Row upon on row of neat little ‘chalets’, built by a local mayor and a charity against the will of the French government. The new camp in Dunkirk, Northern France is certainly more ordered than the Calais ‘Jungle’, but it
(Reuters) – French authorities expect to finish clearing half of a migrant shanty town nicknamed the “Jungle” outside the northern port of Calais within days, a spokesman for the region said on Monday. Thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty
More than 130 right-wing activists blocked various routes into the port of Calais yesterday to protest the “migrant invasion”. They claimed to have taken control of three bridges leading to the city. Blockades were erected, fires lit, drums banged and 14 people
The number of failed attempts by illegally migrants to enter Britain via European ports and the channel tunnel more that tripled in the past twelve months, Home Office figures have revealed. The numbers rose sharply from 4,000 a month in
Doctors and medical staff have confirmed that at least seven boys, aged between 14 and 16, have been raped inside the so-called ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais. In four of the cases the boys had been abused so brutally they required surgery. Three
Calais (AFP) – A group of Iranian migrants sewed their mouths shut in a disturbing protest at the ongoing demolition of the “Jungle” migrant camp in the French port city of Calais on Thursday. AFP journalists said at least nine
A gang of migrants attempted to hijack lories near Calais as the ‘Jungle’ camp descended in ‘Guerrilla warfare’ over night. They threw logs and rocks at moving trucks, brandishing batons and potentially, knives. The BBC first reported the attempted lorry
Angry migrants have set huts alight, hurling rocks at journalists and even pro-migrant activists as authorities moved in to clear the sprawling shantytown otherwise known as the ‘Jungle’ in northern France. Hundreds of riot police were deployed, using tear gas to disperse
Following a long battle, a French judge has approved plans to evict hundreds of migrants and demolish a large proportion of the notorious “Jungle” camp in the northern French port of Calais. Despondent locals have endured years of disruptions, protests, and
Local French government authorities said Friday they want to move up to 1,000 migrants living in the notorious Jungle camp in the port town of Calais. “The time has come to move on, no one must live in the southern
A performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the notorious Calais migrant camp known as the “Jungle” was cut short because “there were a lot of knives around,” organisers said. Actors from Shakespeare’s Globe in London performed the play on a makeshift
A British immigration court ruling allowing four Syrian migrants to come to Britain from the “Jungle” camp in northern France was a “unique situation”, the full judgment published on Friday said. Referring to the camp in the port city of
Just a day after a landmark court ruling declaring that the UK must admit more migrants from Calais, French officials have been ordered to scour the camps to identify suitable candidates. Yesterday it was reported that an Immigration and Asylum Tribunal
(AFP) – Pubs in the French port of Calais might be packed with Brits on a Friday night, but the traditional tourists and truckers have all but disappeared, replaced by activists wanting to help refugees. “Business is good tonight, but
(AFP) – A French court on Wednesday sent a 41-year-old British woman to jail for attempting to sneak a young Syrian migrant into Britain. The woman was handed a one-year sentence, with nine months of the term suspended, for hiding
Every port in northern France could be fenced off to prevent Europe’s migrant invasion further spilling across the Channel – and British taxpayers will be left to foot the bill. French police are so bewildered by the human influx that the only
Entrepreneurial migrants in Calais are taking a leaf out of the late Steve Job’s book, and are charging visitors to the Jungle camp €20 to view a mural of the technology tycoon, painted by world-famous graffiti artist Banksy. Around 7,000
French human rights lawyers are champing at the bit after claims inhabitants of the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp are being prevented from entering the local municipal swimming pool. Although foreigners and migrants have not been formally banned from the pool, the Calais
