EUROPE-MIGRANTS/EUROTUNNEL NIGHT Migrants gather near the Eurotunnel as night falls

Record ID: 145669

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/EUROTUNNEL NIGHT Migrants gather near the Eurotunnel as night falls
  • Date: 30th July 2015
  • Summary: COQUELLES-LE-MARAIS, FRANCE (JULY 30, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS WALKING TWO MIGRANTS STANDING VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WAITING (SOUNDBITE) (English) AFGHAN MIGRANT, SHARIF UDIN, SAYING: "We like England for going, it's good. And here it's so difficult for life, because we sleep outside in the road, jungle like this is so difficult." MIGRANTS AND POLICE WALKING ALONG FENCE ERITRE
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5LNOE87OWQY4443BQ4X29J9LN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Migrants hoping to make their way to Britain prepared for another night of camping out near the Eurotunnel entrance near Calais on Thursday (July 30).
    Earlier in the evening, migrants forced their way onto the tracks of the Eurotunnel in an attempt to sneak across to Britain, undaunted by the arrival of 120 extra riot police on the French side of the crossing.
    Freight and passenger traffic through the rail tunnel has been severely disrupted in past weeks as migrants desperate to enter Britain have stepped up attempts to board trucks and trains travelling from France.
    A young girl, passed over barbed wire fences, and a young boy were among those who broke onto the tracks in an attempt to board a train.
    The humanitarian and immigration crisis, in which nine migrants have died since early June according to French media, has turned into a blame game between Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel and French and British politicians.
    A police officer said the number of migrants trying to enter Britain eased slightly over Wednesday (July 29) night compared to earlier in the week, with about 800 migrants around the site and some 300 intercepted by police.
    That compared to an estimated 1,500 attempts by migrants to enter the tunnel on Tuesday (July 28) night and 2,000 on Monday (July 27).
    Some were likely repeat attempts by the same people.
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