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The Latest Breaking News from Calais

Smugglers offer migrants £435 'Christmas deal' to cross Channel in overcrowded boats

People smugglers are piling desperate migrants in Calais into dangerously overloaded boats to make the perilous Channel crossing to the UK, days after four die in tragic sinking horror at sea

Daily Mirror

Knife fights and murders at Calais migrant camp 'run by Kurdish mafia with fear'

Hundreds of men, women and children shiver in cold and terror at 'Kurdish mafia-controlled' camps in France as they try to reach Britain in the hope of starting a new, safer life

Daily Mirror

EuroTunnel says its services won't be impacted by strikes over Christmas

Le Shuttle services - which run from Folkestone, Kent to Calais - continue to run as normal, unaffected by strikes, over a Christmas period otherwise filled with industrial action

Daily Mirror

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French police stop around 50 migrants on way to Britain

French police stopped close to 50 migrants on Tuesday from attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain after mild weather and calm waters led a growing number of people to undertake the dangerous journey in recent days.

Reuters

A year after 27 drowned crossing the channel, migrants still suffer in Calais

Asylum-seekers sleep rough, forge friendships and withstand harassment from police as they seek passage to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Asylum-seekers’ human rights ‘routinely abused’ in Calais, Rishi Sunak warned

Government ‘mocking’ those fleeing war with Suella Braverman’s ‘invasion’ rhetoric, Calais Appeal says

The Independent UK

Trials for new EU border system which could cause ‘continued disruption’

Port of Dover officials have been invited to Calais to view tests of technology for the EU’s incoming Entry/Exit System

The Independent UK

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10 of the best breaks in France easily accessible by ferry

From Boulogne to Brittany, these northern jewels within striking distance of the boat offer a total immersion into French culture

The Guardian - UK

Calais migrants: A never-ending crisis?

Six years ago, Calais's infamous Jungle migrant camp was demolished by French police. Today, the camp itself has gone, but the migrants and the smugglers who profit from them remain. In fact, they are more numerous than ever before, with a record number of people attempting to cross the Channel…

France 24

Travellers heading to UK suffer six-hour delay at Port of Calais

P&O Ferries used extra ships for passengers who missed their crossing

The Independent UK

Travellers face six-hour delays at UK border control in Calais

Ferry operators apologise as photos show queues of cars filled with families trying to reach Dover

The Guardian - UK

Flight cancellations and post-Brexit delays mar bank holiday homecoming

Motorists at Calais face waits of up to three hours due to increased border formalities

The Independent UK

More frustration at Calais as hundreds caught up in queues for hours

A family hoping to get home for the son’s GCSE results was stuck in Calais for eight hours

The Independent UK

‘It was like a disaster movie’: Passengers stuck for hours inside Eurotunnel

The initial breakdown late on Tuesday affected the 3.50pm Eurotunnel Le Shuttle service from Calais to Folkestone

The Independent UK

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Daily Record

Terrified Eurotunnel passengers trapped in Channel for five hours after breakdown

Passengers have compared the scenes to a 'disaster movie' after a train broke down on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Eurotunnel services ‘back to normal’ after passengers stuck for five hours

A service from Calais to Folkestone was stopped in the tunnel under the English Channel.

Irish Mirror

Underwater train passengers 'panic' as they're trapped in tunnel for hours in 'terrifying' ordeal

Travellers were seen 'panicking' and 'freaking out' in the confined space for nearly five hours after a train broke down, with one saying it was like a scene from a 'disaster movie'

Evening Standard

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle passengers stuck for hours after train breaks downs underneath Channel

The initial breakdown late on Tuesday affected the 3.50pm Eurotunnel Le Shuttle service from Calais to Folkestone.

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Wales Online

Eurotunnel passengers forced to leave train beneath English Channel

Travellers say it was like being in a 'disaster movie'

Daily Mirror

Eurotunnel passengers 'panic' as they're trapped in 'terrifying' Channel for five hours

Travellers were seen "panicking" and "freaking out" in the confined space for nearly five hours after a train broke down, with one saying it was like a scene from a "disaster movie"

Evening Standard

‘Blame Brexit not the French for delays,’ says Calais MP

National Assembly member says British excuses for tailbacks were ‘silly’

Chronicle Live

Warning that Dover-Calais queues expected on Saturday as summer getaway continues

If you are heading down to Kent to cross the Channel to Calais, expect disruption as the gridlock seen on Friday is likely to be repeated

The Guardian - UK

France says it is ‘not responsible for Brexit’ amid row over Dover travel chaos – as it happened

French transport minister hits back at Liz Truss’s suggestion that France needed to fix the ‘avoidable and unacceptable’ situation

Zenger

Washed Up: Body Of Musician Found On A Beach Five Months After Disappearance

The body of the man described as a "brilliant" guitar player and "a lovely, caring person" was found on a beach near Calais.

The Independent UK

Tour de France stage 4 LIVE: Result as Wout van Aert makes solo charge to win in Calais

Follow all the latest updates as the Tour de France touches down in its homeland

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