Category: Calais

Passengers Stranded Beneath English Channel After Eurotunnel Train Breaks Down

Dozens of Eurotunnel passengers were stranded in emergency tunnels beneath the English Channel for up to five hours after a train broke down. Video footage on social media showed some holidaymakers tramping through the tunnel with children, suitcases, and dogs as they returned to England from holidays in France. The train from Calais to Folkestone,…


French Police Dismantle Migrant Camp Housing Hundreds in Calais

PARIS, France—French police dismantled a makeshift migrant camp in the northern port of Calais on Friday, removing hundreds of people in one of the biggest operations of its kind in recent months. Since the easing of the coronavirus lockdown and the reopening of the borders within the European Union, migrants have begun to flock to…