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
Plans to crack down on illegal immigration by forcing landlords to evict failed asylum seeking tenants or face up to five years in jail have been slammed by lawyers. They have warned that the new law will do nothing but
Posters advising migrants to pretend to be gay in order to claim asylum in the UK have sprung up at the Calais migrant camp known as The Jungle. The extensive, detailed advice is written in both English and Arabic. It
One of the large makeshift migrant camps near Calais is under the control of people smugglers, many of them British, reports suggest. Sky News claims to have witnessed British-registered vehicles at the camp at Teteghem, with one man with a
Over 2,000 migrants have been ‘saved’ by the Italian coastguard over the past three days, just a fraction of the so-called ‘swarm’ presently migrating north through Europe. As illegals attempting to cross the Mediterranean in unseaworthy boats to Europe were
Councils stretched to breaking point by the migrant crisis have been dipping into the public purse to pay the cab fares for newly arrived migrants to reach to temporary accommodation in London. Fares of £150 are not uncommon, with one
New footage shows migrants ripping down a security fence near the French port of Calais while chanting “Open the border!”. The desperate immigrants can also been seen overwhelming French police at Calais, who look helplessly on as they storm past
The British and French governments have declared that the world is facing a “global migration crisis”. They have called countries from across Europe and Africa to assist in tackling the wave of migration currently washing across the continent. Meanwhile, the
FOLKESTONE, United Kingdom – Two very different groups gathered by the Eurostar service station in Folkestone today, the last town trains bound for France pass through on British soil. “United Folkestone” organised a “Stand with the Calais migrants” protest, and
Britain could face food shortages this summer thanks to the growing migrant crisis in Calais, hauliers have warned. Freight trucks have already faced severe delays, with queues now five miles longer than the Channel Tunnel itself, as they try to
David Cameron’s latest attempt to tackle the deepening Migrant Crisis at the Euro-tunnel involves sending in a few more sniffer dogs. However, the Home Office’s supplier of dogs, Wagtail International, had not even received a call from Whitehall before the
Hundreds of migrants are now camped at a makeshift site near the port of Calais in northern France in a desperate bid to reach the UK. The camp, which has been dubbed “The Jungle”, sprawls over 50 acres and sits
Contents: Thousands of migrants in Calais France causing Eurotunnel crisis; Britain’s PM Cameron’s ‘swarm of migrants’ remarks causing outrage; Number of lone children migrants to Britain soaring
Just days after UKIP leader Nigel Farage called on the British Army to be deployed to help deal with the Calais migrant crisis, it has been revealed the government has indeed started drawing up plans to deploy the army to southern England.
Dramatic new images show two immigrants entering the UK clinging to the top of a freight lorry last night as hundreds of migrants once against tried to storm the fences at the French port of Calais. The migrants were pictured
French police have again been overwhelmed by hundreds of migrants attempting to storm the Channel Tunnel terminal near Calais in a desperate attempt to smuggle themselves aboard trucks to reach Britain. Yesterday, one person died when they tried to climb
Over 100 migrants made it into Britain after last night’s storming of the Channel Tunnel – an “unusually high number” – according to UK sources of the AFP news agency. As the tensions between Britain and France escalate over the
A Sudanese migrant has been crushed to death by a truck in a second night of chaos at the French end of the Channel Tunnel as 2,000 migrants attempted to stowaway on vehicles travelling to Britain. Local police and tunnel
David Cameron has described the migrant crisis in Calais as “very concerning” – and stressed the Government will do “everything it can” to improve the situation. Harriet Hadfield reports.
