Calais

Undated handout file photo courtesy of @imagesbymattpayne of a migrant camp in Calais. A new video project, entitled ‘People of Calais’ and organised by charity Care4Calais, tells the stories of some of the refugees in northern France in a series of short clips.

Majority of Calais refugees ‘think Brexit will make getting UK asylum easier’

January 27, 2021

Care4Calais members helping around 100 Eritreans to celebrate a quiet but poignant Christmas Day (Care4Calais/PA)

Migrants celebrating Christmas despite desperate camp conditions

December 25, 2020

Ads will tell migrants they risk being sent back to Europe even if they make it to the UK’s shores (Home Office/PA)

Migrants in EU border areas to see social media ads warning against voyage to UK

December 21, 2020

Nani, a sixteen-year-old who dreams of playing for Manchester United, in Calais waiting to cross to the UK.

‘You will see another angle of life here’ – stories from migrants in Calais

September 19, 2020

Ali from Iran, who lives in a tented camp in Calais, France

In pictures: What it’s like for people in Calais hoping to cross the English Channel

February 20, 2019

The "jungle" migrant camp in Calais (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Donald MacLeod: Calais wall is another callous response to the migrant crisis

September 12, 2016

Calais Jungle (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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UK-French meeting in Calais to discuss care of unaccompanied migrant children

August 17, 2016

People chanting and holding signs at an impromptu rally in Dover, Kent, as an aid convoy made up of around 250 vehicles is being held at the port of Dover after being refused entry to France by authorities (Steve Sweeney/People's Assembly/PA)

Calais aid convoy held in Dover after being refused entry to France

June 19, 2016