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Socialist Worker
February 11, 2018
Tory prime minister Theresa May's ã45 million pound deal to bolster security in Calais is making life harder for refugees trapped at Britain's border. Hanat, a 17-year old refugee from Somalia, lives alongside around 250 others near the former site of the bulldozed “jungle” refugee camp. “Every single dayà...
CNN
February 3, 2018
Calais police declined to comment on the claim. With the migrants dependent on aid groups even for water, Calais has become hell on earth, Ali said. Ali said he stays because he can't afford to pay smugglers to get him to Britain but also cannot go to refuges provided by the French authorities because ofÃÂ ...
CNN
February 2, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed not to tolerate another Jungle camp being built in Calais, insisting the port town will not be used as a "side door" for migrants to gain access to the UK. Britain has pledged to spend an extra ã44.5 million ($63.3 million) to bolster UK border controls in Franceà...
Aljazeera.com (blog)
January 26, 2018
Calais, France - An industrial zone in Calais is the setting for a gut-wrenching spectacle in Europe's refugee crisis. Here, on a wet, miserable Thursday, dozens stand out in the rain. Some kick about a bright green football. But for the most part, they stand around, clustered in small groups. They are the onesÃÂ ...
Scottish Catholic Observer
January 26, 2018
The two bishops visited Calais in France last year to witness to the suffering of those fleeing poverty and conflict and seeking shelter in the UK. “We welcome the positive aspects of the Sandhurst Treaty which will come into force on February 1,” a statement from the bishops said. “This agreement, the firstÃÂ ...
BBC News
January 25, 2018
French fishermen have blocked the ports of Calais and Boulogne in protest at so-called pulse fishing, which uses electrified nets to stun fish. Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne. Calais is a major link between the UK and France used byÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
January 21, 2018
As Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May shook hands on their "humane and efficient" new deal ensuring post-Brexit border security this week, a very different scene was unfolding across the channel in Calais. On the port city's eastern outskirts, around 30 young Eritrean men huddled together for warmth asÃÂ ...
Full Fact
January 20, 2018
Ms Mirza told us her claim came from a BBC News report which says “The UK government is already thought to have spent more than ã100m on security in the area [around Calais] over the past three years.” The BBC told us that their information came from a report by the Press Association, which wasà...
The Independent
January 20, 2018
It comes after three refugees were killed on the roads outside the Calais port in December, a month after a 15-year-old refugee who was run over by a refrigeration truck. Annie Gavrilescu, of Help Refugees, told The Independent that the “increasing desperation” of refugees who are sleeping rough in theÃÂ ...
The Sun
January 19, 2018
How far is it between Dover and Calais? The shortest distance between Dover and Calais is 33.3km, or 20.7 miles. This is measured from the South Foreland, northeast of Dover to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near Calais.
The Local France
January 18, 2018
The UK announced on Thursday that it will spend another €50 million, or a large part of that sum, on boosting security at the port of Calais, which for years, if not decades has been a jumping-off point for migrants and refugees attempting the often perilous journey across the Channel. That brings the totalÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 18, 2018
To be announced as part of the Anglo-French summit at Sandhurst military academy on Thursday, the money brings total British funding for security and policing in Calais since the “Jungle” camp was bulldozed in 2016 to more than ã150m. The measures have included building a 1km-long concrete wallà...
CNN
January 16, 2018
Macron wants the UK to increase its spending to help ease the pressure on Calais, which was home to the former encampment known as the Jungle where thousands of migrants lived before it was destroyed by French authorities in October 2016. "Calais has become an impasse," Macron said in a speechÃÂ ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
January 16, 2018
CALAIS, France, Jan 16 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron visited a migrant reception centre and quizzed refugees in Calais on Tuesday, taking stock of the pressure on the Channel port ahead of a summit with British Prime Minister Theresa May this week. Calais and the surroundingÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 16, 2018
A few hours before his death, Abdullah Dilsouz was playing cricket with other child refugees in the wasteland behind the port of Calais. Friends said he was excited to be nearing the end of a long journey from Afghanistan, and optimistic that he would soon be able to join his brother in London. But theÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 16, 2018
Emmanuel Macron has vowed there would never be another large refugee camp in Calais and warned those people remaining in the area who hope to reach Britain that they were at a “dead end”. The French president also accused certain organisations of lying about police brutality and encouragingÃÂ ...
Haslemere Herald
January 16, 2018
A FARNHAM mum of two has witnessed at first hand the impact Farnham's donations are having on migrants sleeping rough in Calais this winter, having travelled to northern France over the festive period. Penny Hardcastle, 45, has volunteered with the Farnham Help for Refugees group for a number ofÃÂ ...
FRANCE 24
January 16, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron will defend his controversial immigration policy Tuesday in the northern port of Calais, long a magnet for refugees and migrants trying to reach Britain. France's centrist president, who campaigned for open borders in last year's election, has since drawn criticism for hisÃÂ ...
Alton Herald
January 15, 2018
A FARNHAM mum of two has witnessed at first hand the impact Farnham's donations are having on migrants sleeping rough in Calais this winter, having travelled to northern France over the festive period. Penny Hardcastle, 45, has volunteered with the Farnham Help for Refugees group for a number ofÃÂ ...
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2018
One week ago, defensive end Calais Campbell may have accidentally predicted the Jacksonville Jaguars 45–42 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC divisional round of the playoffs. In a video by NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, Campbell made the comment after the Jaguars' win over the Bills in theÃÂ ...
The Independent
January 13, 2018
A French hospital is offering “fast care” to NHS patients who have had planned operations or treatment cancelled in the UK because of surging winter demand. The Centre Hospitalier in Calais said it can see patients within four weeks and can handle a range of elective surgical procedures. The offer is partÃÂ ...
