Sudanese man who walked length of Channel tunnel given UK asylum

‘Home Office officials have granted asylum to a Sudanese refugee who was arrested after walking the length of the Channel Tunnel from France to England last August.

Abdul Rahman Haroun, 40, has been held in detention since being apprehended near the tunnel’s Folkestone exit after walking through the 31-mile tunnel in just under 12 hours. Haroun was charged with obstructing railroad engines or passenger cars under the 1861 Malicious Damage Act.

On Monday, during a brief hearing at Canterbury Crown Court, prosecutor Philip Bennetts confirmed that Haroun, who appeared by video link from prison, had been granted refugee status on Christmas Eve. ‘

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