Twice in the 20th Century, Kent was a sanctuary for thousands of refugees fleeing war and persecution. In 1914 on a single day 16,000, Belgium refugees were welcomed with open arms in Folkestone and later in 1939, 4000 Jews arrived and lived at the Kitchener Camp near Sandwich. This same coastline is now a hard-to-reach sanctuary for refugees and asylum seekers trapped on the coast of France. Under constant scrutiny by the press and used as a political battleground the reality of this coastline shows years of neglect, deindustrialisation and a turning away from the continent closest to it. The UK's harmonious relationship with Europe since World War Two is currently in tatters.