French Police Block 2,000 Britain-bound Migrants from Eurotunnel

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. 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. Estimates of between 5,000 to 10,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East...

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