Body found in Channel tunnel

The body of a would-be illegal immigrant has been found at the French end of the Channel Tunnel, police said today.

An immigrants’ rights group in Paris, the Collective for Exiles of the 10th Arrondissement, said the victim was someone trying to illegally enter Britain.

A Eurotunnel spokesman confirmed the body was found along the track about five miles from the French shore.

He said maintenance workers discovered it yesterday.