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| Eurotunnel delays after police clashes with Calais 'Jungle' migrants reported | |
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| Services through the Channel Tunnel have been hit by delays after migrants clashed with police, according to reports. | |
| Road traffic was blocked after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of migrants from the Calais "Jungle" camp, the AFP news agency said. | |
| Several people had managed to board lorries and attempted to enter their trailers, it said. | |
| Eurotunnel said passengers travelling to Britain face four-hour delays. | |
| It also warned of queues at Calais due to "reinforced border checks". | It also warned of queues at Calais due to "reinforced border checks". |
| No-one was injured during the clashes which involved 200-300 migrants, according to police. | |
| They said at least one migrant had been arrested for "throwing a projectile". | |
| An earlier broken-down train, which had added to delays, has now been fixed. Eurotunnel is now working on clearing the backlog of trains. | |
| Earlier, Eurostar was forced to reschedule trains from Paris and Brussels heading to London St Pancras because only one line remained open in the tunnel. | Earlier, Eurostar was forced to reschedule trains from Paris and Brussels heading to London St Pancras because only one line remained open in the tunnel. |