MOSCOW, October 3 – RIA Novosti. The company Eurotunnel Saturday morning regained movement in the tunnel under the English Channel, the overlap of the incident with migrants, informs AFP.
As previously reported, the company Eurotunnel, which owns and freight trains Eurotunnel Le Shuttle, suspended train traffic due to penetration into the tunnel from France 113 workers. According to the department of Pas-de-Calais Fabien Bussy (Fabienne Buccio), people went into a tunnel about 15 kilometers away.
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“We were able to send the first Eurostar train in the direction of the UK at 08:05 local time (9:05 MSK). Also, the tunnel has been sent to a freight train. The movement gradually resumed,” – he told AFP the company representative.
Illegal migrants living in the north of France, looking for any opportunity to cross the English Channel and to be in the UK. Now the French Calais, which begins Eurotunnel are several thousand workers. Their number has increased significantly in recent years. Most of the migrants fled to France from Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia.
According to the International Agency for Migration (IOM), the number of migrants from the Middle East who arrived in Europe by sea through Italy and Greece, was 522,000 134. The largest number of migrants who reach Europe via Italy, accounts for citizens of Eritrea – 30 thousand 708 people. Syrians refugees in Italy, the smallest number – 6,710 people. In Greece, migrants fleeing mainly from Syria – 175 thousand and 375 people from Afghanistan – 50 thousand 177 people.
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