The Calais migrant crisis shows why Europe needs a common migration policy and a new asylum system August 3, 2015 The ongoing crisis in Calais is a sad reminder that the EU is still far from finding a solution to its migration problems. It also shows how deep national divides have become in Europe. France blames Italy and Greece for failing to process asylum seekers arriving on its shores, opening the doors for them to [...]
Cameron under fire over Calais migrant crisis: Chaos costing £1.5m a day in Kent as hauliers call for compensation August 2, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron is facing fresh criticism over the government’s efforts to stop the chaos in Calais, as business leaders, politicians and humanitarian groups alike say the crisis is reaching a breaking point. Services through the French port have been disrupted for weeks, holding up trucks, trains and other forms of transport on both [...]
Channel Tunnel migrant crisis: David Cameron accused of “playing politics” by Swedish justice and migration minister Morgan Johansson August 2, 2015 Scenes of migrants trying to enter the Channel Tunnel in their thousands are the result of the UK and France not taking “responsibility” for accepting more asylum seekers, the Swedish justice and migration minister has said. Prime Minister David Cameron, Morgan Johansson said, is “playing politics” with the migrant crisis in Calais. Speaking to BBC [...]
Channel Tunnel migrant crisis: UK and France call on EU for support August 2, 2015 Home secretary Theresa May and her French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve have called on the EU to offer support in tackling the migrant crisis at Calais. Read more: Migrants trying to enter UK via Channel Tunnel will face tighter security in France Over the last month, thousands of people have been trying to cross from [...]
Police warn Calais migrant chaos will continue into weekend as thousands more attempt to make the crossing through Channel Tunnel July 30, 2015 Police on both sides of the Channel have warned that the chaos will continue into the weekend, as thousands more migrants attempt to make the crossing into England. French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve yesterday sent a further 120 police officers to deal with the escalating crisis. They have been deployed around the Eurotunnel site [...]
Migrants trying to enter UK via Channel Tunnel will face tighter security in France July 30, 2015 France is sending an additional 120 police officers to Calais to manage the huge number of migrants trying to travel to the UK via the Channel Tunnel. Read more: Eurotunnel faces delays after thousands of migrants tried to cross into England via the Channel Tunnel last night Following talks with home secretary Theresa May, [...]
As the Calais migrant crisis worsens, is Nigel Farage right that the army should now be drafted in? July 29, 2015 Steven Woolfe, Ukip’s migration spokesman, says Yes Of course he is! The answer is found in the narrative of the question. As any Sandhurst student will tell you, “aid in support of civil authorities” is one reason why we have our armed forces. Unfortunately, instead of aiding the civil authorities for things like floods, in [...]
Eurotunnel says migrant crisis is “too much for UK government to handle” as 1,500 people storm Channel Tunnel July 29, 2015 The number of migrants trying to reach the UK from Calais is "too much" for the UK government to handle, Politics Home has reported the company operating the Channel Tunnel saying, as French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve promised 120 additional police officers to man the Eurotunnel site. Read more: Eurotunnel faces delays as thousands try to [...]
Eurotunnel faces delays after thousands of migrants tried to cross into England via the Channel Tunnel last night July 29, 2015 Last night 2,000 migrants tried to reach the UK via the channel tunnel, according to Eurotunnel. Read more: Travel chaos: Eurotunnel warns of long delays due to "migrant activity" "It was the biggest incursion effort in the past month and a half,” a spokesman for the operator told the BBC. "All our security personnel, [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK government will do everything it can to combat migrant crisis in Calais July 29, 2015 After 1,500 migrants tried to reach the UK via the Channel Tunnel, David Cameron has warned he is “very concerned” by the growing Calais crisis. Speaking as the UK confirmed an extra £7m in funding for new fencing at the Channel Tunnel in France, Cameron said he felt sympathy for British holidaymakers and that the [...]