Migrant Walks Tunnel Between France and England
As Europe continues to try and cope with a migration crisis on a monumental scale, one man has seemingly done the impossible, walking the tunnel that connects England and France under the English Channel.
The New York Times reports that 40-year-old Abdul Rahman Haroun climbed four fences and walked the 30 miles underneath the English Channel in complete darkness all while avoiding some 400 security cameras, international search teams, and trains flying down the tunnel's tracks at more than 100 miles per hour. Not much is know about Haroun other than the fact that he is Sudanese.
Haroun will most likely be rewarded for his valiant efforts with a criminal sentence and deportation. He faces charges of obstructing railroad engines or passenger cars under England's Malicious Damages Act of 1861 and will have his first court appearance August 24 at Canterbury Crown Court.
European countries like Italy, France, and England have been dealing with a crisis caused by thousands of people from war torn or impoverished parts of the world who are seeking a better life in Europe.
Italy has since begun round the clock rescue operations to try and rescue thousands of people who try to cross from Africa in unsuitable boats and are often left to die by human smugglers. Thousands of people have already died making the perilous journey.
Those lucky enough to survive find themselves in cities and towns where the native populations do not welcome them, and often end up living in makeshift shantytowns.
The Times notes that the United Nations has asked France to come up with a plan for dealing with such towns, the most prominent of which is in the town of Calais, which is where the tunnel to England begins.
