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Calais migrant crisis: Man found dead at Eurotunnel entrance

EuropeCalais migrant crisis: Man found dead at Eurotunnel entrance
Eurotunnel in Calais
Eurotunnel in Calais

A migrant has died after being electrocuted at the entrance to the Eurotunnel in Calais, French police have said.

The man, believed to be Syrian, was found dead on the roof of a freight train carriage at the Channel Tunnel.

He is the 10th person to die in or near the tunnel while trying to reach Britain since late June.

In recent weeks new security measures introduced at the tunnel entrance have led to a fall in intrusion attempts.

The young man had got through the fences surrounding the terminal, and climbed onto one of the shuttles that carry lorries through the tunnel, where the authorities say he was electrocuted, presumably by overhead power lines.

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle said its passenger service was operating with some timetable disruption and a waiting time of about 30 minutes in the terminal on its Dover to Calais route.

 

Hundreds of migrants are still camped in and near Calais in the hope of crossing the Channel, he said.

Eurotunnel has said that migrants are making about 150 attempts to get into the terminal each night, down from a high of about 2,000 earlier in the year.

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