France sends police as migrant gangs clash in Calais
The French government will send more police to Calais to crack down on migrant gangs, the interior minister said on Friday, after gang rivalries erupted...
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Macron spells out reasons for Britain to stay in EU
“Be my guest,” French President Emmanuel Macron told Britain on Thursday, saying he would welcome any move by Prime Minister Theresa May to stay in...
Ahead of UK summit, Macron visits migrants in port of Calais
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...
French farmer gets suspended jail term for aiding migrants
A French farmer who helped hundreds of illegal African migrants was handed a four-month suspended jail sentence on Tuesday, but he said he would challenge...
Charities slam Calais ban that could halt food aid for migrants
Charities expressed outrage on Friday as the mayor of French port Calais, which has symbolised Europe’s refugee crisis, signed a ban on gatherings that could...
France moves Calais child migrants as row with Britain simmers
France moved hundreds of child migrants from the site of a demolished camp to reception centres across the country on Wednesday, as a feud with...
Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout
French riot police swooped on an illegal migrant camp in north-eastern Paris just after dawn on Monday, sparking a brief standoff at a site where...
France tells migrants to forget Calais as ‘Jungle’ camp razed
Bulldozers cleared mounds of debris and tore down makeshift shelters at the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp on Thursday, and authorities said 6,000 people had been evacuated...
Migrants cleared from Calais ‘Jungle’ camp
French authorities said on Wednesday they had finished clearing the ‘Jungle’, a squalid shantytown outside Calais built by migrants who had hoped to make the...
Workers wield sledgehammers to tear down Calais ‘Jungle’
French workers began demolishing the ‘Jungle’ shanty town in Calais on Tuesday, wielding sledgehammers to tear down makeshift dwellings as former residents – migrants seeking entry...
Aid volunteers fear unofficial migrant camps could grow amid jungle demolition
Unofficial migrant camps are likely to grow in northern France in the wake of next week’s planned demolition of the “Jungle” shanty-town in Calais, British...
France’s Juppe says UK border with France should be moved to England – Guardian
French presidential hopeful Alain Juppe said that he would push to move the border with Britain from Calais to southern England, a sign of the...
Teen migrants head to UK as French court upholds ‘Jungle’ closure
France transferred another dozen mostly Afghan teenagers to Britain on Tuesday as efforts to rehouse the most vulnerable migrants of the “Jungle” camp in northern...
France demands Britain take in Calais migrant children
Paris demanded on Monday that Britain honour promises to take in migrant children from the notorious Jungle camp in the French port city of Calais,...
Hollande confirms Calais migrant camp shutdown, urges UK help
President Francois Hollande said on Monday that France will completely shut down “the Jungle” migrant camp in Calais by year-end and called on London to...
Work on Calais wall to start this month, Britain says
Work on building a wall along the approach road to the French port of Calais to try to stop migrants from jumping aboard trucks bound...
French truckers demanding migrant camp closure block Calais traffic
Two convoys of trucks and tractors slowed traffic to a crawl on the motorway approach to France’s northern port of Calais on Monday, with protesters...
UK, France stick to Calais migrant deal ‘now and when’ Britain leaves EU
British and French interior ministers agreed on Tuesday to develop cooperation “now and when the United Kingdom leaves the EU” to address challenges posed by...
France tells British voters migrants will flow to Britain after EU exit (Update 2)
By Elizabeth Pineau and Kylie MacLellan France warned Britain on Thursday it would end border controls and let thousands of migrants move on to its...
Clashes break out as France begins clearing Calais migrant camp
Clashes with police broke out on Monday as work got underway to clear part of the shanty town outside Calais in northern France where migrants...