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The Latest Breaking News from Calais

Three migrants dead after boat sinks in English Channel, French coastguard says

A rescue operation was launched on Wednesday off the coast of Calais after a life jacket was spotted in the sea.

Evening Standard

Meet 'Mamie Charge', the Calais woman topping up migrants' batteries

For more than 20 years, Brigitte Lips has witnessed Europe's migration crisis from her home in Calais, on France's northern coast. Rather than shutting her door, she opened it to migrants seeking a safe place to recharge their mobile phones – an act that has earned her the nickname "Granny…

Radio France Internationale

‘It’s a human disaster’: the French seaside towns on the frontline of small-boat tragedy

Tuesday’s sinking underlines how security around Calais has led to dinghies launching further along the coast – and taking bigger risks at sea

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Eurotunnel breakdown triggers six-hour waits at Calais

The delays occured on the final Sunday of the holidays for many schools

The Independent UK

Paris Paralympics flame is lit before journey from English village, under sea and over land

Four days before the start of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday near a hospital in the English village of Stoke Mandeville, where the idea for the competion was conceived. A group of British athletes will embark on the underwater journey through the Channel…

France 24

Poem of the week: Sudanese Saying by Pierre Joris

Short, stinging lines convey the pain and injustice of the 2016 demolition of the Calais refugee ‘jungle’

The Guardian - UK

One dead in attempted small boat Channel crossing from Calais to UK

Boat got into trouble in early morning crossing

Evening Standard

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A tale of two elections: how angry voters in France and UK turned on their leaders

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns

The Guardian - UK

Calais to Dover ferry 'security incident' with check-in suspended

A security incident at Calais has caused check ins to be suspended for the Calais to Dover ferry.

Evening Standard

Dover-Calais ferries face ‘major disruption’ as a result of port workers’ strike

The delays follows Beauvais flight cancellations due to a strike by air-traffic control staff

The Independent UK

Calais chaos: Schoolchildren among hundreds stuck for five hours at border control in France

The travel misery was continuing on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard

What is the real story behind Vietnamese Channel boat crossings?

Speaking to experts and people on the ground in Pas-de-Calais reveals a different narrative to that told by Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Five Dead, Including Child, In Tragic Channel Crossing Attempt

Despite facing perilous conditions, 57 individuals pressed on with their journey to Britain after the boat's motor was restarted, stated Calais prefect Jacques Billant.

International Business Times

White cliffs to wetlands; discovering France’s Pas-de-Calais

Too many of us bypass the closest part of France to the UK – those who linger enjoy soaring chalk cliffs, vast beaches, superb seafood and verdant marshes ideal for exploring by boat

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‘They can’t grieve’: families in limbo as Channel boat victims left unidentified

French authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while trying to cross by boat to the UK, with families still waiting for news of loved ones

The Guardian - UK

Calais people-smuggling gang broken up with 19 arrests, says Europol

Year-long investigation leads to arrests of Iraqi Kurdish gang leader and five key organisers in Germany

The Independent UK

Four men arrested in Calais lorry after British boxing champion Tony Dodson’s son is stabbed

Anthony Dodson, 21, was seriously injured during a brawl in the centre of Liverpool just after Christmas

The Guardian - UK

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Radio France Internationale

One dead, others missing as boat carrying migrants capsizes in the English Channel

One person was drowned and another seriously hurt overnight from Thursday to Friday when a boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach the English coast capsized in the Channel, French maritime authorities said.

International Business Times

One Drowned In New Channel Migrant Disaster: French Officials

The Guardian - UK

Asylum groups warn of ‘catastrophic situation’ in northern France

People in Calais and Dunkirk may die due to lack of shelter and sanitation, NGOs tell government officials

Al Jazeera

African refugees relieved by UK court decision to block Rwanda asylum deal

Somali and Sudanese refugees say they are elated by the British court’s decision to block the Rwanda asylum deal.

Radio France Internationale

French police evacuate Calais migrant camp for third time in a year

Police have evacuated a camp of 700 migrants in Calais, on the coast of northern France. Home to mostly Sudanese people, the camp had already been evacuated in May and June, when it housed around 350 people.

The Independent UK

Man arrested after woman died ‘trying to cross English Channel’

A woman was found dead near Calais on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Young woman from Eritrea who wanted to claim UK asylum found dead on Calais beach

A young woman from Eritrea who wanted to claim asylum in the UK was found dead on a beach in Calais after falling off a small boat.

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