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France and Britain have already taken emergency measures to deal with a surge in the number of migrants trying cross the Channel Tunnel (Photo: CGP Grey)

Eurostar suspended after people seen on tracks

Empty Eurostar trains left London on Wednesday morning to collect passengers in Calais, who had been stranded for hours in the tunnel connecting the UK with the continent after migrants climbed on the tracks.

“Trains are waiting to enter the tunnel as trespassers are on the tracks at Calais, the authorities are on site to help. Updates to follow,” the official Eurostar account tweeted late Tuesday night.

Three trains carrying passengers from Paris to London, one train from Londo...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

France and Britain have already taken emergency measures to deal with a surge in the number of migrants trying cross the Channel Tunnel (Photo: CGP Grey)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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