The European Union will give France €5 million (£3.65 million) to upgrade the Calais tent city known as “The Jungle” into a full humanitarian refugee camp for those seeking to reach Britain. At the same time the French Prime Minister announced that the Eurotunnel and ferry port
British police, including UK Border Force officers, will be deployed to France after Home Secretary Theresa May signed a belated agreement with the French government on the Calais migrant crisis. The agreement will establish a joint control and command centre,
Churches have called on the government to “recognise” that migrants in Calais cannot be turned away and to “accept the need for the UK to take its share.” They also branded the British “self interested” and condemned the “dehumanising” language used
The BBC News Magazine, published on-line and funded by the British public, has printed an extensive piece on the work done by members of Calais Migrant Solidarity, without mentioning the organisation itself once. ‘Calais migrant crisis: The Britons in the
The Belgian Interior Minister has announced the creation of a special Task Force to counter human trafficking. The move comes as his country steps up its battle against human traffickers to avoid the risk of Belgium becoming a ‘second Calais’. In an interview with
Illegal migrants trying to sneak into Britain should be compared to the “Holy Family” of Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus according to BBC religious chief Aaqil Ahmed. Mr Ahmed, the first Muslim to head religion and ethics at the BBC, also
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that illegal immigrants using Calais as a launching point to enter the UK were doing so for economic reasons and he was determined to make sure the border was secure. At the same time
Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart has expressed her frustrated anger with the UK by once again threatening to “open the border” to thousands of migrants unless the British government attends talks to resolve the migrant crisis. This adds to her previous threats to
The migrant crisis in Calais, on the French side of the Eurotunnel, has grown so severe that polls show a surprising degree of agreement between French and British citizens that British troops should be deployed on French soil to help secure the tunnel.
UKIP’s Mike Hookem was threatened with a gun in a migrant camp in Dunkirk yesterday afternoon. The incident happened in the same camp widely reported to be controlled by a brazen South London gangster turned people smuggler. “Just been threatened
Up to 700 hard-left activists are planning to travel en masse to Calais from London to deliver “support” to illegal migrants camped near the Channel Tunnel. The development follows reports last week that French Police are “convinced” that British anarchist
The Eritrean priest in the Calais migrant camp who leads the makeshift church that is to be featured in a controversial episode of BBC’S Songs of Praise has refused to appear. Fears for his family’s safety back in north-east Africa, shared by
The growing migrant crisis in Calais needs British troops to help bring order to the Channel port, French police have warned. Bruno Noel, head of the Alliance union for police deployed to the French port and Eurotunnel site, said the
There is increasing evidence that British people smugglers are operating in the migrant camps around the north French port of Calais. In an investigation, Sky News found up to 13 cars with British number plates parked alongside tents and shelters
Dozens of migrants have broken into a secure Eurotunnel complex – by guessing the passcode to a gate in the fence and walking straight through. Their actions make a mockery of the millions of pounds being spent by the British
Abdul Rahman Haroun, a Sudanese refugee among the 3,000 uncomfortably camped on the northern coast of France, decided to forego the invitation and force his way into the United Kingdom. He made a most impressive effort, climbing over four fences, dodging four hundred security cameras, and running halfway through the undersea railway tunnel connecting France with Britain before tripping an alarm, dodging high-speed trains in the dark tunnel every step of the way.
A Sudanese illegal immigrant has been arrested in Kent after walking 30.5 of the 31 mile Channel Tunnel from France to England. Although Abdul Rahman Haroun, 40, was arrested only half a mile from the Channel Tunnel mouth in Folkstone,
The Balkan nation of Macedonia is fast becoming a hub for illegal migration into Europe as new pictures reveal scores of migrants living next to railway tracks in a desperate attempt to board trains to the rest of the continent.
The BBC is to broadcast an episode of its flagship religious show Songs of Praise from the migrant camp near Calais. The episode, which will feature left-wing Anglican cleric Giles Fraser, is already in the process of being filmed, and
The chaos in Calais looks only as if it is going to get worse rather than better. But should we be surprised? Imagine for a moment that you are one of the illegal migrants camped out in Calais looking to
Hour by hour, the migrant crisis at Calais diversifies and worsens – or, as the mainstream media terms it, lessens. The latest comedy caper is the walk of one solitary migrant through the Channel Tunnel. The Sudanese illegal immigrant was
Immigration offences in the county of Kent, which contains the port of Dover and the freight terminal for the Channel Tunnel, rose by a quarter in 12 months even before this summer’s migrant crisis. Figures show local police detained 104
French police are convinced activists from far-left anarchist groups, many of them British, are working to “manipulate migrants” and coordinate attacks and crossings in Calais. They also aim to increase violent clashes, so the police will be portrayed badly in
Contents: Hundreds of migrant deaths in Mediterranean highlight Libya-Calais relationship; U.S.-trained Free Syrian Army’s Division 30 suffers major defeat; US program to train rebels in Syria appears flawed from the start
The number of fines issued for truckers entering the UK with migrants on board their vehicles has tripled in the past three years. Drivers face an on-the-spot penalty of £2,000 for every person found hidden on their truck, despite the
