Tag: English Channel
UK seeks new powers to curb cross-Channel migrant arrivals
LONDON — The British government plans to give itself powers to turn asylum-seekers back at sea or send them abroad while their applications for...
Toddler who washed up on Norwegian island is identified
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The body of a toddler that washed ashore on Norway’s southwest coast on Jan.1 has been identified. It's a missing 15-month-old...
Police clear 500 migrants from French port after clashes
PARIS — Several hundred police on Friday cleared out a makeshift migrant camp in the northern French port city of Calais, a magnet for...
Judge: UK broke law by housing refugees in run-down barracks
LONDON — Britain’s High Court ruled Thursday that the Conservative government broke the law when it housed asylum-seekers in overcrowded, run-down conditions in a...
UK: Anti-immigration protest blocks traffic in port of Dover
LONDON — Anti-immigration demonstrators protesting the rising numbers of people attempting to reach the U.K. by crossing the English Channel in small boats blocked...
French fishermen gather boats in post-Brexit license protest
LONDON — French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast gathered their boats in protest Thursday off the English Channel...
French fishermen gather boats in post-Brexit license protest
<p>LONDON — French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast gathered their boats in protest Thursday off the English Channel...