Immigrants Held After Walking To Folkestone

Two more suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested and charged after walking through the Channel Tunnel to reach Britain.

The latest security breach came after a large-scale incursion of more than 100 migrants on the French side at the weekend.

The tunnel was closed early on Saturday morning after a "large and co-ordinated" group stormed the track at Calais.

Now it has emerged two Iranians reached Folkestone in Kent after walking through the 31-mile tunnel.

Kent Police said Payam Moradi Mirahessari, 25, and Farein Vahdani, 20, were detained on Saturday afternoon.

They were remanded in custody when they appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court accused of obstructing an engine or carriage using the railway.

In August, a 40-year-old suspected illegal immigrant from Sudan also managed to walk through the tunnel, in spite of hundreds of security cameras being installed at the Calais entrance.

Eurotunnel officials have said ever more desperate measures are being used by migrants to try to reach Britain.

Thirteen have died attempting to cross the Channel since June, the latest being an Eritrean man in his 20s who as hit by a freight train last week.

The surge in migrants trying to get into Britain through the tunnel has prompted a series of additional security measures at Calais, including extra fencing and more search and dog teams.

At its peak, the number of attempts to board lorries or trains was around 2,000 a night, but the number has since fallen.

The crisis in Calais is part of a wider migrant surge into Europe from countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

Around 5,000 migrants displaced from countries including Syria, Libya and Eritrea are believed to be camped in and around the town.