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Desperate migrants try to cross Channel to Britain from Calais

Thu, Jul 30, 2015 - 5:50 AM

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Migrants who successfully crossed the Eurotunnel terminal on Tuesday walking on the side of the railroad in Frethun, northern France, as they try to board a shuttle freight train to Britain.
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UNDER cover of darkness, group after group of migrants made their way to the Eurotunnel compound in Calais, France, overnight on Monday, climbing over fences and other barriers in a desperate bid to board freight trains bound for Britain.

By 6:30am on Tuesday, the authorities...

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