Calais

Indian-origin entrepreneur to swim across English Channel to raise funds for combating child trafficking in India

An Indian-origin woman entrepreneur in the UK is training to swim across the English Channel to raise funds to combat child trafficking in India.

Heavy snowfall causes travel mayhem in northern Europe; more than 300 flights cancelled at Frankfurt airport

Hundreds of air passengers were stranded in Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital, as well as Britain after heavy snowfall in North Europe

Paris attack: Man suspected of having injured six soldiers, shot and arrested

French security forces have shot and arrested a man suspected of being behind an attack on soldiers in a Paris suburb on Wednesday, security sources told AFP.

France: Activists seek Emmanuel Macron's help for new Calais migrants

Prominent French actors, lawmakers and others are appealing to President Emmanuel Macron to stop pressure on migrants again converging on Calais after the closure of a wretched camp that came to symbolise Europe's migration crisis.

France demolishes Calais 'Jungle' camp forcing migrants to claim asylum or face deportation

The French government has started clearing the "Jungle" migrant camp on France's norther coast. Migrants, primarily from Africa and Middle East, used to live there. They try to warm themselves while waiting to be relocated.

Calais 'Jungle' camp set to close, British charities ask France to ensure safety of migrants

At the "Jungle" camp in the northern French port of Calais on Saturday, migrants seemed prepared for the move to various locations around France.

Britain to start building 13 ft wall in French port of Calais to keep out migrants

Britain is to start building a wall in the northern French port of Calais to stop migrants jumping on trucks, under a deal agreed earlier this year, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

French authorities dismantle Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp after fiery clashes break out

Clashes broke out between French riot police and migrants on Monday as authorities began destroying makeshift shelters in the grim shantytown on the edge of Calais known as the "Jungle".

French police clash with immigrants in Calais as 'jungle' encampment demolished

Makeshift huts went up in flames on Monday in an angry backlash as workers, guarded by scores of French police, began pulling down tents and shelters in the sprawling migrant camp in Calais.

Glastonbury sends abandoned rubber boots to Calais migrants

Hundreds of pairs of rubber boots left behind by music fans who attended Britain's Glastonbury music festival have been donated to migrants in Calais, organisers said Friday.