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French police calls on British Army to stop 3rd World Flood in Calais

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Muslim migrants pray at a makeshift mosque in “The New Jungle” camp in Calais, France, August 7, 2015. Police in Calais, from where thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa and the Middle East risk their lives trying to cross the English Channel to make it to the UK, have suggested bringing in the British army to curb the crisis. The head of the Alliance union for police deployed to... 

British PM urges talks with French president to tackle Calais migrant crisis

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Prime Minister David Cameron has called on President Francois Hollande to hold urgent talks to discuss the situation at the port of Calais, where the refugee crisis “could last all summer,” he said. Cameron called the pictures of migrants tearing down fences and hanging onto trucks as they try to enter the Channel Tunnel “unacceptable”. “We are absolutely on it. We know it needs more work,”... 

UK to send fence to France to halt illegal migrants

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Britain is reportedly set to build a 2-mile fence at the Channel Tunnel to stop migrants from boarding UK-bound trains. Home Secretary Theresa May has said she wanted to send a “very clear message” that people will not be able to get through to the UK through this, the Daily Mail reported. She said, “We are working very closely with the French authorities on this issue. We have been doing a... 
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