法國警方阻截兩千名試圖進入英國的移民

Authorities in the northern French port city of Calais say police late Monday pushed back more than 2,000 migrants trying to enter the Eurotunnel in hopes of reaching Britain.

法國北部港口城市加來的有關當局說，警方星期一夜間阻截了2千多名試圖從歐洲隧道進入英國的移民。

Eurotunnel officials described the migrant push as the largest of several such attempts by thousands of refugees to gain entry into Britain in the past six weeks. Eight migrant deaths have been reported at the tunnel since mid-June.

歐洲隧道的管理官員說，以往六個星期來，數千名難民試圖從歐洲隧道進入英國，而這次的人數最多。自6月中旬以來，據報有八名移民死在歐洲隧道中。

As many as 10,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and beyond are living in squalid encampments in and near Calais, a city of 70,000.

多達1萬名來自非洲、中東和其他地區的移民居住在加來城內和附近，他們的居住環境非常惡劣。加來有七萬人口。

Observers say their push to enter the 50-kilometer undersea tunnel has intensified in recent weeks, after authorities stepped up port security to block migrants from stowing away on Britain-bound vessels.

觀察人士說，由於當局加強了港口安全警戒，使移民無法乘船前往英國，因此幾星期來移民們更加急於進入這條50公里長的海底隧道。

The tunnel confrontation - the second such faceoff between police and migrants in the past two days - caused major delays in Eurotunnel service for much of Tuesday.

警方與移民的對峙導致歐洲隧道的運作星期二出現嚴重延誤。