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Menton is a coastal town of about 30,000 permanent inhabitants, situated on the French side of the French-Italian border. It’s tucked between the soaring rocks of the Alpes Maritimes and the wide blue Mediterranean. The micro-climate makes it ideal for growing lemons, aubergines and tomatoes; and popular with holiday-makers and retirees. The location right on the border makes it a place of passage and migration, legal or illegal. We became aware of something lurking, you might say, under the postcard...