https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French police opened fire Saturday on a car carrying migrants near the port of Calais as it sped toward a group of officers trying to halt it for a check, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171126/police-open-fire-on-charging-migrant-car-in-calais Sun, 26 Nov 2017 09:36:11 +0100 police-open-fire-on-charging-migrant-car-in-calais A former supporter of France's anti-immigration National Front (FN) goes on trial Tuesday for helping her Iranian migrant lover smuggle across the Channel to Britain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170627/former-le-pen-activist-on-trial-for-helping-migrant-lover-smuggle-into-britain Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:56:51 +0200 former-le-pen-activist-on-trial-for-helping-migrant-lover-smuggle-into-britain The story of how a Frenchwoman, who used to help campaign for France's anti-immigration Front National party led by Marine Le Pen, fell in love with a migrant from the notorious Calais Jungle refugee camp who had stitched his lips together in protest against French authorities. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170608/how-a-natoinal-front-supporter-fell-in-love-with-a-migrant-in-the-calais-jungle Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:36:48 +0200 how-a-natoinal-front-supporter-fell-in-love-with-a-migrant-in-the-calais-jungle French demolition teams cleared the last shacks in the Calais "Jungle" on Monday, signalling the end of the notorious camp as concerns mount for thousands of migrants sleeping rough in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161101/france-clears-calais-camp-as-concern-mounts-in-paris Tue, 01 Nov 2016 09:44:09 +0100 france-clears-calais-camp-as-concern-mounts-in-paris French President Francois Hollande on Saturday urged Britain to take in 1,500 unaccompanied minors from Calais' "Jungle" as officials stepped up efforts to finish demolishing the almost-deserted migrant camp. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161030/hollande-urges-uk-to-take-in-1500-jungle-minors Sun, 30 Oct 2016 13:37:33 +0100 hollande-urges-uk-to-take-in-1500-jungle-minors President Francois Hollande on Saturday hailed this week's evacuation of the squalid Calais "Jungle" as a success as he vowed France would not accept the emergence of any more makeshift migrant camps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161029/hollande-hails-calais-jungle-camp-evacuation Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:21:48 +0200 hollande-hails-calais-jungle-camp-evacuation Fires and gas explosions hit large parts of the Calais Jungle camp on Tuesday night as migrants burned their homes before the demolition of the shanty town. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161026/pictures-calais-jungle-camp-goes-up-in-flames Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:05:15 +0200 pictures-calais-jungle-camp-goes-up-in-flames As migrants are moved out the huts and shacks that formed the Calais shanty town known as the Jungle are finally being pulled down on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161025/jungle-shacks-set-ablaze-and-torn-down-as-camp-razed Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:06:46 +0200 jungle-shacks-set-ablaze-and-torn-down-as-camp-razed Hundreds of migrants were being bussed to reception centres across France on Monday ahead of the demolition of the Jungle camp. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161024/jungle-clearance-migrants-begin-to-leave-calais-camp Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:48:20 +0200 jungle-clearance-migrants-begin-to-leave-calais-camp The first group of children from the French "Jungle" migrant camp with no connection to Britain have arrived in the country, the Home Office said Sunday, ahead of the camp's planned demolition. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161023/frances-jungle-children-arrive-in-uk Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:24:19 +0200 frances-jungle-children-arrive-in-uk The "Jungle" migrant camp on France's northern coast will be cleared of its residents on Monday before being demolished, authorities said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161022/france-to-clear-jungle-migrant-camp-monday Sat, 22 Oct 2016 14:45:43 +0200 france-to-clear-jungle-migrant-camp-monday A court in France has given the government the green light to tear down the sprawling Calais migrant camp known as the Jungle with the bulldozers now set to move in "in a matter of days". https://www.thelocal.fr/20161018/france-gets-green-light-to-demolish-jungle-migrant-camp Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:57:25 +0200 france-gets-green-light-to-demolish-jungle-migrant-camp A female interpreter was raped at knifepoint on Monday night near the Jungle migrant camp in Calais, according to local French prosecutors. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161018/interpreter-raped-near-calais-jungle-migrant-camp Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:29:17 +0200 interpreter-raped-near-calais-jungle-migrant-camp A first group of unaccompanied migrant children left the Calais "Jungle" camp for Britain on Saturday, days after a French minister said the UK had a "moral duty" to take them in. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161016/migrant-children-start-leaving-frances-jungle-camp-for-uk Sun, 16 Oct 2016 11:02:00 +0200 migrant-children-start-leaving-frances-jungle-camp-for-uk The total dismantling of the "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France will begin soon, a French minister said in comments published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161015/calais-jungle-to-be-razed-soon Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:16:43 +0200 calais-jungle-to-be-razed-soon Charities have launched an eleventh-hour bid to block the bulldozing of the Calais Jungle migrant camp, claiming it will be against the fundamental rights of thousands of refugees. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161013/charities-in-last-ditch-bid-to-block-raising-of-calais-jungle Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:22:16 +0200 charities-in-last-ditch-bid-to-block-raising-of-calais-jungle President Francois Hollande paid a visit to Calais on Monday, home to the notorious Jungle migrant camp. He said the squalid camp must be completely closed and called on the UK to "play its part." https://www.thelocal.fr/20160926/hollande-visits-calais-jungle-just-days-after-sarkozy Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:29:50 +0200 hollande-visits-calais-jungle-just-days-after-sarkozy President Francois Hollande, under pressure from the right wing, on Saturday stepped up his pledge to combat illegal migration, vowing to dismantle a squalid settlement near Calais and prevent similar camps from becoming established in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160925/there-will-be-no-camps-in-france-hollande-on-calais-jungle Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:02:42 +0200 there-will-be-no-camps-in-france-hollande-on-calais-jungle The French government has promised to dismantle it, but the number of migrants in the Calais Jungle just keeps growing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160920/migrant-numbers-in-calais-jungle-jump-12-say-ngos Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:23:04 +0200 migrant-numbers-in-calais-jungle-jump-12-say-ngos With the fences not enough to stop them, a wall is coming up in northern France blocking access to the port of Calais for migrants trying to clandestinely cross the Channel to Britain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160910/controversial-wall-aims-to-secure-calais-port Sat, 10 Sep 2016 18:41:19 +0200 controversial-wall-aims-to-secure-calais-port