After Calais, France clears Paris migrant camp
Hundreds of French police cleared a huge migrant camp in northeast Paris on Friday in a fresh sign of the government`s determination to take refugees off the streets and into shelters.
Nov 04, 2016, 21:19 PM IST
France, Britain feud over young 'Jungle' migrants
Bulldozers are flattening the sprawl of ramshackle huts and tents which had been home to about 6,000 refugees and migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Oct 28, 2016, 21:29 PM IST
The 'Jungle' migrant camp in France's Calais: What is it?
France began clearing the so-called "Jungle" migrant camp in the northern city of Calais on Monday ahead of its planned demolition.
Oct 24, 2016, 13:40 PM IST
Migrants start evacuating Calais `Jungle` camp: Report
Migrants began arriving early Monday at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the Calais "Jungle" camp, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
Oct 24, 2016, 10:33 AM IST
'Jungle' migrant camp in France to be cleared Monday
Migrants at the camp in the ferry port of Calais will board buses at 0600 GMT to take them to nearly 300 temporary accommodation centres dotted round France.
Oct 21, 2016, 23:30 PM IST
French minister vows `rapid` closure of Jungle migrant camp
France will dismantle the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp in the northern port of Calais "as rapidly as possible", the interior minister said Friday after visiting the site.
Sep 03, 2016, 02:37 AM IST
France won't open border to migrants in case of Brexit: Minister
France's Interior Minister on Friday sought to defuse a row over the fate of migrants in Calais should Britain leave the EU, saying there was "no question" of letting them freely cross the Channel.
Mar 04, 2016, 18:58 PM IST
Clashes break out as France begins clearing Calais migrant camp
Clashes with police broke out on Monday as work got underway to clear part of the shanty town outside Calais in northern France where migrants are trying to reach Britain.
Mar 01, 2016, 09:49 AM IST
French court greenlights eviction of migrant camp
A court in Lille, north France upheld the decision to evacuate thousands of migrants camping in Calais, rejecting NGOs request to halt the eviction`s order, Pas-de Calais prefecture authorities has said.
Feb 26, 2016, 09:42 AM IST
Migrants wounded in gunfight in camp near Dunkirk
Three migrants from the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk, northern France, were injured on Tuesday in what a charity worker said appeared to be a fight between rival bands of smugglers.
Jan 27, 2016, 01:18 AM IST
French police fire tear gas as migrants storm Channel Tunnel
Many of the refugees and migrants want to reach Britain because they speak English, or because they have relatives there.
Dec 18, 2015, 03:32 AM IST
27 police hurt in 2 nights of unrest at Calais migrant camp
Riot police and migrants camped near the French port of Calais have clashed in overnight violence that aid workers said reflects the growing frustration of refugees' inability to smuggle themselves aboard trucks and trains bound for England.
Nov 10, 2015, 19:46 PM IST
French police evacuate 400 from Calais migrant camps
French police Monday fired tear gas as they broke down several makeshift camps around the port city of Calais, leaving nearly 400 people, mostly Syrian refugees, without shelter.
Sep 22, 2015, 01:39 AM IST