The French cross-Channel rail tunnel operator is seeking €9.7 million ($10.67 million) in compensation for disruption caused by illegal migrants in and around Calais with Britain expected to help foot the bill. Eurotunnel is charging London and Paris after it incurred a security
A carbon dioxide detector which can alert truck drivers to illegal migrants hiding in their loads went on sale in Britain yesterday. The product is aimed at freight companies such as those using the French port of Calais where hundreds of migrants have been boarding Britain-bound
As the Eurotunnel was again closed today by a migrant fatality, a spokesman told Breitbart London that European governments must now work to stop migrants at “their country of origin”. The undersea Eurotunnel railway that links Great Britain to the European mainland
The railway tunnel which links Great Britain with mainland Europe has had a difficult weekend, as illegal immigrants have taken advantage of the chaos in Calais, France, to attempt the walk to England. After a series of shocking security breaches
Dozens of migrants trying to stow away on vehicles crossing the Channel by tunnel between France and England broke through perimeter fences at Calais overnight, temporarily halting traffic, a Eurotunnel spokesman said on Saturday. The disruption was the latest in
Construction of a new high-security fence to secure France’s migration zone in Calais begins today – thanks to the UK. More than two miles of fence will be built in an effort to stem the chaos caused by thousands of illegal
As leaders in Brussels talk about the migrant crisis on Europe’s doorstep the French town that’s the focus of the latest concern is struggling to cope. Follow Breitbart London on Twitter @BreitbartLondon
Every month the European Parliament migrates to Strasbourg for a few days. The travel connections between the UK and Strasbourg are a nightmare and so I normally drive. Last month as I came back from Strasbourg and got to the
Contents: Hungary and Austria in disagreement over migrants; Britain and France face migrant crisis in port of Calais; Palestinians to submit war crimes charges against Israel to ICC
Jihadist fanatics returning from foreign battlefields might use the chaos at Calais as a means of sneaking back to the UK undetected. Terror suspects and extremists have already used illegal immigrants as cover to enter Europe and hiding in lorries could
Trains from London to Europe have been turned back after reports of ‘protesters’ on the tracks, while roads in Calais are being set on alight after strike action by French Ferry Port workers. The perfect storm of incidents has rendered the
Trains from London to Europe have been turned back after reports of ‘protesters’ on the tracks, while roads in Calais are being set on alight after strike action by French Ferry Port workers. The perfect storm of incidents has rendered the
A British lorry driver has claimed that his colleagues have been stabbed and beaten by “intimidating” migrants as they pass through the French port of Calais. His testimony is the latest in a long line of warnings from drivers who are
A lorry filled with migrants has brought traffic to a halt near the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire, in Britain’s East Midlands. The Peterborough Telegraph reports: A lorry full of suspected illegal immigrants has been stopped on the A1 northbound near
In a revealing video showing the plight of the British truck drivers who routinely run the gauntlet trying to avoid illegally trafficking migrants into the United Kingdom, BBC host Victoria Derbyshire engages in a public relations effort on behalf of the Calais migrants that
Frontier police forces in northern France are complaining of the huge strain they are working under caused by migrants attempting to reach Britain. Numbers released earlier this week show they have detained 18,170 migrants in or around Calais already this year,
The city of Calais, France has been labeled a “war zone” for more than a year now, as violence between competing factions of African migrant smugglers threatens to engulf the city and its economy. As the EU demands France take in 9,000 more migrants, officials doubt the country could keep the peace in that scenario.
A Polish man who has admitted to the rape and murder of a nine-year-old French girl was on his way to England at the time of the crime, a French court has heard. Zbigniew Huminski, 38, was on his way
Migrants have been moved out of an illegal camp near Calais known as ‘The Jungle 2’, leaving behind mountains of rubbish and detritus including burned out beer cans, filthy sleeping bags and discarded clothing. The cost of the clean-up operation is expected
British holiday makers passing through Calais have been warned to be on the lookout for stowaways as increasing numbers of illegal immigrants are flocking to the border crossing hoping to make their way into the UK. The Home Office Select
Illegal immigrants gathering in Calais have an even bigger incentive to make the journey from Northern Africa to the UK now that a new immigration centre complete with Michelin-starred chef has opened. The Jules Ferry centre, a 12 acre site