How Calais mob target Eurostars

THE migrants who stormed a Eurostar train in Calais on Tuesday night are now targeting other trains in hopes of forcing their way on board.

The potentially deadly tactic, which left passengers trapped inside a sweltering pitch-black carriage for hours while police searched for trespassers, has seen migrants getting on the tracks to force operators to stop the trains.

Fellow migrants then try to jump aboard the 186mph trains heading for Britain before they reach the heavily-guarded entrance to the Channel Tunnel.

The dramatic scenes, as reported in yesterday’s Daily Mail, were the latest in a miserable summer for Britons travelling through Calais, as tightened security at the port sees migrants look further afield in their quest to reach the UK.

On Tuesday they targeted five Eurostar trains close to Calais-Frethun station, five miles from the coast.

John Keefe, of Eurotunnel, said: ‘They’re stopping trains by blocking the tracks, then trying to get through the tunnel, but we won’t accept trains with migrants on. We can’t accept trains with people hanging off the outside, it’s not safe.’