Calais

The car ferry from Dover to Calais for two people starts at about £85 on 2 July and £100 on 5 July for a one-way trip.

It started as a small collection in a flat in Watford but grew into an operation which filled seven storage units and led to a series of donation and volunteering convoys to Calais.

Just before sunrise, last Friday, we encountered a group of perhaps 80 people gathered in calm, waist-deep water, off a beach near the village of Wissant, south of Calais.

On Tuesday, officers used tear gas and batons to disperse migrants attempting to board dinghies near Gravelines, near Calais.

Twenty-eight passengers were taken to Calais, in northern France, from one boat that got into difficulty, and 19 people were rescued on another boat while the rest onboard continued their journey.