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Tag Archives: Channel Tunnel

02Aug/15

Calais migrants hold Sunday church service in makeshift camp

August 2, 2015WorldCalais, Calais jungle, Calais migrant crisis, Channel Tunnel, Communes of Pas-de-Calais, Ethiopia, European migrant crisis, Eurotunnel, France, Italy, Jesus, Land transport, Libya, Migrants around Calais, Mima, Pas-de-Calais, Politics, Rail transport, Social Issues, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Christian migrants sing and pray at a service in a makeshift church in their camp in Calais.

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01Aug/15

Calais camp migrants learn French at makeshift school

August 1, 2015WorldAfghanistan, asylum applications, Calais, Calais jungle, Calais migrant crisis, Channel Tunnel, Deborah, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, European migrant crisis, Eurostar, Eurotunnel, France, Getlink, Kabul, Land transport, Libya, Mediterranean, Migrants around Calais, Politics, Rail transport, Rail transport in England, Refugee, Sierra Leone, Social Issues, Sudan, Taliban, TNU PLC, Transport, Transport in France, Transport in Kent, United Kingdom, Veronique Soufflet, War in Afghanistansmbale

Migrants at a makeshift camp in Calais learn French to help with asylum applications, as tensions rise around French shipping port.

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31Jul/15

Migrants wake to a fresh day of attempting to cross Channel

July 31, 2015WorldCalais, Calais jungle, Calais migrant crisis, Channel Tunnel, Communes of Pas-de-Calais, English Channel, Eurotunnel, France, France–United Kingdom border, Getlink, Land transport, Migrants around Calais, Pale of Calais, Politics, Rail transport, Social Issues, TNU PLC, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Migrants sleeping rough in Calais wake in makeshifts camps as they continue their daily attempts to cross the Channel tunnel.
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02Jul/15

Migrants in Calais attempt to stow away on trucks to reach UK

July 2, 2015WorldAnne Kamel, Bernard Cazeneuve, Calais, Calais jungle, Calais migrant crisis, Channel Tunnel, Communes of Pas-de-Calais, Coquelles, David Cameron, Emmanuel Agius, France, medecins du monde, Migrants around Calais, Pale of Calais, Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Politics, Rail transport, Social Issues, Theresa May, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Migrants camping in the French port of Calais try to board lorries to make the journey across the English Channel to Britain.

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01Jul/15

Freight trucks, migrants hampered as ferry workers continue blockade of Calais port

July 1, 2015TransportCalais, Channel Tunnel, Elso, English Channel, Eric Vercoutre, Eurostar, Eurotunnel, Ferry, France, Getlink, Ibrahim, Italy, Land transport, MyFerryLink, Politics, Rail transport, Rail transport in England, Rail transport in France, SeaFrance, Social Issues, Sudan, TNU PLC, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Ferry workers continue to block the port of Calais, forcing the closure of the Channel Tunnel leaving trucks and migrants hoping to get to the United Kingdom stranded in France.
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