A man has been killed as at least 1,500 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in Calais on Tuesday night, reports BBC.Eurotunnel says no freight services are running as migrants are still at the Channel Tunnel site at Coquilles.Sections of the M20 in Kent are closed in both directions to allow extra lorry parking as part of Operation Stack.It comes as David Cameron pledged that the UK government would do everything it could to combat the crisis.The man who died is described as Sudanese, aged between 25 and 30.
He was probably crushed by a truck which was exiting one of the shuttles that transport vehicles through the tunnel, French police have said.He is the ninth person to die trying to access the tunnel since June.