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French police fire tear gas at migrants in Calais

Police Nationale officers, equipped with riot shields, tear gas, and batons, patrolled the beach before sunrise

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

More than 900 migrants reach UK in small boats as French police fire tear gas at families trying to board dinghy

At least one family was photographed having been affected by tear gas as French officers tried to disperse hundreds of migrants near Calais

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025

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Smuggler boats pick up Channel migrants ‘like taxi service’ while French police stand by, minister fumes

Labour’s John Healey hits out after small boats leave beaches near Calais and authorities in France fail to intervene – as he says ‘Britain’s lost control of its borders’

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2025

Healey slams ‘shocking’ scenes of smugglers picking up migrants ‘like a taxi’

French police officers were seen watching as migrants, including children, boarded at a beach between Calais and Dunkirk.

Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2025

Easter Monday set to bring widespread disruption for travellers

The last day of the long weekend is likely to be the busiest day of the year for travel into the UK from abroad

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025

How to get to Paris from London: Flight and ferry options as Eurostar trains cancelled by WWII bomb

Exclusive: All possible air and coach options appear to have been bought up already

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

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UK food charity chef tells of Ramadan challenge for refugees in Calais

Refugee Community Kitchen has been supporting displaced people in Calais since 2015

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

People smuggler who crammed nine migrants including 4-year-old child into van and crossed Channel jailed

Border Force officers stopped Constantin-Florin Pauliuc’s vehicle at the Port of Dover after he arrived in the UK from Calais

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

One dies in attempted Channel crossing after small boat sinks off Calais coast

A further 69 people were rescued in what French authorities called a very busy night for crossings

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025

Overcrowded Migrant Boat Sinks in Channel as Women and Toddler Are Miraculously Rescued

A small boat carrying 57 migrants, including four women and a toddler, sank off the coast of Calais on Sunday, leaving one individual hospitalized.

The Fashion Central · Feb 10, 2025

Revealed: Thousands of migrants held at UK-run French detention centres ‘shrouded in secrecy’

Exclusive: New data sheds light on four opaque detention sites in France that are run by the UK

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

French coastguard rescues 68 migrants as 183 more make Channel crossing

A total of 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in 2024.

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2025

Protesters in Calais condemn UK policies to stop Channel crossings

Alliance of groups from across France call for measures to make crossings safer after 77 deaths recorded in 2024

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024

Three people die and 48 rescued near Calais attempting to cross Channel

The deaths make 2024 the deadliest year on record for small boat Channel crossings

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2024

At least two people die in Channel as migrant crossings continue

French authorities have launched a rescue operation off the coast near Calais.

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2024

Three dead and ten hospitalised after English Channel migrant tragedy

Emergency services recovered the bodies near Sangatte beach close to Calais around 7am after the alarm was raised

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024

The secret French town with a beautiful Christmas market you need to visit – just 90 minutes from Calais

Often overlooked on the way to the nearby coastal havens in northern France, Mary Novakovich stopped by Amiens to uncover its vast urban charms

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024

‘We can live or die, but we are going to the UK’: the Calais refugees clinging desperately to a dream

Seventy-five people have died or gone missing trying to cross the Channel in small boats this year. What keeps them coming, despite the ever harsher attempts to deter them?

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024

Furious French mayors accuse UK of ‘being in denial’ over migrant crossings in demand over cross-border deal

The group of northern French mayors are calling for Border Force officers to be sent back to the UK

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024

Three migrants dead after boat sinks in English Channel, French coastguard says

A rescue operation was launched on Wednesday off the coast of Calais after a life jacket was spotted in the sea.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 20, 2024

Meet 'Mamie Charge', the Calais woman topping up migrants' batteries

For more than 20 years, Brigitte Lips has witnessed Europe's migration crisis from her home in Calais, on France's northern coast. Rather than shutting her door, she opened it to migrants seeking a safe place to recharge their mobile phones – an act that has earned her the nickname "Granny…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

‘It’s a human disaster’: the French seaside towns on the frontline of small-boat tragedy

Tuesday’s sinking underlines how security around Calais has led to dinghies launching further along the coast – and taking bigger risks at sea

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024

Eurotunnel breakdown triggers six-hour waits at Calais

The delays occured on the final Sunday of the holidays for many schools

France 24 · Aug 24, 2024

Paris Paralympics flame is lit before journey from English village, under sea and over land

Four days before the start of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday near a hospital in the English village of Stoke Mandeville, where the idea for the competion was conceived. A group of British athletes will embark on the underwater journey through the Channel…

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