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Lifejackets mural aims to raise awareness of migrant lives lost at sea

A MURAL aiming to raise awareness of the loss of migrant lives in the English Channel has been painted on a sea wall in Ramsgate on the Kent coast.

Emerging into view as the tide goes out, the poignant artwork shows discarded lifejackets and is called The Orange Iceberg.

It was created by street artist Hugh Whitaker and charity Refugease and revealed on the date of the highest number of attempted crossings in previous years — August 22.

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