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Thousands of trucks have been packed into Manston Airport near Ramsgate while drivers await testing
Covid-19

Thousands of truckers stuck in England spend Christmas in their cabs
Trois migrants tentent de traverser la manche dans un canoë gonflable. (Illustration)
Migration

France and UK make Channel illegal migrant crossings ‘unviable’ with increased security
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France

French patrol ship rescues 45 migrants attempting dangerous Channel crossing
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MIGRATION

Four dead including two children after migrant boat sinks near Dunkirk
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Transport strike

Striking workers paralyse French port of Calais, block cross-Channel transport
La nadadora australiana Chloe McCardel celebra a bordo de su barco de apoyo, el éxito de su 35ª travesía del Canal de la Mancha, el 16 de agosto de 2020 frente a la costa de Calais, al noreste de Francia
English Channel swim

Aussie Channel swim record brings message of hope for victims of violence
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Channel Migrants

France and Britain forge plan to make Channel 'unviable' for illegal crossings
Priti Patel and Gerald Darmanin signed an agreement to share intelligence in the fight against migrant traffickers trying to cross the Channel
CHANNEL MIGRANTS

British government steps up efforts to stop migrants crossing Channel
The port of Dunkirk is one of the three crossing points from France to England, along with the port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel.
Migration

French police rescue 31 migrants in two operations in English Channel
Three migrants attempting to cross the Channel to Britain off the French coast at Calais in August 4, 2018
Migration

UK intercepts 86 migrants crossing Channel from France
rench inventor Franky Zapata and his wife Christelle react after Zapata succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered Flyboard he designed in Bleriot Plage, France, August 4, 2019.
Technology

Frenchman Franky Zapata hopes to unveil flying car by year’s end
Franky Zapata stands on his jet-powered "flyboard" after he took off from Sangatte, northern France, on August 4, 2019, in an attempt to fly across the 35-kilometre (22-mile) Channel crossing in 20 minutes, while keeping an average speed of 140 kmph
Aviation

Five ways to cross the Channel that Flying Frenchman Franky Zapta hasn't used
Franky Zapata gets ready for take off on his flyboard from the northern French town of Sangatte.
INVENTIONS

Flying Frenchman Franky Zapata zips across Channel on flyboard
Franky Zapata on his flyboard performs while holding the F1 trophy ahead of the Formula One Grand Prix de France at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, southern France, on June 23, 2019.
Technology

French flyboard daredevil to challenge the Channel again
Franky Zapata gets ready for take off on a flyboard from Sangatte to Dover, in Sangatte, France, July 25, 2019.
Technology

Daredevil Frenchman Franky Zapata fails in flyboard bid to cross the Channel
A young film director (Colin Morgan) seeks love in 'Benjamin' directed by Simon Amstell
Film

Festival of Romantic Film opens in old Proust hangout in Normandy
Three migrants attempting to cross The English Channel to Britain off the French coast at Calais in August 4, 2018
Migrants

French imam jailed for helping migrants cross the English Channel
A migrant camp is evacuated by police forces on February 21, 2019 in Calais.

Nearly 100 migrants break into Calais port in unprecedented attempt to reach UK
3 migrants try to cross the Channel in a dinghy off the French coast of Calais, 4 August 2018.

France announces plan to counter migrant Channel crossings
A Eurostar train leaves London St Pancras station
United Kingdom - FRANCE - EU

Channel rail passengers fall 10 percent after Nice attack
White Cliffs of Dover, England
France - Britain

British triathlete dies after trying to swim the Channel
The beach at Boulogne-sur-Mer
FRANCE - united kingdom

British boy missing in Channel off French coast
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visits Calais on 21 October 2015
FRANCE

French interior minister Cazeneuve promises heated tents for Calais migrant camp
The "new jungle", a field where migrants and asylum seekers stay in Calais
FRANCE - UNIted kingdom

Channel Tunnel reopens after migrant incursion
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