The Latest Breaking News from Calais

Alliance of groups from across France call for measures to make crossings safer after 77 deaths recorded in 2024

The deaths make 2024 the deadliest year on record for small boat Channel crossings

The group of northern French mayors are calling for Border Force officers to be sent back to the UK

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

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…

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

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

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…

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