Corpses Of 8 Babies Found in French Village, A Couple Arrested Details are still sparse but a news reports from France say a couple has been detained in connection with the discovery of 8 corpses in Villers-au-Tarte, outside Calais in Northern France. " Residents quoted by...
Frenchman Philippe Croizon, "The Iron Man" To Swim 22 Miles Across English Channel He lost legs and his arm in a freak electrical accident so 42 year old Phillipe Croizon decided from his hospital bed that he...
7 years after the controversial refugee camp at Sangatte in France was closed by officials there, the French state has found itself dealing with another group of immigrants seeking a way to get over the channel to...
opinion by Colonel Boyle | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 108 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Barry Artiste Op/EdMany will have a mixed reaction to this dismantling of a migrant camp in Calais.But many on the other hand will state, you came here illegally, head back home and make a difference in your own...
created by Barry ORegan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 186 views | 32 recommendations | 8 comments
" Illegal immigrants queuing to enter Britain are being offered 'bribes' worth £1,700 to return home instead. The British and French Governments are funding the Global Calais Project which targets those...
created by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 127 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Migrant gangs in Calais are targeting British holidaymakers in terrifying 'highway robberies'. Would-be illegal immigrants are forming human roadblocks to force motorists passing through the French port town to...
BY MITCHELL WU[This story appeared originally on Immigation Here & There, a project of the Medill School of Journalism] Neither of us can speak Arabic, but Ashraf knows enough English to get through to us. "I...
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" Regulars here may remember Yves Rossy, the Swiss airline pilot who has turned himself into the world's first human jet. I spent the day with him today at Calais as he prepared to strap on his...
A man is going to attempt to fly across the English Channel today using a single jet-propelled wing. If he is sucesful, he will set a world record for the flight. If you're there to witness this sight in the UK or...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 309 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
A British journalism student has allegedly been gang raped in the French port city of Calais, while she was in a refugee camp area called 'the Jungle' working on a story. The camp is in a wooded industrial area...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 2186 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
And now for something completely different........"it's.""Cow escapes from abattoir A cow has escaped from an abattoir, leaping down a manhole and fleeing for a mile through a town's...