Activists on the No Borders / Calais Migrant Solidarity Facebook page have been discussing how Tuesday’s bombing in Brussels was a “good thing,” as the chaos it caused will have enabled illegal immigrants to cross into the UK. One activist
(Reuters) – French authorities expect to finish clearing half of a migrant shanty town nicknamed the “Jungle” outside the northern port of Calais within days, a spokesman for the region said on Monday. Thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty
More than 130 right-wing activists blocked various routes into the port of Calais yesterday to protest the “migrant invasion”. They claimed to have taken control of three bridges leading to the city. Blockades were erected, fires lit, drums banged and 14 people
The number of failed attempts by illegally migrants to enter Britain via European ports and the channel tunnel more that tripled in the past twelve months, Home Office figures have revealed. The numbers rose sharply from 4,000 a month in
“It’s my last hope,” sighs an Albanian migrant, watching a ferry leave for England from behind a high fence reinforced by barbed wire in Dieppe, one of many ferry ports on France’s northern coast. Since January, but especially after authorities
France’s first international-standard refugee camp opened in the teeth of official opposition Monday while Calais residents protested over the impact of the migrant crisis. Three families of Iraqi Kurds were the first to arrive at the new camp in Grande-Synthe
Doctors and medical staff have confirmed that at least seven boys, aged between 14 and 16, have been raped inside the so-called ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais. In four of the cases the boys had been abused so brutally they required surgery. Three
A number of UK-based celebrities have joined together to sponsor unaccompanied migrant children in the infamous “Jungle” camp in the French town of Calais.
Calais (AFP) – A group of Iranian migrants sewed their mouths shut in a disturbing protest at the ongoing demolition of the “Jungle” migrant camp in the French port city of Calais on Thursday. AFP journalists said at least nine
Contents: Bulldozers bury the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais France; Russian and Syrian war crimes are ‘weaponizing’ the refugee crisis for Europe
Angry migrants have set huts alight, hurling rocks at journalists and even pro-migrant activists as authorities moved in to clear the sprawling shantytown otherwise known as the ‘Jungle’ in northern France. Hundreds of riot police were deployed, using tear gas to disperse
British Hollywood actor Jude Law’s do-gooder visit to the so-called jungle migrant camp in Calais ended in violence after a number of the party were ambushed and deprived of their mobile phones by the migrants they had gone to support.
Following a long battle, a French judge has approved plans to evict hundreds of migrants and demolish a large proportion of the notorious “Jungle” camp in the northern French port of Calais. Despondent locals have endured years of disruptions, protests, and
Contents: Macedonia closes borders to thousands of stranded Afghan migrants in Greece; Belgium closes border to France after announcement to close Calais ‘Jungle’; Refugee crisis becomes devastating for Europe
The migrant crisis in Calais is now so bad that authorities are considering extending the Channel Tunnel by a third of a mile to stop migrants stowing away on trains to Britain. A section of track from the opening of
A woman who claims to have smuggled a pregnant migrant into the United Kingdom has spoken exclusively to Breitbart London, recalling how she was duped into believing that the asylum seeker was Syrian when in fact she was Tunisian
Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel said on Thursday it had asked the French and British governments to reimburse it 29 million euros ($32 million) mostly for revenue lost last year due to a migrant crisis at the French port of Calais.
Residents of Calais have said that they are determined to march into Paris to demand that the French President Francois Hollande protect their city from the migrant invasion currently camped out on their doorstep. Announcing their plans, they’ve told the
London riots convict turned pro-open borders agitator Syed Bokhari delivered a speech to a handful of hard-left activists and anarchists outside the French Embassy in London this weekend. Mr. Bokhari – married to fellow campaigner Mona Dohle, who claimed migrants were
Migrants determined to get into Britain are abandoning the camps at Calais and Dunkirk and making for the small port town of Zeebrugge in Belgium, where security has not yet been beefed up. The rapid influx of migrants to the
Local French government authorities said Friday they want to move up to 1,000 migrants living in the notorious Jungle camp in the port town of Calais. “The time has come to move on, no one must live in the southern
A performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the notorious Calais migrant camp known as the “Jungle” was cut short because “there were a lot of knives around,” organisers said. Actors from Shakespeare’s Globe in London performed the play on a makeshift
Anti-migrant protesters in the French port city of Calais Saturday clashed with police as they defied a ban and rallied in support of a Europe-wide initiative by the Islamophobic Pegida movement. Around 150 protesters gathered in central Calais carrying signs
The French government has announced plans to install a checkpoint at the entrance to the Jungle migrant camp in Calais in an effort to track who is arriving at and leaving the camp. The checkpoint is part of a package
The French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has confirmed that the grassroots movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) has been banned from marching in Calais this Saturday, accusing the group of raising tensions and promoting division and
“Do not feed the migrants, or more will come”. The words of a Belgian governor who is worried his region may be the next destination for massive numbers of migrants. It’s a phrase that reminds someone of ducks or geese in
Every day in almost every way we are spun a new set of lies. This morning, a UK public body tried to convince me they didn’t take any money from the European Union. When I pointed out that they had
The prefecture of Calais has taken steps to prevent the local branch of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) marching through the French port town on Saturday, citing possible clashes with far left groups. Movement leaders in
To paraphrase the Nat Burton lyrics made famous by Vera Lynn: “There’ll be bluebirds dark clouds over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow, just you wait and see”. No bluebirds are to be expected of course, since they’re not indigenous to Europe
A British immigration court ruling allowing four Syrian migrants to come to Britain from the “Jungle” camp in northern France was a “unique situation”, the full judgment published on Friday said. Referring to the camp in the port city of
Surrey’s police chief has warned that Islamic terrorists may be sheltering in the Jungle in Calais, as the area is completely “un-policed”. Migrant rights activists have slammed his comments but he has stood by them. Kevin Hurley, a former head
On Monday Britain was treated to wall-to-wall media coverage of “racist wristbands. On Tuesday, we were back on the “racist red doors” that never were. And ever in search for the next big trend to make us feel guilty about,
Video footage (above) reveals the moment migrants and anarchists marching through the centre of Calais on Saturday broke through police lines and stormed the city’s port which connects France to the United Kingdom. The French government is adamant that current
It was 9am on a Friday morning in the Calais refugee camp known as The Jungle. The sun was up, but the sprawling camp was eerily quiet – most refugees were still sleeping after another night of cat-and-mouse with police
Numerous calls have been made for the French to deploy their army in Calais after 50 migrants stormed a ferry last night, causing chaos and bringing the port to a standstill. Anarchist groups aiding the migrants co-ordinated the attack and a
A series of photos and videos posted to Facebook by the residents of Calais over the last 24 hours depicts a town under siege. Parents have been advised to keep their children indoors as migrants roam through playgrounds, while on
Just a day after a landmark court ruling declaring that the UK must admit more migrants from Calais, French officials have been ordered to scour the camps to identify suitable candidates. Yesterday it was reported that an Immigration and Asylum Tribunal
(AFP) – Pubs in the French port of Calais might be packed with Brits on a Friday night, but the traditional tourists and truckers have all but disappeared, replaced by activists wanting to help refugees. “Business is good tonight, but
A Lithuanian haulier has been robbed at knife point by three migrants in Calais. The driver suffered cuts to his hands and was taken to hospital for treatment; the migrants have not yet been apprehended. The driver was attacked on
(AFP) – A French court on Wednesday sent a 41-year-old British woman to jail for attempting to sneak a young Syrian migrant into Britain. The woman was handed a one-year sentence, with nine months of the term suspended, for hiding
