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‘I’m thinking of her so much’: Riders react after ex-French track cyclist Cindy Morvan killed in Calais

The cycling community was rocked this weekend by grim news from France. On Friday in Calais, 39-year-old Cindy Morvan was ...
Los Angeles Times

Calais, the gateway to France and beyond, could be paralyzed by a ‘hard’ Brexit

Reporting from Calais, France — On a clear day, the white cliffs of Dover are visible from the ferry terminal at Calais, 26 miles across the English Channel in northern France. Calais is Britain’s ...
Cyclingnews on MSN

French cycling champion Cindy Morvan killed in Calais

We will not forget you, and our thoughts are especially with your two children' says French Cycling Federation in tribute ...
Time

The Shops That Turned the Calais ‘Jungle’ Into a City

There are bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. There are Mosques, markets and hairdressers. In the so-called Jungle of Calais, France—the camp where nearly 3,000 refugees and migrants from Syria, Iraq, ...
Newsweek

Migrants Pray for Last Time in Calais 'Jungle' Church Slated for Destruction

Dozens of young Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants gathered on Sunday at a makeshift Orthodox church in the Calais "Jungle" camp, one of the only places still standing in the area, to attend a last ...
The Washington Post

France buses 1,600 migrants out of notorious ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais

CALAIS, France — More than 1,600 migrants were bused to new shelters across France on Monday as authorities prepared to dismantle the notorious "Jungle" camp in Calais, a last stop for those desperate ...
Middle East Eye

France election 2022: Culture wars fail to hit home in Le Pen’s Calais heartland

On a side street in eastern Calais, a local lorry driver with a long goatee is readying for his next drive across the Channel as dusk settles over the port town. Declining to give his name, he speaks ...
CNN

Calais camp will be completely dismantled, says French president

French President Francois Hollande says the controversial makeshift migrant camp known as “The Jungle” in Calais will be completely dismantled before the end of the year. During a visit to the ...
USA Today

Chaos, riots as France dismantles Calais migrant camp called the 'Jungle'

CALAIS, France — Rahmanjan Safy scrambled to salvage anything valuable from the demolished tents and makeshift shelters at this Calais migrant camp Wednesday, even as riot police and bulldozers ...
Time

How the Migrant Chaos in Calais Became a Political Crisis

In the port city of Calais in northern France, tensions are running high. At night, groups of desperate migrants try to cross through the 31-mile tunnel under the English Channel by vaulting over ...
CNN

Calais Jungle: Fires rage through camp as migrants torch shelters

Migrants torched dozens of makeshift shelters in “The Jungle” refugee camp in France on Wednesday, sending raging fires through the heart of the settlement that firefighters were struggling to ...