Surge in refugees seeking help in Calais report spurs call to deter Channel crossings

A charity warns of a '33% increase in the number of refugees' seeking help in Calais triggers warning of 'Labour's border ...
Irish Sun

I crossed Channel in a 9ft dinghy after going undercover in Calais migrant camp… here’s why it’s so easy to enter UK

IT WAS pitch black as Lee West launched his 9ft dinghy into the sea at Calais. He’d spent the last three days undercover at a migrant camp before sneaking down to the beach with one goal in mind: to ...
Politico Europe

Calais' Jungle is gone, but the migrants keep coming

It was the seventh time in two months that Shokhan Muhamed Ali and her family had attempted to leave France on a small boat and cross to the United Kingdom. The seventh time they had tried — and ...
The Sun

I spoke to Calais migrants & they know UK will treat them better than Europe. Their friends here tell them to come

Kuwaiti migrant reveals why he has tried to cross the Channel seven times and is willing to break the law to get to the UK TUCKED into World War Two bunkers as the sun comes up, dozens of migrants ...
The Mirror

Refugees in Calais 'devastated' to hear of Channel tragedy still intent on reaching UK

Refugees in Calais said they were “devastated” to hear the news of their fellow asylum-seekers, but insisted they still dreamed of reaching the UK. Sleeping in tents on drenched, muddy wasteland near ...
Sky

Small boat Channel crossings: Mayor of Calais says UK is too appealing to asylum seekers

The Mayor of Calais has told Sky News that her town is being used to do "the dirty work" of the British government by dealing with the waves of migrants who come to her town - and blamed the UK for ...