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| Migrants at Calais port spark further Channel Tunnel chaos | Migrants at Calais port spark further Channel Tunnel chaos |
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| About 150 migrants have reportedly attempted to storm the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais in a bid to board UK-bound freight trains, leading to fresh disruption to channel services. | |
| Freight and passenger services were delayed after migrants attempted to access restricted areas on the French side, Eurotunnel said. | Freight and passenger services were delayed after migrants attempted to access restricted areas on the French side, Eurotunnel said. |
| A Eurotunnel spokesman said: "Eurotunnel reiterates its call to the authorities to provide a solution to the migrant crisis and restore order to the Calais region." | A Eurotunnel spokesman said: "Eurotunnel reiterates its call to the authorities to provide a solution to the migrant crisis and restore order to the Calais region." |
| French riot police were reportedly on the scene. | |
| Kent Police reinstated Operation Stack just hours after the contingency plan, which sees freight traffic queued on sections of the M20, had been brought to an end. | Kent Police reinstated Operation Stack just hours after the contingency plan, which sees freight traffic queued on sections of the M20, had been brought to an end. |
| Phase 2 of #OpStack remains in place. #M20 closed coast bound 8 to 9. Check with operator if heading to Channel Tunnel as services disrupted | Phase 2 of #OpStack remains in place. #M20 closed coast bound 8 to 9. Check with operator if heading to Channel Tunnel as services disrupted |
| Last week lorry drivers faced long delays as they were held in miles of queues in Operation Stack as a result of disruption, caused by industrial action, at Calais. | Last week lorry drivers faced long delays as they were held in miles of queues in Operation Stack as a result of disruption, caused by industrial action, at Calais. |
| Ferry services at Dover appeared to be operating as normal. | Ferry services at Dover appeared to be operating as normal. |
| A spokesman for the Port of Dover said that "no ferry traffic is being held in Operation Stack and the Port of Dover remains open for business". | |
| Lorry drivers faced long delays last week as part of Operation Stack (Getty) Dan Cook, the operations director of Europa Worldwide Group, a logistics firm, said "marauding mobs" were effectively halting trade. | |
| "We have had vehicles on the motorway in broad daylight being surrounded by marauding mobs racing around, opening doors, cutting trailers, climbing into the back," he said. | |
| "We have experienced quite a bit of theft and damage to customers' products." | |
| About 3,000 people displaced from countries including Eritrea, Sudan, Syria and Afghanistan setting up camp near the port of Calais. Many hope to make the trip to the UK. | About 3,000 people displaced from countries including Eritrea, Sudan, Syria and Afghanistan setting up camp near the port of Calais. Many hope to make the trip to the UK. |
| French aid workers have reported a "catastrophic" situation, with predictions that 2,000 more migrants could arrive over the summer at the camp, dubbed Jungle II. | French aid workers have reported a "catastrophic" situation, with predictions that 2,000 more migrants could arrive over the summer at the camp, dubbed Jungle II. |
| Home Secretary Theresa May and Bernard Cazeneuve, her French counterpart, this week agreed to increase joint intervention fund to improve security around the port and the Channel Tunnel. | Home Secretary Theresa May and Bernard Cazeneuve, her French counterpart, this week agreed to increase joint intervention fund to improve security around the port and the Channel Tunnel. |
| (Additional reporting by agencies) | (Additional reporting by agencies) |