Calais migrant crisis: Man dies as enter Channel Tunnel targeted
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A man has been killed as at least 1,500 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in Calais on Tuesday night, French police have said.
Eurotunnel says the migrants have now been removed from the site but freight services continue to be disrupted.
France's interior minister said 120 police reinforcements were being sent to Calais, news agency AFP reported.
It comes as David Cameron pledged that the UK government would do everything it could to combat the crisis.
Sections of the M20 in Kent are closed in both directions to allow extra lorry parking as part of Operation Stack.
'Nightly' incursions
The man who died is described as Sudanese, aged between 25 and 30.
He was probably crushed by a truck which was exiting one of the shuttles that transport vehicles through the tunnel, French police said.
He is the ninth person to die trying to access the tunnel since June.
Travel latest
- M20 closed London-bound from J9 to J8 and closed coast-bound from J8 to J11
- Eurotunnel says its passenger services are running, with a delay of an hour on the UK side and some disruption on the French side
- Freight services face a one-hour delay before check-in on the UK side; with a four-hour wait to check in in France
- P&O ferries and DFDS Seaways say all their services are operating to schedule between Dover and Calais