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| Channel tunnel train grinds to a halt after migrant spotted on board | Channel tunnel train grinds to a halt after migrant spotted on board |
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| A freight train passing through the channel tunnel was forced to stop after a person trying to reach the UK was spotted on one of the wagons. | A freight train passing through the channel tunnel was forced to stop after a person trying to reach the UK was spotted on one of the wagons. |
| The stopping of the train resulted in long delays for the service, on both sides of the channel. | The stopping of the train resulted in long delays for the service, on both sides of the channel. |
| Eurotunnel said that the train stopped near to the tunnel entrance on the Calais side, and added that several people were found after a search by police. | Eurotunnel said that the train stopped near to the tunnel entrance on the Calais side, and added that several people were found after a search by police. |
| Eurotunnel did not specify how many people they found, and said they had been sent back to France. | Eurotunnel did not specify how many people they found, and said they had been sent back to France. |
| A spokesman said: "A suspicion of migrants on a freight train led us to stop and search the train." | |
| "We decided to stop it just at the entrance to the tunnel." | "We decided to stop it just at the entrance to the tunnel." |
| Eurotunnel said they would try to get services back to normal after the unscheduled stop, but the BBC reported that travellers from Dover were faced with an hour-long wait before check-in and a three-hour wait after that. | Eurotunnel said they would try to get services back to normal after the unscheduled stop, but the BBC reported that travellers from Dover were faced with an hour-long wait before check-in and a three-hour wait after that. |
| French gendarmes try to stop migrants on the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais | |
| French gendarmes try to stop migrants on the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais | |
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| A migrant climbs a security fence of a Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais | |
| A migrant climbs a security fence of a Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais | |
| French gendarmes block migrants along a road to prevent them access to train tracks which lead to the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais | |
| Policemen try to prevent migrants from reaching the Channel Tunnel operated by Eurotunnel in Coquelles near Calais | |
| A policeman faces migrants trying to reach the Channel Tunnel operated by Eurotunnel in Coquelles near Calais | |
| A policeman tries to stop migrants on the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais | |
| Migrants who managed to pass the police block on the Eurotunnel site climb over a fence to make their way towards the boarding docks in Coquelles near Calais | |
| Migrants are seen near a Channel Tunnel train in Coquelles near Calais | |
| Migrants trying to reach the Channel Tunnel run past policemen in Coquelles near Calaisa | |
| Migrants step over the fence as they try to catch a train to reach England, in Calais | |
| A migrant climbs a security fence of a Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais | |
| Migrants warm themselves with a fire as they attempt to access the Channel Tunnel, in Calais | |
| An Afghan flag flies above makeshift shelters at a site dubbed the "new jungle", where migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach Britain have camped out around the northern French port of Calais | |
| Migrants build a makeshift shelter around the northern French port of Calais | |
| Migrants build a makeshift shelter | |
| Migrants walk in a makeshift camp in Calais | |
| A driver climbs on his truck as he waits to cross the English channel, in Calais | |
| Migrants walk along the roadside while a French policeman secures the area as lorries queue in Calais | |
| The waiting time for lorry drivers was said to be around five hours. | The waiting time for lorry drivers was said to be around five hours. |
| Eurostar services were delayed, a travellers in France were being turned away if they did not have reservations. | Eurostar services were delayed, a travellers in France were being turned away if they did not have reservations. |
| On 6 August, a man was arrested by Kent police near the tunnel's exit in Folkestone, after having apparently walked the tunnel's entire 31 mile length from Calais. | On 6 August, a man was arrested by Kent police near the tunnel's exit in Folkestone, after having apparently walked the tunnel's entire 31 mile length from Calais. |