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Eurotunnel services delayed after migrant break-in Eurotunnel services delayed after migrant break-in
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Eurotunnel and Eurostar passenger and freight services have resumed with delays after around 120 migrants broke into the Calais terminal overnight. Channel Tunnel services are running, but with long delays after around 120 migrants broke into the terminal on the French side overnight.
Trains are running through just one of the two tunnels between Folkestone and Calais after fences were breached. Trains are running between Folkestone and Calais with delays of up to three hours, Eurotunnel has said.
Eurostar has told passengers to expect delays of up to two hours but to check in as normal.
Trains stopped from 23:30 BST on Friday after an "organised" group of 200 migrants tried to enter the terminal.Trains stopped from 23:30 BST on Friday after an "organised" group of 200 migrants tried to enter the terminal.
Eurotunnel said security staff were overwhelmed by the "number and aggression" of the group. Security staff were overwhelmed by the "number and aggression" of the group, a Eurotunnel spokesman said.
Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said staff were shoved and stones thrown in the incident: "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." Staff were shoved and stones thrown as security fences were breached, spokesman John Keefe said.
He said people had gone to the end of new security fencing, installed during the summer months, and broken through older fences. "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," he said.
Police were waiting at the tunnel to round up those who reached it, he said. He said that people had gone to the end of new security fencing, installed during the summer months, and broken through older fences. Police were waiting at the tunnel to round up those who reached it.
One Eurotunnel employee and two police officers were injured during the incident.One Eurotunnel employee and two police officers were injured during the incident.
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.
On Saturday morning, security checks for for damage to rails and equipment and for people were being carried out on the second of the two Channel Tunnels which carry freight and passenger services. On Saturday morning, security checks for damage to rails and equipment, and for people, were being carried out on the second of the two Channel Tunnels. They both carry freight and passenger services.
Delays were set to continue until Eurotunnel, which runs freight and car services, and Eurostar, which runs passenger trains from St Pancras, Ebbsfleet and Ashford, could use both tunnels.Delays were set to continue until Eurotunnel, which runs freight and car services, and Eurostar, which runs passenger trains from St Pancras, Ebbsfleet and Ashford, could use both tunnels.
Eurotunnel said it would take time for services to return to the normal schedule. Just after 12:30 BST, Eurotunnel said it was about to resume service in both tunnels and the full timetable would be restored as quickly as possible.
Eurostar said its trains were being held outside of the Channel Tunnel while checks were under way and passengers reported delays of between one and two hours. Eurostar said its trains were being held outside of the Channel Tunnel while checks were under way. Its passengers reported delays of between one and two hours.
One, Ali Harris, from St Albans told the BBC she was waiting for a train home after working at the migrant camp, the jungle.One, Ali Harris, from St Albans told the BBC she was waiting for a train home after working at the migrant camp, the jungle.
She said: "I was due to come home on the Eurotunnel this morning, I guess I will get home at some point. "I am due to go home on the Eurotunnel tonight and if I'm delayed I don't mind," she said.
"Peoples' travel plans have been disrupted but the migrants are desperate. They climb over fences and storm the tunnel because they are in such a desperate situation." "I'm sure people's travel plans have been disrupted but the migrants are desperate. They climb over fences and storm the tunnel because they are in such a desperate situation."
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.
Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, began to be put in place in the summer. It is aimed at making it harder for migrants to get onto the platforms and trains.Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, began to be put in place in the summer. It is aimed at making it harder for migrants to get onto the platforms and trains.
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.
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Read more: Why is there a crisis in Calais?Read more: Why is there a crisis in Calais?
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