The Latest Breaking News from Calais

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson accuses Calais refugee charities of encouraging migrants to cross Channel

The Care4Calais charity has hit back at the Nottinghamshire MP's comments

Nottingham Post · Feb 19, 2023

Lee Anderson says Calais refugee charities ‘just as bad as people smugglers’ REDIRECTED

Campaigners deny Tory deputy chair’s claim they ‘encourage’ people to make crossing

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Refugee charity rejects Tory vice-chair’s claim they are ‘just as bad as people-smugglers’

Care4Calais says it offers refugees aid and dignity and does not want them to cross Channel by dangerous means

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

Brits heading on half term holidays warned to prepare for long delays

The Government has issued a warning to travellers ahead of members of the Public and Commercial Services union based in Dover and French ports including Calais and Dunkirk going on strike

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023

Dover-Calais ferries halted for most of day due to French strikes

Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Border Force strike: cover staff report getting just two days’ training

Exclusive: Some NCA staff in Calais say they had little official training before being put to work at passport control

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

1,000 Border Force officers at major ports to strike during half-term

Members of the PCS union in Dover, Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk will strike on February 17, 18, 19 and 20

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Jet setting pooch racks up more than 30,000 miles of luxury air travel

Moët the dog has spent time in Florida, the UK, the South of France, Paris Monaco, Italy, Calais, Lisbon, Madrid and Barcelona over the past two years of jet-setting

Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

French coastguard rescues 83 people from small boats crossing Channel

Passengers taken to Calais after two vessels got into difficulty near Gravelines on north coast of France

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2023

If you ever doubt the hateful effects of Tory migrant policy, go to Calais and see what I’ve seen

The French create the terror and squalor in refugee camps – and UK ministers pay them to do it, says former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2023