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Photos: Migrants flood Channel Tunnel entrance

July 30, 2015 10:48AM ET

Thousands trying to cross to Britain from France overwhelm security at terminal near Calais

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migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
Migrants climb over a fence near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel near Calais, France, July 29, 2015. For three days this week, thousands tried to breach the security of the terminal in an effort to get to Britain. Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
The vast number of migrants — 2100 on Monday and 1500 on Tuesday, according to one estimate — overwhelmed the terminal’s security framework. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
The migrants, many of them fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, hope to sneak aboard the trucks carrying goods from the continent to the British isles. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
Witnesses report that many migrants made it through on Monday and Tuesday. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
French gendarmes were only able to halt a few of those trying to make the crossing. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
The situation on the French side forced trucks wishing to travel from Britain to France to wait for several hours on Wednesday, as authorities tried to regulate the traffic. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
Eurotunnel, the company that operates the tunnel, says that it had intercepted 37,000 migrants this year. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
French authorities dispatched more than 100 officers to Calais to supplement the force that was overwhelmed earlier this week. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images
migrants flood channel tunnel entrance
Those who were caught were turned back, but could easily try to breach the fences again. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images

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