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'Intensive migrant activity' disrupts Channel Tunnel Body of teenager found on Eurotunnel train in Kent
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Journeys through the Channel Tunnel are being delayed by two hours following "intensive migrant activity", Eurotunnel has said. The body of a teenager has been found on a Eurotunnel train at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Folkestone.
Passengers were told the disruption at the French terminal was caused by an "intrusion" and "very high levels of traffic" leaving the UK. Kent Police said the male body was discovered on the loading bay of the vehicle shuttle service at 04:13 BST.
Operation Stack, in which lorries queue on the M20, was implemented on Sunday. Earlier, Eurotunnel blamed delays to journeys through the tunnel on "intensive migrant activity" and "very high levels of traffic" leaving the UK.
The government said a review of Operation Stack will be received in late August or early September. Operation Stack, in which lorries queue on the M20, has been extended to junctions eight to 11 coastbound.
Kent Police have said Operation Stack is likely to be in place until at least Sunday. Police said it was likely to be in place until at least Sunday, with a busy weekend expected for the Channel ports and strong winds and heavy rain forecast for Friday afternoon and Saturday.
'Free from disruption' 'Strength of feeling'
The government has said a review of Operation Stack will be received in late August or early September.
In a letter to Ashford MP Damian Green, the Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, Andrew Jones MP, said he understood the strength of feeling in Kent about the problem.In a letter to Ashford MP Damian Green, the Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, Andrew Jones MP, said he understood the strength of feeling in Kent about the problem.
"This is an issue that has plagued the people of Kent intermittently for many years and I wanted to reiterate that we are determined to do whatever possible to help keep Kent's roads free from disruption," he said. Mr Green said there was lack of agreement over where lorries should be parked instead of the M20.
Disruption on the M20 has increased over the past month with strikes by ferry workers and repeated attempts by migrants to board lorries. "We need a series of lorry parks around Kent so the problem can be defused," he said.
Talks are to be held with Kent County Council on Friday to try to find a solution. The French government has unveiled proposals to save ferry jobs in Calais and end a stand-off in the port in which 500 ferry workers have blocked services.
Mr Green said lack of agreement over where lorries should be parked instead of the M20 had caused the problem to go on year after year. The workers are protesting after MyFerryLink, previously owned by Eurotunnel, was sold to a Danish company, DFDS.
"We need a series of lorry parks around Kent so the problem can be defused around the county," he said.
Home Secretary Theresa May said there had been more than 8,000 attempts by migrants to travel to Britain intercepted between 21 June and 11 July.
She also announced a new secure zone would be created in Calais to help UK-bound lorries from being harassed by migrants.