Calais

Irish Ferries owner reports 10% jump in revenues despite falling car volumes

ICG has reduced sailings on Dover-Calais route to redeploy capacity to Ireland-France route

Wed Nov 26 2025 - 10:40

Sally Hayden on We Came By Sea: Stories of a Greater Britain - ‘It feels comforting and right to have a writer of Clare’s skill turn attention to this topic’

While Britons have been shown to be open to resettling refugees, years of demonisation has led to a mostly negative view of those crossing the Channel

Mon Jun 09 2025 - 04:33

Efrem Gidey: ‘If you challenge yourself, you are always the winner’

Erstwhile refugee escaped war-torn Eritrea in 2016, ended up in several refugee camps, before finding sanctuary in Ireland

Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00

Record number of migrants cross English Channel in first four months of year

Arrival of 656 people on 11 boats on Saturday is highest number for a single day this year

Sun Apr 13 2025 - 11:22

Two migrants die after boat sinks in English Channel, French coastguard says

So far this year, 47 deaths have been reported by coastguard, including a baby

Wed Oct 23 2024 - 15:40

Calais migrants: ‘My heart is already dead. I don’t have any feeling left’

A year after at least 27 migrants drowned when their boat capsized in the English Channel, there is little other change in the wretched conditions faced by migrants in northern France

Thu Nov 24 2022 - 14:02