Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Gendarmerie attempt to prevent people from entering the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles in Calais, France, on July 30, 2015. Bajekal was ...

The Greater Association for the Calais Region (Grand rassemblement du Calaisis) lobbied the Elysée presidential palace in Paris on Monday to declare an “exceptional state of economic catastrophe” in ...

In 1999, the Red Cross opened the Sangatte camp near Calais, for migrants sleeping rough in and around the northern French city. The camp was closed in 2002 by French Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy ...

Once a centre of industry as well as a prosperous port, the city is now synonymous with the misery of migrants, and its residents are not enjoying their notoriety The Hotel Meurice in Calais is rather ...

THE process of demolishing the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp started today, with thousands of migrants being moved across France. The port of Calais is the main ferry crossing point between England and France ...

The order to evacuate the camp came after a court decision which said the move was necessary due to the "very large number of migrants present" and reported disturbances. Calais has long been a ...

One cold evening in October last year, 15-year-old Iskinder* and two of his friends woke up to the sound of shouting and the hissing of spray cans. They were in a cold, unfamiliar place, thousands of ...