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Calais Jungle
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to Ahmed Adam (L) from Sudan during his visit to a migrant center in Croisilles, northern France, on January 16, 2018. (Michel Spingler/AFP)
January 17, 2018, 12:19 am
France a rights beacon? Migrants relate harsher reality
Pair of Jewish brothers reflect on brutal tactics of Macron’s government to prevent them from crossing the border into Britain
By Clare BYRNE
A man wrapped in a blanket stand as migrants wait to climb on a bus during an evacuation of a makeshift camp in Paris on November 4, 2016. (AFP Photo/Philippe Lopez)
November 4, 2016, 2:24 pm
France clears 3,000 migrants from camp near Paris
Operation comes after a major push last week to clear the notorious ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais
By AFP
Migrants carry their luggage as they walk to climb into a bus after leaving the "Jules Ferry" reception center, next to the recently demolished "Jungle" migrant camp after a massive operation to clear the settlement, on November 3, 2016, in Calais. (AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN)
November 4, 2016, 12:20 am
Last buses leave Calais ‘Jungle’ with women, children
291 refugees hoping to reach Britain agree to be rehoused in France rather than be deported
By AFP
Migrants looks at the smoke rising from fires in the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, northern France, on October 26, 2016, during a massive operation to clear the squalid settlement where 6,000-8,000 people have been living in dire conditions. (Philippe Huguen/AFP)
October 30, 2016, 12:47 am
Child of ‘Britain’s Schindler’ appeals for help for refugees
Barbara Winton, daughter of man credited with saving over 600 Jewish children from Holocaust, urges UK to take in minors fleeing war and poverty
By DANICA KIRKA
Thick smoke and flames rise from amidst the tents after fires were started in the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France, Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Firefighters have doused several dozen fires set by migrants as they left the makeshift camp where they have been living near the northern French city of Calais. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
October 26, 2016, 6:21 pm
After fire rages, French officials declare ‘jungle’ migrant camp closed
Authorities speed up evacuation of burgeoning Calais slum, as blaze set by refugees destroys large portion of it
By Elaine Ganley
A picture taken on October 26, 2016 shows makeshift shelters and tents of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, northern France, next to shipping containers housing migrants during the demolition of the camp. (AFP / Philippe Huguen)
October 26, 2016, 1:16 pm
Dazed migrants recount ordeal after ‘Jungle’ blaze
Witnesses say fires that ravaged tents and shacks of Calais refugee camp were set deliberately
By Serene Assir
Migrants arrive by bus from the "Jungle" on the outskirts of the northern French port city of Calais on October 24, 2016, to a shelter in Lyon, southeastern France. (AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES)
October 24, 2016, 11:59 pm
Relief, shattered dreams for migrants leaving Calais ‘Jungle’
Many of those being evacuated are delighted to escape the ramshackle French camp; some remain desperate to reach British shores
By Serene Assir and Zoe Leroy
Migrants line up for transportation by bus to reception centers across France, from the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, northern France, on October 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI)
October 24, 2016, 11:51 pm
Migrants stream out of Calais ‘Jungle’ before demolition
France evacuates squalid shantytown, where thousands displaced by war or escaping poverty waited to build new lives in Britain
By Serene Assir and Claire Gallen
Policemen walk as people stand on a shelter's roof on March 1, 2016 in the 'Jungle' migrants and refugees camp in the French northern port city of Calais during the dismantling of half of the camp. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
October 24, 2016, 8:43 am
Migrants start evacuating Calais ‘Jungle’ camp
Up to 8,000 people to be moved to reception centers around France as part of ‘humanitarian’ effort to shut shanty town
By AFP
Migrants and refugees walk next to a roadside reading 'Calais' near the 'Jungle' migrant camp on October 19, 2016 (AFP/Denis Charlet)
October 23, 2016, 6:12 pm
Chaos ahead of France’s dismantling of Calais migrant camp
French authorities say they plan to begin relocating the 6,486 people from the ‘Jungle’ on Monday to reception centers across the country
By AP
Laura Janner-Klausner (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 9, 2016, 11:52 pm
UK religious leaders urge PM to accept child refugees
Rabbis, ministers and imams call on Theresa May to allow 387 minors trapped in the Calais ‘Jungle’ into Britain
By TOI staff
In this screen grab taken from video, French police spray protesters using a water cannon during a demonstration in Calais, France, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. (AP)
October 2, 2016, 1:02 am
French police, migrants clash near Calais camp
Some 200 demonstrators protest plans to disperse ‘The Jungle,’ home to between 7,000 and 10,000 migrants, by winter
By AFP
Policemen dismantle shacks on March 1, 2016 in the 'Jungle' migrant camp in the French northern port city of Calais. (AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN)
September 26, 2016, 11:49 am
French president calls for shutdown of Calais migrant ‘Jungle’
On first visit to port city that hosts camp, Hollande says UK must also ‘play its part’ in solving migrant crisis
By Agencies and TOI staff
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