UK police probe migrant who allegedly walked Channel Tunnel

Lynch urged the British government to “work closely with humanitarian agencies and faith communities in the migrants’ countries of origins” and said he welcomed a joint August. 2 pledge by the British and French interior ministers to “provide protection for those genuinely fleeing from conflict and to pursue the callous criminals who encourage so many to make this perilous journey”. “It is both illegal and highly risky”, a spokesman for Eurotunnel said in a statement.

It has also announced a raft of new measures designed to put off would-be asylum seekers, including threatening landlords who fail to evict migrants who do not have the right to live in Britain with a prison sentence of up to five years.

He said it was more of a bid to gain media attention “because, in the end, no one manages to cross the Channel Tunnel“.

Millions of pounds of drugs destined for NHS hospitals have had to be destroyed after Calais migrants broke in to the lorries carrying them to Britain, it has been claimed.

In addition, French authorities should step up support for the migrants camping in Calais, rather than leaving such efforts to volunteers and non-governmental groups.

Speaking in Snowdonia, north Wales, Mr Cameron said: “We have done a lot in recent days to improve the situation but there’s a lot more to do”.

David Cameron has been accused of using “dehumanising language” after describing Calais migrants as a “swarm”.

Mr. Dufour said that Eurotunnel was investigating how Mr. Haroun had entered the tunnel undetected, despite heightened security.

Situation boiling over… a migrant is apprehended by police officers as he attempts to access the Channel Tunnel. The measures include more funding for fencing and security equipment, as well as up to 100 more guards to patrol the Eurotunnel terminal.

“Trains travel through there from England at up to 100mph, and he could easily have been struck”.

Eurotunnel said it had no knowledge of any plans to close the tunnel at night after the Daily Telegraph said that such a course of action was under discussion, and the United Kingdom government didn’t comment specifically. The police declined to disclose details of how he was apprehended.

The newspaper noted that Mr. Haroun had risked his life in a “mad race”. Migrants took advantage of stalled traffic to stow away inside the wheel cavities of trucks and anywhere they could find.

An estimated 5,000 migrants displaced from countries including Syria, Libya and Eritrea are believed to be camped in and around Calais. And Britain accepts substantially fewer than other countries: just 10,050 positive decisions last year, compared to 30,650 in Sweden, 12,550 in the Netherlands (with a population almost four times smaller than Britain’s), 14,815 in France, 40,560 in Germany, 20,580 in crisis-ridden Italy and 15,410 in tiny Switzerland.

The logjam caused by migrants trying to cross the Channel is costing the British economy as much as $390 million a day, according to some estimates.

Nightly incursions by migrants and blockades by striking ferry staff in northern France have led to UK haulage firms incurring huge losses.