French security forces have dismantled a migrant camp near Calais which was home to hundreds of people looking to cross the Channel to the UK. Officers broke up the camp, located inside abandoned industrial buildings, early Friday due to violence and amid fears it could become a semi-permanent settlement like the notorious ‘Jungle’ camp that … Read more
Striking French dockers stop ferries running between Dover and Calais as port bosses warn of ‘very strong disruption’ The Port of Calais is closed for 224 hours from 8am today due to industrial action Customers expecting to cross are being advised to cross to Dunkirk or postpone Been affected by the strike? Get in touch … Read more
Massive search is launched for cross-Channel swimmer trying to swim 27 miles solo from Dover to Calais Person called the coastguard to report friend was attempting the swim alone Helicopter and rescue boats dispatched to sea off Kent, very busy shipping lane Vessels asked to keep a lookout after coastguard got call at 12.10pm Monday … Read more
The Calais Jungle migrant camp is filled with hundreds who have already been told they cannot stay in the EU, it has been claimed. Tony Smith, the former director general of the Border Force, has said that officials are seeing the ‘same faces’ among those attempting to make the crossing from Calais to the UK. … Read more
Priti Patel has risked inflaming relations with France by claiming migrants flee the country for Britain because they see it is as racist and fear they may be tortured. The Home Secretary’s remarks, made in a private conference call with Tory MPs, incensed some French politicians, with one accusing her of ‘not doing much thinking’. … Read more
Priti Patel has risked inflaming relations with France by claiming migrants flee the country for Britain because they see it is as racist and fear they may be tortured. The Home Secretary’s remarks, made in a private conference call with Tory MPs, incensed some French politicians, with one accusing her of ‘not doing much thinking’. … Read more
Sitting cross-legged outside makeshift shelters, the men pore excitedly over tide charts, trying to plot the most favourable time to cross the English Channel. The new Jungle camp in Calais, a scrubby field near the main hospital, is a kind of tented waiting room. So few made it to Britain from the infamous old encampment, … Read more
Three migrants were rescued from their sinking inflatable kayak by a builder on his way home to Britain after swimming from Dover to Calais for charity today. Justin Legge, 49, started the 21-mile journey at 1.30am, raising almost £24,000 in memory of a friend who died of leukaemia. He was on his way back across … Read more
Quarantine queue chaos with THOUSANDS of angry Britons stranded in Calais after last-minute rush to get ferries to the UK before two-week enforced isolation comes into force ‘Thousands’ of Brits are queuing at Calais to cross over, says one stranded driver New quarantine measures for international arrivals in Britain start from midnight P&O says it … Read more