Cut above: How barbers are giving Paris migrants a boost


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Asylum seekers from eastern African countries warm themselves up around a brazier as they have a meal offered by volunteers of the 'Solidarite Migrants Wilson' association, in Saint-Denis. Photo: AFP

Peals of youthful laughter rise above a whirring of clippers and the snipping of scissors – but this isn't your normal barber's shop.

The Wilson barbers' collective is hard at work on a Sunday afternoon cutting hair in a Paris park, a popular meeting point for unaccompanied migrant minors.

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