{"id":1947,"date":"2016-02-20T03:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/20\/channel-tunnel-may-be-extended-to-stop-migrants-and-refugees-stowing-away\/"},"modified":"2016-02-20T03:53:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:53:09","slug":"channel-tunnel-may-be-extended-to-stop-migrants-and-refugees-stowing-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/20\/channel-tunnel-may-be-extended-to-stop-migrants-and-refugees-stowing-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel tunnel may be extended to stop migrants and refugees stowing away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Calais\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzE5L2JlL2NhbGFpcy45YzRiNC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/73470c07\/c93\/calais.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Channel+tunnel+may+be+extended+to+stop+migrants+and+refugees+stowing+away&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F19%2Fchannel-tunnel-extended-to-stop-migrants-refugees%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F19%2Fchannel-tunnel-extended-to-stop-migrants-refugees%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 The Channel tunnel connecting England to France may be extended to enable trains to avoid a section of the track in Calais where migrants and refugees have disrupted services<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time since the tunnel opened 22 years ago that it&#8217;s been extended, <em>The Times<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/business\/industries\/transport\/article4694300.ece?acs_cjd=true\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/30\/calais-the-jungle-illustrations\/\">Poignant illustrations show the desperation of life in a refugee camp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There have been multiple intrusions onto the tracks around the tunnel by migrants and refugees living in the nearby makeshift camp known as the &#8220;Jungle&#8221; as they seek a better life in England. During <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/29\/calais-channel-tunnel\/\">one<\/a> in July a man died after at least 1,500 people tried to gain access to the tunnel <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/19\/channel-tunnel-extended-to-stop-migrants-refugees\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/uk\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Uk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/france\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/calais\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Calais<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/refugee-crisis\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Refugee Crisis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1455911216' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1455911216'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/tsY_j3MAxbA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 The Channel tunnel connecting England to France may be extended to enable trains to avoid a section of the track in Calais where migrants and refugees have disrupted services It&#8217;s the first time since the tunnel opened 22 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/20\/channel-tunnel-may-be-extended-to-stop-migrants-and-refugees-stowing-away\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}