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Migrants Make Over 1,000 Attempts to Enter Eurotunnel in France Overnight

© REUTERS / Pascal RossignolFrench gendarmes block migrants along a road to prevent them access to train tracks which lead to the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais, France
French gendarmes block migrants along a road to prevent them access to train tracks which lead to the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais, France - Sputnik International
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Immigrants made over 1,000 attempts to enter the Eurotunnel. Thirty people were detained.

A picture taken on February 10, 2014 near Coquelles, northern France, shows the entrance of the Eurotunnel. File photo - Sputnik International
Several Migrants Illegally Reached UK Through Eurotunnel in Past 2 Nights
PARIS (Sputnik) — More than 1,000 attempts were made by undocumented immigrants to enter the Eurotunnel overnight, with 30 detained, French media reported Friday, citing police sources.

"More than a thousand attempts to enter the tunnel were prevented overnight, about 30 people are detained," the police said as cited by the French Parisien newspaper.

On Thursday night, 300 people were stopped in the Eurotunnel, according to the police.

Law enforcement sources have documented about 5,000 attempts by migrants to cross the English Channel for the United Kingdom since the beginning of the week, according to media estimates. Several people have died trying to enter the country.

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On Wednesday, UK Home Secretary Theresa May said the UK government will take urgent measures to stop undocumented immigrants from illegally crossing from France through the tunnel.

Earlier on Friday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would contribute additional resources, including the construction of fences and sniffer dogs, to help France deal with migrants in its northern ports trying to cross into England.

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