Calais crisis: Man crushed to death by lorry after migrants attempt to enter Channel Tunnel

‘A young Sudanese asylum seeker was crushed to death by a lorry early today after migrants attempted to enter the Channel Tunnel as the crisis in Calais continued.

Police said that up to 1,500 attempts had been made to break through the security fence surrounding the sprawling terminal.

The latest incident follows reports that at least 2,200 acts of trespass were recorded at the terminal on the night of Monday to Tuesday. Police sources rejected, however, suggestions of a “mass storming” of the site.’

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