Calais Migrants

• European officials hold emergency meeting on English Channel migrant deaths

  U.K. officials were notably absent from the gathering at the Calais City Hall after Wednesday's sinking prompted a new political crisis between Britain and France.

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  Nov 28, 2021
  
• French police fire at car carrying migrants after it speeds towards Calais checkpoint

  None of the nine migrants aboard the vehicle was wounded, but the car hit one of the officers and injured his knee. 

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  Nov 25, 2017
  
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• French authorities begin clearing migrant camp in Paris

  Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government.

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  Nov 4, 2016
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• Underage migrants being moved out of Calais to sites around France

  French authorities began busing underage migrants Wednesday out of Calais to processing centres around France, as the government tries to bring a definitive end to the notorious migrant camp in this English Channel city.

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  Nov 2, 2016
• Calais jungle: Exploring the ‘tradition’ causing some migrants to burn their tents

  Apocalyptic scenes unfolded early Wednesday morning as the sprawling migrant camp known as “the Jungle" was engulfed in flames.

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  Oct 26, 2016
• French police ordered to keep guard at Calais migrant camp during mass evacuations

  French police are being deployed to keep order among the young migrants pushing barriers at Calais' makeshift camp.

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  Oct 25, 2016
• French president vows to shut down Calais migrant camp this year

  French President Francois Hollande says the migrant camp in Calais must be fully dismantled by the end of the year.

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  Sep 26, 2016