The Armada pushed on toward the Isle of Wight where another inconclusive engagement occurred. On Aug. 6, the Spanish, harried by the English along the length of the channel, reached the French ...

A dinghy loaded with migrants seeking to cross the English Channel sits off the coast near Calais, France, on Feb. 2. (Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos/For The Washington Post) The scene on a French beach ...

with another 2,603 this month alone — TREBLE the number for March last year It is also ideal sailing weather for the non-stop armada of small boats ferrying illegal migrants across the English ...

At least three migrants died early Sunday while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from Northern France, marking another grim chapter in the ongoing migrant crisis. The French ...

French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France to England on Wednesday. Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along ...

PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - Two people have died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel got into difficulties near Calais, said the French regional authority on Wednesday.