{"id":25588,"date":"2025-12-02T16:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/?p=25588"},"modified":"2026-08-06T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:38:24","slug":"maison-effata-calais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/maison-effata-calais\/","title":{"rendered":"Maison Effat\u00e0 &#8211; Calais"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" 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non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_hover_color: #fab400;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:70px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top:100px;--awb-margin-bottom:75px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Maison Effat\u00e0 &#8211; Calais<\/h1><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top:100px;--awb-margin-bottom:75px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Maison Effat\u00e0 &#8211; Calais<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row 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21px;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top-small:25px;--awb-margin-right-small:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:15px;--awb-margin-left-small:15px;--awb-max-width:50%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" title=\"icon home\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa-.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa-.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25877\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27678%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20678%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27678%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa--200x170.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa--400x339.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa--600x509.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa-.png 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-padding-top-medium:70px;--awb-padding-right-medium:70px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:70px;--awb-padding-left-medium:70px;--awb-padding-top-small:40px;--awb-padding-right-small:40px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:40px;--awb-padding-left-small:40px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:12px 12px 12px 12px;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.12%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:1.7;--awb-letter-spacing:0px;--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#ffffff;\"><p style=\"color: var(--awb-custom11);\">Maison Effat\u00e0 is located in what used to be the rectory of Notre Dame Cathedral in the center of Calais, a city in northern France where large numbers of transients hoping to reach the United Kingdom converge. The House houses frail men who are offered protection, health care, shelter, as well as recreational activities.  The basic idea is to be not just a guesthouse, but a place for sharing and relationships. <span style=\"color: var(--awb-custom11);\">Since its inception in January 2024, the House has hosted more than 150 transients and has also provided occasional hospitality to family members of shipwreck victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"#\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.calais\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Discover THE CONTEXT<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 calais\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-background:var(--awb-color3);\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The context of Maison Effat\u00e0<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>For more than two decades, Calais, the closest European port to the British coast, has been the scene of a steady, high flow of migrants in transit attempting to reach England by makeshift means. The migrants come mainly from countries in the Horn of Africa-particularly Sudan-and from the Middle East and Central Asia. They are mostly single men, but there is no shortage of women, children and entire families.  <\/p>\n<p>By precise political choice, the entire institutional reception is concentrated in centers far from the French coast or otherwise poorly connected to it. The policies adopted by local governments and the central government focus on the security aspect: countering informal migrant settlements and deterring departures. <\/p>\n<p>The journey to the United Kingdom is made mainly in two ways: by buying, at great expense, a place on one of the dinghies that criminal organizations put out to sea when weather conditions permit and surveillance slackens, or by smuggling themselves aboard the many heavy vehicles that board the cross-Channel ferries every day.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing deployment of forces and means, financed largely by the British government, makes departures increasingly difficult, and they take place from increasingly peripheral locations and under increasingly precarious security conditions. While far from the numbers of the Mediterranean route, there is no shortage of accidents, sometimes fatal. In 2024, more than one hundred fatalities were recorded, while since the beginning of this humanitarian emergency, deaths exceed five hundred. Also in 2024, some 65,000 asylum seekers reached British shores.   <\/p>\n<p>Migrants in transit arriving in Calais live in informal encampments of various sizes &#8211; so-called &#8220;jungles&#8221; &#8211; mostly located on the edge of the city, at disused factories or in areas of dense uncultivated vegetation. Over time, the jungle phenomenon has spread to other towns on the Opal Coast, mainly Dunkirk and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Local government efforts are all geared toward making the phenomenon invisible and marginalized, pushing it out of urban centers.  <\/p>\n<p>In the face of the stubborn refusal to address the issue from a humanitarian point of view, organizations operating in the area have formed a very cohesive and effective network. The network deals with the distribution of basic necessities, comfort goods, offers guidance and accompaniment services at the legal, bureaucratic and health care levels. <\/p>\n<p>The area of shelter remains the one where the need for intervention is most keenly felt. In Calais, there are three shelter houses in operation &#8211; including Maison Effat\u00e0 &#8211; which, while far from meeting the entire housing need, offer shelter and comfort to at least some of the most fragile people. <\/p>\n<h3>What ASCS does in Calais<\/h3>\n<p>Since the beginning of 2024, ASCS with its workers and volunteers has been animating the activities of Maison Effat\u00e0, a shelter for transient migrants capable of accommodating ten people, giving priority to individuals with frailties, due to injuries sustained during the journey or previous illnesses, or otherwise people particularly tried by life in the informal camps.<\/p>\n<p>Maison Effat\u00e0 aims to be more than just a guesthouse and to also be a place of encounter and where relationships are fostered. Beneficiaries participate in the management of house life, contributing to the care and cleaning of the premises, preparing food together with the staff, each one compatibly with the possibilities that their psychophysical conditions give them. The House staff carries out accompaniment and guidance in health and even bureaucratic matters, in consultation with other organizations in Calais. It organizes creative and recreational activities of which the residents of the house are not just users but actors and promoters. ASCS volunteers in Calais also collaborate with outside activities and participate in initiatives proposed by the network of organizations.    <\/p>\n<p>Maison Effat\u00e0 is also an active member of the Toiles network, which brings together foster homes throughout France. All Maison Effat\u00e0 staff activities are carried out with the collaboration and under the supervision of the Scalabrinian Fathers of Calais. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:60px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2>General&#8217;s story<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h3>The arrival<\/h3>\n<p>The Atlantic wind swept the streets of Calais that morning, bringing with it an acrid smell of salt spray and diesel. In front of the front door of Maison Effat\u00e0, a man stopped with his woolen cap shod up to his eyebrows. <\/p>\n<p>Old-looking, but still straight-backed, the look of someone who has seen too many borders to count again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good morning,&#8221; said the volunteer, opening the door. &#8220;You must be Marwan.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The man nodded, clutching the bag that contained everything he owned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To everyone, I am The General,&#8221; he replied in broken English, with a hint of pride in his voice.<\/p>\n<p>He had earned that rank in Saddam Hussein&#8217;s army, discharging just in time to miss the last war. But no medal, no military campaign had prepared him for the journey he undertook at age sixty-five: a dogged trek through Europe, years in Germany and finally Calais. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>London was there, across the Channel. His daughter and grandchildren were there. So close you could almost hear them.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:2px solid var(--awb-color2);border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"Calais a home that accommodates 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25878\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-3.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>Coexistence<\/h3>\n<p>On the first evening at Maison Effat\u00e0, the General sat at the kitchen table cautiously, as one who enters enemy territory. Eight young Sudanese laughed and joked, mixing English, Arabic, and French in a language of their own. <\/p>\n<p>The days went by in a routine that slowly became familiar. In the morning, the general was always the first to get up, out of military habit. He would prepare Iraqi-style tea, strong and bitter, and wait for the &#8220;boys&#8221;-that&#8217;s what he had begun to call them-to wake up one by one.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;General, I have an important appointment today,&#8221; said Youssef, the shyest of the group, one morning. &#8220;How should I dress?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ironed shirt. Clean shoes. And keep your back straight, like you have something to defend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Are you training your troop?&#8221; the volunteer joked, bringing fresh bread.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The general shrugged, but something new shone in his eyes: belonging.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:2px solid var(--awb-color2);border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"Calais a home that welcomes 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-30526\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-14 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>The attempt<\/h3>\n<p>One February morning, Marwan came down the stairs looking different.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;General, where are you going so elegant?&#8221; asked Khalid from the sofa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a good contact, this time for real.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The silence suddenly became heavy. Everyone had heard that phrase too many times, uttered with the same hope that was punctually extinguished. The smugglers considered the general a burden, too old and too slow.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Be careful,&#8221; Ahmed said simply.<\/p>\n<p>Marwan nodded. He adjusted his cap and walked out without looking back. He put on his shoes, immediately outside the front door.  <\/p>\n<p>When a resident leaves home to try to cross the English Channel from the port of Calais, usually aboard an inflatable boat or attempting to clandestinely sneak aboard a truck going to embark, there is an awkward greeting. Because every attempt is different-it depends on the trafficker, the method chosen, the timing, the luck. And most of the time it fails &#8211; too old, too slow, too visible, too human for those who seek only goods to hide. It comes back with the weight of broken hope, yet another disappointment, money thrown away.   <\/p>\n<p>When you say goodbye to someone leaving on a crossing attempt, you know it will probably be a goodbye laden with frustration. One hopes that a message will arrive on WhatsApp, with a heart and the news that the goal has been reached. But one also prays that that goodbye is not, instead, a farewell. For many are the people who die trying to cross the English Channel.   <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-15 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-9 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-16 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:2px solid var(--awb-color2);border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"Calais a home that welcomes 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25880\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-una-casa-che-accoglie-2.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-10 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3>The waiting<\/h3>\n<p>Three days.<\/p>\n<p>On the first day, someone checked the phone every hour, with studied carelessness.<\/p>\n<p>On the second day, no one was laughing anymore. Conversations would die down in the middle. <\/p>\n<p>On the third day, when Maison Effat\u00e0&#8217;s cell phone rang showing Marwan&#8217;s name, everyone rushed over.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteer answered, her hands shaking.<\/p>\n<p>And a scream erupted from the phone &#8211; full, incredulous, liberating, like the cry of a child seeing the sea for the first time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;BRITANNIA! BRITANNIA! THANKS GOD! THANKS TO YOU!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The House exploded. Hugs, tears, kids jumping on the couch, someone laughing and crying together. Across the Channel, through the phone, the General could be heard laughing heartily, a laughter that seemed to erase all the miles, all the waste, all the nights in the cold.  <\/p>\n<p>Marwan had succeeded in the feat of crossing the English Channel; he had fulfilled his own dream of reaching his family. In that dream all the boys in the house placed their own. Then it is possible!  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-19 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-11 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:2px solid var(--awb-color2);border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"Calais 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-2.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Calais-2.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive 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style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-21 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-22 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h3><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Today<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Effat\u00e0&#8217;s phone still rings from time to time. The same name always appears on the screen: Marwan. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maison Effat\u00e0.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ah! Hello, hello!&#8221; the general&#8217;s voice is lighter now, sounding almost rejuvenated.<\/p>\n<p>No one in the House speaks Arabic. He speaks nothing but a few words of English. Yet, in an inexplicable way, they always understand each other. They talk to each other about everything and nothing: about the weather, about grandchildren, about who got jobs, about how Iraqi tea is missed by the residents of Maison Effat\u00e0.   <\/p>\n<p>Because welcoming does this: it creates a new language of trust, memory and gratitude. It builds bridges where before there were only walls. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, a welcoming home changes the world-one person at a time, one smile at a time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The general crossed the English Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Maison Effat\u00e0, Calais &#8211; A place where borders dissolve and people find their names again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-13 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-23 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:25px;--awb-padding-right:25px;--awb-padding-bottom:25px;--awb-padding-left:25px;--awb-padding-top-medium:60px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-padding-left-medium:60px;--awb-padding-top-small:30px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:30px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-image:linear-gradient(90deg, var(--awb-color2) 45%,var(--awb-color2) 45%);--awb-bg-position:center bottom;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:21px 21px 21px 21px;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is just one of the many stories we live every day. But to be able to keep the doors open to the Houses in Calais, Ceuta, Cape Town and Rome, we need you. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Donate now to offer immediate protection to people on the move, like Marwan!<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/dona.ascs.it\/unacasacheaccoglie\/~mia-donazione\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Join us<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-14 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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style=\"--awb-padding-right:35px;--awb-padding-left:35px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-bg-color-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-spacing-right-small:5px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-spacing-left-small:5px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:45px;--awb-margin-bottom:35px;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 45px; line-height: 1.15; font-family: 'Fira Sans'; font-weight: 900;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" 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