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Oct 10, 2023 · Police cleared a camp on Tuesday home to about 700 mainly Sudanese migrants in the French port city of Calais, as the number of people at the site increased and authorities reported...
- Amir, 17, from Afghanistan: ‘I Was in The Boat Yesterday, and I Almost Died’
- Khail, 28, from Afghanistan: ‘I Forget What Day Or Time It Is Here’
- Nasr, 17, from Sudan: ‘French People Are Very Difficult’
- Youssef, 18, from Libya: ‘It’s Been Almost Six Years Since I’ve Been Here’
- Muntaser, 25, from Sudan: ‘If I Get to England I Will Do Any Job’
I was in the boat yesterday, and I almost died. The boat was big. We were maybe 25, all Afghan men. Something sharp cut the boat, and it started sinking. We had jackets, and we started swimming. The water was freezing. We were not super far from the [French] coast, so we swam back. Nobody died, but some went to hospital because of injuries. My body...
I left Afghanistan two years and seven months ago. I was in prison in the Netherlands for one year. They got my fingerprints there and caught me twice trying to go into a lorry for the UK. They told me to get a lawyer, but I told them I have no money for that and they didn’t help, so they kept me in prison. They only let me talk to my family on the...
I have been in Calais for five months in different makeshift camps. The police keep evicting us. Now, I’ve been at this camping space for three months. All day we have nothing, and we try to cross. I’d like to go to England because I speak English, and I find English people very easy. French people are very difficult. I’d like to go to England to s...
The problem with France is that they don’t say things directly. They make you struggle for five to six years and then they tell you no, you won’t have papers. It’s been almost six years since I’ve been here and I haven’t seen my mother, who is in Benghazi. In France, sometimes when you call 115 [the emergency number for homeless people], they tell ...
I just got here in Calais yesterday, I was in France for three weeks, before I was in Ventimiglia [in Italy, bordering France]. I am from Darfur in Sudan originally. Inshallah, I make it to England. I want to go there and bring my wife Saha who is still in Sudan. Life is very difficult there. If I get to England I will do any job. I just want to st...
- Alexander Durie
Calais - latest news, breaking stories and comment - The Independent. News. Strict asylum rules and poor treatment of migrants are pushing people north to the UK. Business. French strike...
Apr 23, 2024 · All the latest content about Calais from the BBC.
Jun 30, 2022 · In November, 27 people died when their flimsy boat sank near Calais as they tried to make the dangerous journey across the Channel to reach the UK. Seven months on, French police have now...
Nov 28, 2021 · For decades, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in north-east France has played host to thousands. Some in Calais see the migrants as at best a nuisance, and at worst a menace.
Oct 4, 2022 · Hidden in dense vegetation along the coast north of Calais, two men are quietly piling the pressure on Britain's new prime minister. Crouching in the darkness, they swiftly prepare a boat to take...
