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Eurotunnel services delayed after migrant break-in Eurotunnel services delayed after migrant break-in
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Eurotunnel passenger services have resumed but freight trains remain suspended after more than 100 migrants broke into its Calais terminal. Eurotunnel and Eurostar passenger and freight services have resumed with delays after 120 migrants broke into the Calais terminal overnight.
Delays were expected on its passenger trains between Folkestone and Calais. Trains were running through just one of the two tunnels between Folkestone and Calais after fences were breached.
Trains stopped from 23:30 BST on Friday after staff were shoved and stones were thrown when an organised group of 200 migrants tried to enter the terminal. Trains stopped from 23:30 BST on Friday after staff were shoved and stones thrown when an organised group of 200 migrants tried to enter the terminal.
Meanwhile, Eurostar passenger services are running as normal from St Pancras, Ashford and Ebbsfleet. Security staff were overwhelmed by the "number and aggression" of the group.
The company said its customers should check-in as normal. A Eurotunnel spokesman said: "Services were suspended because of the very large, determined and organised group of migrants who burst through the fence and made their way to the terminal."
A large group of migrants "arrived together an in a well-organised manner and broke through the fences" at about 23:30 BST on Friday, a Eurotunnel spokesperson said. He said people had gone to the end of new security fencing, installed during the summer months, and broken through older fences.
Of the group of about 200, 100 successfully broke into the terminal and some managed to get into the tunnel itself. Police were waiting at the tunnel to round up those who reached it, he said.
One Eurotunnel employee and two police officers were injured.One Eurotunnel employee and two police officers were injured.
Services were suspended for safety reasons while French police and British authorities removed people from the area.Services were suspended for safety reasons while French police and British authorities removed people from the area.
It would take time to return to a full train schedule, Eurotunnel said on Twitter. It said passengers cannot use their tickets on ferries during the disruption. On Saturday morning, security checks for people and for damage to rails and equipment were being carried out on the second of the two Channel Tunnels which carry freight and passenger services.
Delays were set to continue until Eurotunnel freight and passenger and Eurostar passenger services could use both tunnels.
Eurotunnel said it would take time for services to return to the normal schedule.
A man died on Wednesday near the tunnel entrance in Calais - the 13th migrant to die trying to reach the UK since late June and the fourth to have died in September.A man died on Wednesday near the tunnel entrance in Calais - the 13th migrant to die trying to reach the UK since late June and the fourth to have died in September.
He was the fourth person to have died in similar circumstances in September.He was the fourth person to have died in similar circumstances in September.
The situation in Calais is part of a wider migrant crisis across Europe, with huge numbers of people heading north from the Mediterranean.The situation in Calais is part of a wider migrant crisis across Europe, with huge numbers of people heading north from the Mediterranean.
In August, Eurotunnel said the number of attempts by migrants trying to get into its terminal near Calais had fallen to about 150 a night, down from a high of 2,000 in the previous month. Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, is being put in place, aimed at making it harder for migrants to get onto the platforms and trains.
Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, has been put in place, aimed at making it harder for migrants to get onto the platforms and trains. Migrant crisis
Read more: Why is there a crisis in Calais?
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