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Migrants jump on trucks as under-Channel traffic resumes

Migrants open a lorry in a failed attempt to cross the English Channel, in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. All trains and many ferry services between Britain and France were cut off Tuesday by striking port workers, stranding hundreds of trucks and thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel. Adding to the chaos, illegal migrants who are camped by the thousands in the port city of Calais were seen trying to stowaway on vehicles stuck in traffic jams. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) Migrants open a lorry in a failed attempt to cross the English Channel, in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. All trains and many ferry services between Britain and France were cut off Tuesday by striking port workers, stranding hundreds of trucks and thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel. Adding to the chaos, illegal migrants who are camped by the thousands in the port city of Calais were seen trying to stowaway on vehicles stuck in traffic jams. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

By Associated Press June 24, 2015 1 min read

CALAIS, France (AP) – Traffic has resumed in the tunnel beneath the English Channel, but lines are still long for trucks traveling between Britain and France following a day of disruption by striking port workers.

Illegal migrants trying to sneak across to Britain are taking advantage of the snail’s-pace traffic to sneak onto trucks boarding the shuttle trains that carry them through the tunnel.

Eurotunnel, which runs those shuttle trains, said traffic resumed Wednesday morning, as did the Eurostar passenger train service.

Both companies cancelled all trains Tuesday after ferry workers striking over expected job cuts swarmed train lines and set tires alight.

Migrants from Sudan, Eritrea and elsewhere are camped by the thousands in the port city of Calais trying to reach Britain, where they believe they will have better job prospects.