Calais migrants news

Follow RT on the news and reports about ongoing crisis in Calais. It is a French town and main seaport for ferries between France and England. The Channel Tunnel between the countries opened in 1994. Get the news and articles on history and cultural aspects of Calais. Recently, Calais has become a destination for many refugees wishing to enter England. Don’t miss the latest news and stories on crisis in Calais and its background. There used to be a so-called Calais Jungle – a refugee encampment in the town. However, after the fire of the constructions, the camp was demolished and thousands of migrants were replaced to either temporary reception centers, or to other camps. Find information and news on RT.com on that matter.

Britons shocked by new migrant crisis as 430 arrive on English shores in 1 day, a new record
Many Britons have questioned why the country is facing another migrant crisis after 430 asylum seekers landed on British shores on Monday, just months after the UK finally took back control of its borders from the EU.
Jul 20, 2021 14:45
UK News
How climate change is causing African jihadism and the migration crisis — Exclusive interview with documentary maker Reza Pakravan
War, terrorism, poverty, mass migration, human trafficking and famine. Documentary filmmaker Reza Pakravan experienced it all when he travelled to the treacherous Sahel region of Africa - and he says there’s one major cause.
Nov 14, 2020 07:45
British-French blame game over migrants’ deaths may be good politics, but it does NOTHING to stop kids drowning in the Channel
With four Iranian asylum seekers drowned after their boat capsized off the French coast en route to the UK, how and why does illegal human trafficking continue unimpeded, with nothing done to stop it on either side of the Channel?
Oct 28, 2020 16:56
French police clear Calais migrant camp in biggest op since ‘jungle’ dismantling
Police on Tuesday dismantled a camp of at least 700 migrants in the French port city of Calais, the biggest such operation since the ‘jungle’ shantytown was broken up four years ago.
Sep 29, 2020 14:38
World News
Gary Lineker’s decision to live with a migrant is just another virtue-signalling ploy to allow him to lecture everyone else
Football icon Gary Lineker has become an insufferable lefty intent on telling people what to do and think. How did someone we once looked up to become an elitist who happily looks down on the rest of us?
Sep 3, 2020 17:18
Seasonal rise in migrants crossing the Channel is nothing compared to surge that awaits the UK when it leaves EU for good
The UK can currently return cross-Channel migrants back to France thanks to the Dublin Convention. But by next year that will no longer apply, leaving it open to waves of new arrivals… with no legal recourse.
Aug 13, 2020 14:27