A man has been killed while at least 1,500 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in Calais on yesterday night, French police have said. Eurotunnel, which says incursions are now a nightly occurrence, said migrants had been removed from the site. It advised freight services to consider alternative transport for today. Sections of the M20 in Kent are closed in both directions for Operation Stack. It comes as the UK government comes under pressure to combat the crisis.
Speaking after a meeting of the government’s emergency Cobra committee, Home Secretary Theresa May said the UK was pressing for the rapid installation of 1.2 miles of new security fencing which it has pledged to pay for at Coquelles, near the tunnel entrance. Mrs May added there were some migrants “particularly trying to get into the Eurotunnel and on to the trains before that security fencing is going up”. France’s interior minister said 120 police officers were being sent to Calais to reinforce security at the site.
Source: BBC
