Channel Tunnel: Traffic Disrupted after the Intrusion of Migrants(video)

TRANSPORT - Traffic Tunnel under the English Channel is disturbed after the intrusion of a large number of migrants French side. A first departure could take place at 8:00 in the UK but the company strongly recommends that travelers review their transport plans.

Traffic Tunnel under the English Channel is disrupted on Saturday due to the intrusion of a "large number of migrants."

 Traffic Channel Tunnel is disrupted on Saturday after the intrusion of a "large number of migrants" French side. The company first announced that traffic was "temporarily suspended" "Because of the intrusion by the French terminal of a large number of migrants," then a first departure could take place in the UK at 8:00 .

 The company, which strongly encourages users who relied take the Channel Tunnel to change their transport plans, said about 8 am (French time) could not indicate what would be the extent of the disturbances later in the day.

 Intrusion of a hundred migrants

Migrants are introduced collectively on the site on the night of Friday to Saturday. "Around 0:30, hundreds of migrants have forced a fence and passage tunnel with security staff. We had to suspend the service", told AFP a spokesman for the Eurotunnel group. To the representative of Eurotunnel, it is "highly likely that this is a thoughtful process aiming to attract the attention of public opinion." Ten minor injuries, seven migrants were supported by the five ambulances present on site, has also reported AFP a fire officer.
The tunnel on the site, which totals 650 hectares and a perimeter of about twenty kilometers, has been the summer many intrusion attempts, usually at night. A peak was reached in 1700 to August 3. Important safety work - new barriers, strengthening of staff, sniffer dogs - were undertaken. The number of attempts had declined to settle around 100 per night, according to several police sources.