Keir Starmer visited a refugee camp near Calais in 2016.

The entities involved

• Keir Starmer →

  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024

  • Peter Mandelson has been appointed UK ambassador to the US, amid revelations of his past links to Jeffrey Epstein and pressure on Keir Starmer from cabinet members.Mon 17:37
  • Burnham has succeeded Starmer as Labour leader and PM, appointing Pat McFadden to run the DWP and John Healey to oversee policy implementation, including PIP threshold changes.Mon 17:27
• Calais →

  commune in Pas-de-Calais, France

  • A dinghy launched from Calais as the border crisis continued, while Marine Le Pen was seen as a presidential frontrunner in France.Mon 14:26
  • The Home Office is monitoring crossings from Calais, a location near Berck in France.Mon 08:55

Related events

• Surge teams were deployed to western beaches near Calais as cooperation on migrant displacement lines and border management was discussed with French counterparts.Sep 3
• Calais was identified as the intended destination for the live animal trade in 2013.Sep 7
• An investigator involved in migrant crossings originated from Rochdale, and Calais serves as the starting point for these crossings.Aug 30