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13Dec/16

London commuters face worst rail strike disruption for decades

December 13, 2016TransportAssociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Bus transport, Chris Grayling, City: London, Company: Keolis, Conductor, Economy, France, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Govia Thameslink Railway, Inter-Modal Passenger Transportation, Keolis, London, Mick Whelan, One-man operation, Rail transport, Rail transport in England, Sadiq Khan, Southern, Streatham Hill station, Strike action, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

Hundreds of thousands of Londoners face travel chaos on Tuesday as rail union begins a 48-hour strike.

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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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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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