PARIS -- The latest developments as European nations
struggle to cope with tens of thousands of people trekking across the
continent to find safety. All times local:
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10:15 a.m.
French
authorities say an Eritrean migrant has been found dead in the tunnel
beneath the English Channel, the latest of several killed this year as
thousands of people fleeing poverty and war try to cross illegally from
France into Britain.
The administration for
the Pas-de-Calais region says the migrant was apparently hit by a
freight train near the entrance to the tunnel in Calais. It said the man
was in his 20s and was found alone Wednesday.
Eurotunnel,
which operates the freight trains, lamented an "accident that
unfortunately only confirms that any attempt to cross the Channel
illegally carries considerable risks."
Thirteen
people have now been killed trying to sneak across the Channel this
year. French and British authorities have tried to crack down on the
dangerous journeys.
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