Activists on hunger strike to support Calais migrants
Three refugee rights activists have begun a hunger strike to draw attention to harsh living conditions suffered by foreign nationals trying to get to the UK from France's Calais region.
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Proposed migration laws under attack, as Channel crossings continue to rise
Britain's proposed new laws to deal with migration have been criticized by a group of lawyers, commissioned by the NGO Freedom from Torture. The bill has already passed its second reading in parliament.
1,100 migrants cross Channel in two days
Over 1,100 migrants crossed the English Channel on small boats on Friday and Saturday, the British Home Office has said. Some 410 people were prevented by French authorities from making the crossing.
Rights group reports that French police cause misery for migrants in Calais
French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.
Allegations of rubber bullets fired at migrants on French beach
Newspapers are reporting that a group of eight Iranian Kurdish migrants were fired at by French police as they attempted to launch a boat on the French coast near Dunkirk. The migrants, who were hoping to make it to the UK, were hit by rubber bullets. At least two were injured.
Alex's story: 'Everybody is saying UK, UK, UK'
After spending most of his adult life on the migrant trail, Alex, originally from Iran, tried to cross the English Channel from France twice. He talked to a French filmmaker and the film was posted just as the latest row broke out between Britain and France about how to stop people like him from attempting the crossing at all.
Destination UK: Channel crossings increase, despite British government's anti-migration rhetoric
More than 16,000 migrants have made it over the Channel to the UK this year, almost double those who made it in the whole of 2020. The British government talks about sending boats back but since Brexit, returning migrants to France has become harder, and that is attracting more migrants to attempt the crossing.
'I try to jump on boats for free at the last minute': Migrants willing to do anything to reach England
In recent days, hundreds of people have tried to cross the English Channel from northern France. Taking advantage of nightly departures from relatively quiet towns south of Calais, migrants have been jumping into boats at the last minute.
France rescues 126 migrants attempting Channel boat crossing to the UK
French maritime officials rescued 126 migrants attempting to cross the Channel to Britain as tensions escalated over record arrivals on England's southern coast.
France rejects UK plan to turn back migrant boats
France and Britain have crossed swords over how to deal with migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. The French interior minister has accused the UK of breaking maritime law and 'financial blackmail'.
Around 100 migrants rescued in English Channel
French maritime authorities have rescued around 100 migrants attempting to cross the Channel between Britain and France. The migrants were taken to the French port of Calais.
One dead and 120 migrants rescued in Channel
The good weather on Thursday saw more migrants attempting to cross the Channel. 120 migrants were rescued, confirmed the French maritime authorities. One migrant was found unconscious on a sinking boat and flown to hospital by helicopter; he later died.