Security inside the undersea link was once more brought into question as traffic was disruption as some 150 mainly young men tried to get on board UK-bound freight trains just after 10.30pm local time.
"From 10:30pm, around 150 migrants attempted to enter the platforms," a Calais spokesman said.
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| French antirot police (CRS) evacuate a migrant from a Romanian truck on its way to England in the French northern harbour of Calais [AFP/Getty Images] |
Police confirmed: "Riot officers had to intervene to restore orde. Services were disrupted until the very early hours. There are attempts to get into the Tunnel pretty much every night, but this was one of the worse," the spokesman added.
A Eurotunnel spokesman added that it "suffers from attempted intrusions every night".
He said: "We have adapted our transport system to ensure the best level of security and keep our trains running."
Kent Police initiated phase two of Operation Stack - where freight traffic is queued on sections of the M20 - at around 1am and closed parts of the road to other traffic.
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| A migrant man climbs out of a rruck bound for the UK after being arrested by French police in the port of Calais [AFP/Getty Images] |
The Eurotunnel passenger service was also suffering delays due to what it described only as an "incident on the terminal" at Folkestone, in Kent.
A statement on the firm's website said: "Our passenger service is currently operating with some timetable disruption, this is due to an incident on the terminal which is in the process of being resolved. There is a waiting time of approximately hours hours on the terminal."
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