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Gravelines

since 2025 › May › 21 (Wed) @ 15:30 UTC

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57 days ago

The migrants laughing at French efforts to stop them reaching Dover: At least 70 make it on to UK-bound boat after running rings around hapless police ⊕

found 2025 › Oct › 10 (Fri) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

A picture taken on the beach in Gravelines on Friday morning shows a man, believed to be a migrant, smiling as he runs away from a French cop.

69 days ago

Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat

found 2025 › Sep › 28 (Sun) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on Saturday

A child is believed to have died while trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, acc…

3 months ago

Swarm of jellyfish shuts nuclear power plant in France

found 2025 › Aug › 11 (Mon) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

‘Massive and unpredictable’ swarm entered filter drums that pull in water, Gravelines operator EDF says

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The Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France has been shu…

Moment small boat arrives at Gravelines beach to pick up migrants to take them illegally across to the UK - as the French do NOTHING

found 2025 › Aug › 09 (Sat) @ 13:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The rubber vessel (pictured) was seen off the French coast, just east of Calais, this morning, before heading off into the English Channel.

4 months ago

French police officers stand watching as another boat load of migrants set off for Britain

found 2025 › Jul › 29 (Tue) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

A group of cops seemingly stood by as people boarded a smuggler's inflatable dinghy on Gravelines beach in northern France earlier today.

Migrant clashes erupt in northern France with rocks launched at riot cops and fires blazing in the street as police try to stop launch of small boat bound for Britain

found 2025 › Jul › 18 (Fri) @ 14:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Dramatic pictures and video show a group throwing rocks in the direction of the officers early on Friday, while fires blazed in the road near a park in Gravelines.

Dinghies at dawn and a determination to arrive: on the French coast waiting to cross to UK

found 2025 › Jul › 10 (Thu) @ 20:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Around Gravelines and Dunkirk there is danger, profound squalor and a human spirit that overpowers the politics

It is 5.45am, the dawn light strengthening. A large inflatable dinghy carrying 20 or mor…

5 months ago

Chaos on French shores as 'people trafficker' is seen WHIPPING terrified migrants as they scramble to board boat bound for the UK

found 2025 › Jul › 02 (Wed) @ 12:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The Mail beat French police to the shore at small-boat hotspot Gravelines beach at 5.30am, where large groups of migrants were running to reach the waves

Lined up and waiting to cross the Channel for a new life in UK, NEIL SEARS reports on the migrant crisis from Gravelines, near Calais

found 2025 › Jul › 01 (Tue) @ 23:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

It's the pretty holiday town that has become notorious as the most popular launchpad for migrants heading for Britain.

Migrants slump to the ground as French police again use tear gas to stop them setting off for Britain... but many more make it to waiting 'taxi boats' yelling 'England, England!'

found 2025 › Jun › 17 (Tue) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Extraordinary scenes showed dozens of French police and coastguards looking on as men and some women crammed onto an overloaded boat off Gravelines beach.

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