Eurotunnel services for passengers and freight have been suspended after more than 100 migrants broke into its French terminal, the company has said.
It said Channel Tunnel trains between Folkestone and Calais were affected by the "breakthrough and attack".
French authorities were reported to be containing and removing the migrants.saying
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A man died on Wednesday after being found unconscious beside the tunnel's tracks - the 13th migrant to die trying to reach the UK since late June.
A Eurotunnel spokesman described the latest incident as a "massive invasion and intrusion by a very large and co-ordinated group of migrants".
He added: "They arrived together an in a well-organised manner, broke through the fences and all clearly knew where they were going."
Eurotunnel said train services were suspended for safety reasons because people were on the tracks.
Passengers could use their tickets on ferries during the disruption, which was expected to last until at least 11:00 BST, the company's spokesman added.
The man who died on Wednesday was the fourth person to have died in similar circumstances in September.
On Tuesday, it was reported that a 20-year-old Iraqi man had been found dead in a UK-bound lorry.
And last week, a teenager, thought to be from east Africa, was killed by a freight train near the Channel Tunnel entrance in Calais.
Days earlier a man died when he was electrocuted at the tunnel entrance.as a result,thee services are to be suspended till further notice(bbc)
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