Calais : Reports, news and investigations

Migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and Middle East live in a so-called 'jungle' of makeshift camps in Channel port Calais, hoping to reach UK.

About 200 migrants clashed with staff and police as they tried to get into the tunnel on the French side, forcing suspension of rail services.

Patients in county Kent are to be offered fast-track surgery in Calais under a scheme officials said was prompted by EU competition rules.

Food and water were distributed to passengers on the Paris to London stranded at the Calais-Frethun station in northern France.

EU will provide €5m aid to help France build tented encampment for 1,500 people to replace existing 'jungle' of makeshift shelters.

Passengers at Dover and Calais were left stranded for hours after protest on eve of visit to French port by French prime minister.

Protesters used lifeboats to stop ships entering or leaving the French port on one of busiest nights of the year.

Protest aimed at getting prisoner, whose father was among those killed in Roma camp earlier this week, released for funeral.

The 22-year-old Eritrean suffered a head injury and internal bleeding as Channel Tunnel briefly closed by migrants on railway.

Migrants in Calais chanted 'We are not animals' as French, UK ministers announced new measures including a joint 'control and command centre'.

French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve and his UK counterpart will meet in Calais on Thursday over new deal to contain migrant crisis.

The survey followed PM Cameron's talk of a 'swarm' of migrants while his FM warned of 'marauding' migrants threatening living standards.

Senior UN officials says situation is a 'civil emergency' but adds that with right action it is a 'manageable situation'.

Instead of pledging higher fences and more sniffer dogs politicians should fix broken asylum system, argues charity boss.

In return for help in making the Channel Tunnel and the port at Calais more “secure”, France has agreed to monitor Britain's borders on its behalf. On the Italian frontier, meanwhile, French police are searching for migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean. As Carine Fouteau reports, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has taken on the mantle of Europe's new gatekeeper, at the risk of breaching European law.

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Migrants disrupt trains as they try to enter Channel Tunnel

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Eurostar passengers stranded in dark after 'intruders' enter train tracks

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Ferry services resume between France and England after Calais blockade lifted

Thousands of holidaymakers stranded as French ferry workers blockade Calais

French Roma gypsies block major motorway to Calais with burning tyres

Migrant seriously hurt in France may have been hit by train

France and Britain sign deal to beef up security to contain migrants in Calais

UK, France ministers to sign Calais migrant security agreement

UK opinion poll finds majority favour sending army to Calais to contain migrants

France needs 'civil emergency' plan for Calais migrants says UN

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