Editing Channel Tunnel (section)

=== Illegal attempts to cross and deaths ===
In 2002, a dozen migrants died in crossing attempts.<ref name="Red Cross"/> In the two months from June to July 2015, ten migrants died near the French tunnel terminal, during a period when 1,500 attempts to evade security precautions were being made each day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/eurotunnel-in-calais-cameron-beruft-sicherheitskabinett-ein-a-1046116.html|title=Calais: Polizei kesselt Hunderte Flüchtlinge am Eurotunnel ein|work=Der Spiegel|date=31 July 2015|language=de|access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="x168"/>

On 6 July 2015, a migrant died while attempting to climb onto a freight train while trying to reach Britain from the French side of the Channel.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/07/migrant-dies-uk-bound-freight-shuttle-near-calais-france |title=Migrant dies on UK-bound freight train near Calais |work=The Guardian |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> The previous month an Eritrean man was killed under similar circumstances.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/26/calais-migrant-reportedly-dies-channel-tunnel-freight-train |title=Migrant reportedly dies trying to board Channel tunnel freight train |work=The Guardian |date=26 June 2015 |access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref>

During the night of 28 July 2015, one person, aged 25–30, was found dead after a night in which 1,500–2,000 migrants had attempted to enter the Eurotunnel terminal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/fluechtlinge-wollten-durch-eurotunnel-nach-grossbritannien-a-1045745.html|title=Calais in Frankreich: 2000 Flüchtlinge in einer Nacht am Eurotunnel |work=Der Spiegel|date=29 July 2015|access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref> The body of a [[Sudan]]ese migrant was subsequently found inside the tunnel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/07/channel-tunnel-migrants-sudanese-man-killed-as-thousands-storm-tunnel-from-france-to-britain.html|title=Britain, France Point Fingers Over Deadly Migrant Crisis in Channel Tunnel|work=Slate|date=30 July 2015|access-date=25 June 2022}}.</ref> On 4 August 2015, another Sudanese migrant walked nearly the entire length of one of the tunnels. He was arrested close to the British side, after having walked about {{convert|30|mi}} through the tunnel.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Bilefsky |title=Sudanese Migrant Tries to Reach England by Walking Length of Channel Tunnel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/world/europe/channel-tunnel-sudanese-migrant.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/world/europe/channel-tunnel-sudanese-migrant.html |archive-date=1 January 2022 |url-access=limited |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=7 August 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>