The Latest Breaking News from Calais

Exclusive: Motorists and truck drivers hoping to sail between Dover and Calais are expected to be directed to rival ferry firms or Eurotunnel

Organisations and NGOs working with refugees in Calais in northern France are calling for centres set up to receive Ukrainians fleeing conflict to be opened up to other exiles, who have been camping out for months in the hope of crossing to Britain.

Hundreds have had to pause their gruelling journey while they work out how to get visas

Mums and dads who overnight became refugees fleeing the war picked up their kids and climbed aboard a bus to take them to Lille to try and get visas to reach Britain

They were put on a waiting bus, accompanied by a heavy police presence.

Exclusive: Government accused of ‘outright lies’ after Eurostar confirms trains do not stop in Calais

Ukrainians say they have endured days on end with no confirmation of their visa application status

Labour called for emergency visas for people fleeing the fighting as the Transport Secretary said 760 have been allowed in so far.

‘Zelensky has asked us to proceed in the way we are doing’, says Grant Shapps