Migrant Dies in Channel Tunnel After Terminal Stormed for Second Night Running

In commenting on the measures that the British and French governments had taken to deal with the migrant crisis, Keith Best told RT that the French had recently made changes to their immigration laws that reduced the period of consideration for asylum requests from two years to nine months.

Migrants apprehended on the British side of the Channel Tunnel initially go through identity checks at a facility near the tunnel exit in Folkestone where they are allowed to make asylum claims.

Desperate migrants, most of whom are from African and Middle Eastern countries, have told journalists on the ground that they will keep making the unsafe journey.

“Everything happened overnight, and at 6am, the police still had quite a lot of work to do”, a British police source said yesterday of the latest attempts, adding that “between 500 and 1,000 migrants” were still around the tunnel site.

David Cameron was speaking to Sky News after thousands of people have attempted to reach the UK through the Channel Tunnel, which this week led to a man being killed. An unknown number slipped through, authorities said.

In a July 23 letter sent by French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to Eurotunnel boss Jacques Gounon and seen by Reuters, Cazeneuve accused Eurotunnel of not doing enough to ensure Tunnel security “given the worsening situation”.

The issue has been a thorn in the side of Franco-British relations for many years.

“It’s not clear how many migrants are in the area and how many may have crossed”, he said.

“Everyone is blaming each other for not handling the crisis properly”, she said.

Numerous migrants disembarking in Italy on Wednesday were families, said Giovanna De Benedetto, spokeswoman for Save the Children in the port of Messina.

But the company defended its record despite “continuous pressure” on security staff, urging the two governments to make a “constructive and appropriate response” to the crisis.

Migrants cross a road near the Eurotunnel on Wednesday in Coquelles, near Calais, France.

Nigel Farage says the British army should be called in to protect the port. French police theorized that he was probably crushed by a lorry during the chaos.

“I have every sympathy with holiday makers who are finding access to Calais hard because of the disturbances there, and we will do everything we can to work with the French to bring these things to a conclusion”, Cameron said in remarks made from Singapore.

Britain has agreed up to 7 million pounds ($11 million) of extra funding to help increase security at the tunnel’s French terminal at Coquelles, officials said.

“Since 1 January 2015, Eurotunnel has, using its own resources, discretely intercepted more than 37,000 migrants, who have been handed over to the law enforcement authorities, and has registered thousands of complaints, all of which have been filed with no further action by the procureur (legal official) of the court in Boulogne”.