The Economist (blog)
January 8, 2018
Every audience member is pre-assigned a “country” for the night, a section of the auditorium that corresponds to a nationality of the migrants cooped up at the camp in Calais waiting to make the perilous dash to Britain. Your correspondent was a Kuwaiti, and the auditorium of the Young Vic reconstructedÃÂ ...
BBC News
January 8, 2018
Around 700 migrants are living rough again in the area where the Calais Jungle once stood, charities estimate. One 15-year-old boy was killed over Christmas trying to jump on a lorry to the UK. Catrin Nye has been to meet those living there, and see the French police aiming to stop a new camp forming.
Mirror.co.uk
January 6, 2018
Operations resumed shortly before 12.20pm on Saturday and all passengers were moved onto the 13.55 departure to Dover. During the security incident, ferry operator DFDS wrote on Twitter: "Port operations temporarily suspended in the port of Calais due to a security incident. "Customers currently beingÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
December 17, 2017
(Paris) – Migrants and asylum seekers in Calais are facing desperate living conditions, especially as temperatures drop, Human Rights Watch said today. Many child and adult migrants described an increase in the police destruction and confiscation of their belongings since the beginning of NovemberÃÂ ...
Mirror.co.uk
December 31, 1999
Under the deal with Calais, Serge's bill – including surgery, drugs and accommodation – is paid by NHS England at the standard tariff for his local hospital. He has to pay for travel but parking is free at the Calais hospital. Director Martin Trelcat said 150 consultations with Brits have been set up following aÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
President Emmanuel Macron says France will not allow a new migrant camp to be set up in Calais, on a visit to the port where many gather hoping to get to the UK. Up to 700 migrants are in the area, despite the camp known as the "Jungle" having been dismantled in 2016. He also defended hisÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
December 31, 1999
There are still five or six reported attacks on lorry drivers in Calais a day despite the migrant camp being closed down in October 2016, Burnett said, but that number could be higher. Speaking to BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, he said: “It's having a dramatic impact on drivers. “I think before we talk about thatÃÂ ...
The Sun
November 22, 2017
... the then-Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron threatened to scrap the Le Touquet treaty which allows British police checks in Calais.
The Times
November 21, 2017
Britain has agreed to give France more money to improve security in Calais as evidence shows a rise in the number of people being smuggled ...
ABC Online
November 21, 2017
On the streets of Calais, you can sense the fear from everyone. Locals resent the influx of migrants, drivers are scared of the hooded teens ...
The Independent
November 12, 2017
Now in sleeping rough in Calais, she tells of the sexual exploitation and police brutality women and girls experience 20 miles from the British ...
The Guardian
October 28, 2017
Refugees in Calais, France: child and adult migrants have suffered 'excessive' police violence, says report. Photograph: Alicia Canter for the ...
New York Times
October 27, 2017
After Human Rights Watch charged in July that the police had used brutal tactics against immigrants in a camp near Calais, the government ...
New York Times
October 25, 2017
The Interior Ministry report again raises questions about the French government's treatment of the hundreds of migrants who gathered in Calais ...
Elmira Star-Gazette
October 19, 2017
The small town of Calais plays a crucial part in international transportation. It's the gateway to England through the Chunnel, the longest ...
africanews
October 19, 2017
In the minds of the world, Calais does not exist, but in reality it does. There are people there who need our help regardless of the conditions ...
HuffPost UK
October 19, 2017
'New Activists': Camilla Thurlow Learns More About Her Upcoming Trip To Calais Refugee Camp, One Year After Closure Of The Jungle.
The Guardian
October 19, 2017
A year after the gesture that brought unaccompanied asylum-seeker children from Calais to the UK, many remain in limbo and face precarious ...
euronews
October 18, 2017
Members of the European Parliament have shared photos of themselves showering fully clothed to urge the French government to improve ...
TAPinto.net
October 16, 2017
Plans for Calais Park include a community garden, a third-mile walking path, a flagpole area for ceremonies, a large evergreen tree for holiday ...
UN News Centre
October 16, 2017
After the so-called 'Calais Jungle' camps were dismantled in November 2016, migrants continued to return to the area. Many are living without ...
Varsity Online
October 7, 2017
In October 2016, the Calais 'Jungle' – a temporary town of refugee housing, shops and other facilities – was demolished. The estimated 8,000Â ...
The Sun
December 31, 1999
A LORRY driver has revealed terrifying footage of the moment Calais migrants laid a makeshift roadblock of concrete slabs in an apparent bid ...
The Local France
December 31, 1999
Despite the Jungle camp in Calais being torn down over a year ago hundreds of migrants are still sleeping rough in the port town braced for ...
The Sherbrooke Times
September 28, 2017
Last Thursday, the officers of the brigade of Calais Tunnel have controlled a heavy weight from Spain and to Great Britain. The driver wasÃÂ ...
Mainebiz
September 27, 2017
As part of Calais and Baileyville's effort to attract residents and businesses, the two municipalities have agreed to form the state's first interlocalÃÂ ...
Broadway World
September 23, 2017
Based on Luigi Marchionni's play L'assedio di Calais (The Siege of Calais) with libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, this rarely-heard Italian BelÃÂ ...
The Sherbrooke Times
September 22, 2017
On Thursday, Calais, seven migrants were injured, including four with a knife, during a brawl between dozens of Ethiopians, Iraqis and SyriansÃÂ ...
Worldcrunch
September 21, 2017
CALAIS — The French city of Calais wakes up slowly. All is peaceful. A few cars cross the Mollien bridge, which lies just a stone's throw awayÃÂ ...
