Tag: Calais
In Calais, “Mamie Brigitte” recharges migrants’ batteries
To support migrants in Calais, Brigitte Lips has welcomed them into her garage since the 2000s, to recharge cell phones, batteries and sometimes also to boost morale. We also call…
In Calais, La Margelle, a break for rest for migrants “injured or survivors of shipwreck”
Since October 1, nearly 2,000 people have managed to reach the English coast by crossing the Channel on makeshift boats. Crossings which also cost the lives of two men, a…
“The Beaten” by Louis Witter, in the hell of Calais
/ Podcasts / Book France Photojournalist Louis Witter spent 18 months near Calais with exiles waiting to cross the 30 kilometers of sea that separate France from England, the last…
Miss France 2023: the ordeal of Miss Nord Pas de Calais, cured of a tumor
The Miss France 2023 competition will be revenge for her. Agathe Cauet, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, was cured of a 9-kilogram tumor as a teenager with a scar on her stomach that…
Ports of the world: Calais, “it’s Alcatraz”
Our Ports of the World summer series takes us to Calais today. This city in northern France is the closest to the British coast. Tourist and commercial ferries connect Calais…
Louis Witter, photojournalist and “little pebble in the shoe” of the State in Calais
Louis Witter is a French freelance photojournalist. Adventurer and resourceful since his high school, he gradually established himself as a specialist in exile and migrants, from Iraq to the city…
in Calais, associations denounce the unequal treatment of refugees
More and more Ukrainians have left their country for another European country. For those seeking to join their loved ones in England, a difficulty has stood in their way, the…
the European Union at the forefront of the Calais meeting
Since the letter to Emmanuel Macron made public by Boris Johnson, the British, ” not serious », Were withdrawn by France from the proposed coordination meeting in Calais after the…
In the headlines: the worst drama in a shipwreck off the coast of Calais
At least 27 migrants died yesterday as they tried to cross the Channel. And the press is in turmoil. “Chronicle of a dreaded shipwreck” title Today in France. ” The…