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04 Nov 2016

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.

28 Oct 2016

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.

Jungle migrant camp

24 Oct 2016

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.

24 Oct 2016

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.

'Jungle' migrant camp

21 Oct 2016

'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.

02 Sep 2016

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.

04 Mar 2016

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.

01 Mar 2016

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.

26 Feb 2016

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.

26 Jan 2016

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.

French police fire tear gas

17 Dec 2015

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.

10 Nov 2015

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.

21 Sep 2015

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.

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