Travel chaos: Eurotunnel warns of long delays due to “migrant activity” July 25, 2015 Eurotunnel has warned passengers who have booked to take their vehicles across channel face long delays of around three hours after "migrant activity" in Calais caused the brief suspension of services last night. "Our passenger service is currently operating with some timetable disruption, this is due to an earlier incident in the terminal which has [...]
Eurotunnel wants €10m compensation from British and French governments as security costs rise to €13m due to migrant crisis July 22, 2015 The operator of Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel, wants €9.7m (£6.8m) in compensation from British and French authorities, as it has racked up a €13m security bill due to damage caused by the ongoing migrant crisis. The escalating number of migrants coming from the Mediterranean, looking to enter the UK through Calais, has sent security costs up [...]
Channel Tunnel crisis: Migrant dies trying to cross from France to Britain July 7, 2015 A migrant has died on a freight shuttle trying to cross the Channel Tunnel to get to Britain, French authorities have said. The migrant – the second to die in recent weeks – was found in the tunnel during an investigation by the border police, after it was discovered that several migrants were attempting [...]
Some 150 migrants try to storm Calais Channel Tunnel terminal, delaying services July 4, 2015 Some 150 migrants have caused chaos for Channel Tunnel services, as they attempted to storm the terminal in Calais. The people entered restricted areas overnight, causing severe delays and cancelling trains, according to operator Eurotunnel. Read more: UK immigration: These charts show how net migration has increased, where migrants are coming from and why they migrate [...]
Italy and Greece are sending 40,000 migrants to other EU countries, but the UK has opted out June 26, 2015 EU leaders have agreed to send 40,000 migrants from Italy and Greece to other member states over the next two years, but the UK has opted out of taking them. Read more: London attracted a third of the UK’s half-a-million new migrants The number due to be sent to each country has not yet [...]
A record number of migrants are dying in the Mediterranean April 21, 2015 This weekend hundreds of migrants died when their boat capsized as they tried to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa. The United Nations said at least 800 people lost their lives in the sinking – making it the deadliest such incident ever recorded in the Mediterranean. It follows an incident last week in which 400 migrants died. [...]
As a UN official blames anti-migrant rhetoric for boat rescue failures in the Med, is he right? April 20, 2015 Will Jones, lecturer in politics and member of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, says Yes Our politicians are fighting to prove who can be most vicious to foreigners. Who can stop them from claiming benefits for longest, or face the tightest admission requirements, or deported fastest. Our government deported a 31 [...]
Migrants die trying to reach Italy April 19, 2015 AS MANY as 700 migrants were feared dead yesterday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to face down anti-immigrant bias and find money for support. If the death toll is confirmed, it will bring to 1,500 the total number of people who died this year seeking to reach Europe – [...]