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| Channel Tunnel: '2,000 migrants' tried to enter | |
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| Some 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in an attempt to reach the UK, operator Eurotunnel has said. | |
| Eurotunnel is facing a daily struggle with migrants who attempt to smuggle themselves into Britain, sometimes with fatal consequences. | |
| "It was the biggest incursion effort in the past month-and-a-half," said a spokesman for Eurotunnel. | |
| The incident caused serious delays to Eurotunnel train services on Tuesday. | |
| Passengers were held up for about an hour on the British side and 30 minutes on the French side, French news agency AFP reports. | |
| The spokesman for Eurotunnel said the migrants were trying to enter the site "between midnight and 6am". | |
| He added: "All our security personnel, that is nearly 200 people, as well as police were called in." | |
| Eight migrants have died this summer trying to enter the Channel Tunnel. | |
| AFP says an official count at the beginning of July found that about 3,000 migrants - mainly from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and Afghanistan - were camping in Calais and trying to get across the Channel. | |
| French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve held talks in London on Tuesday with UK Home Secretary Theresa May on the migrant issue. | |
| Eurotunnel is seeking compensation from the British and French governments for disruption caused by illegal migrants. |