Following large-scale migration of people (with close to 3,500 attempts made in the last week alone) from the French port town of Calais to the U.K. via the Channel Tunnel, on Aug. 1 British Prime Minster David Cameron called President of France, François Hollande, to discuss the crisis, which he expects to last all summer. Click through for the latest images as the crisis unfolds.
(Pictured) French gendarmes attempt to move men away from the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles in the early morning hours on Aug. 1. in Calais, France.
Earlier, sensing the urgency of the situation, David Cameron chaired a meeting of Britain’s emergency “Cobra” committee. (Pictured) A man stands beside a security fence next to train tracks near the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles in the early hours on Aug. 1.
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