Clare Moseley

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Military resources and civilian boats have been involved in the rescue operation after the vessel was seen in difficulty near Dunkirk. File photograph: iStock
Two children among dead after migrant boat sinks off French coast
  • Europe
  • October 27, 2020, 18:12

Four people including two young children have died after a migrant boat sank off the coast of France. More than a dozen people have been taken to ho(...)

Migrants from Ethiopia on the streets of Calais, as one year on from the demolition of the camp dubbed ‘The Jungle’ migrants continue to stay in the town and attempt to cross the border to the UK. Photorgaph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
‘The police keep taking our sleeping bags’: life as a migrant in Calais

One year after demolition of “the Jungle” where several thousand migrants once camped and cooked and made night-time attempts to cross the English Cha(...)

Dozens of Oromo Ethiopians demonstrate at the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, France, as they face eviction by French authorities on October 24th, 2016. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Thousands of refugees and migrants leave Calais ‘Jungle’

Thousands of refugees and migrants have packed their bags as the first day of the planned shutdown of the Calais Jungle migrant camp, French official(...)

A refugee taking a selfie and makes a call at the dismantling of part of the Jungle migrant camp in Calais. Photograph: EPA/Laurent Dubrule
France moves to dismantle part of Calais ‘Jungle’ camp

French authorities have begun what appears to be a concerted if gradual process to dismantle the sprawling refugee camp in Calais, France known as the(...)