journeys, learn new languages, navigate unfamiliar systems, or simply to wake up each morning & step into an uncertain world.’
Words by Bobby Lloyd, Miriam Usiskin & Alex Holmes.
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