A man has died after hundreds of migrants attempted to storm the Channel Tunnel during a second night of chaos in Calais, it has been reported
Prime Minister David Cameron has described the situation as "very concerning", while Home Secretary Theresa May was due to chair an emergency Cobra meeting on Wednesday morning.
The latest incident comes after an estimated 2,000 migrants attempted to enter Eurotunnel's French terminal late on Monday.
A Eurotunnel spokeswoman this morning confirmed one person had died in last night's incident.
The spokesman said: "I can confirm that one migrant died last night after 1,500 tried to storm the Eurotunnel." In pictures: Calais crisis
The Government has agreed an extra £7 million to help improve security at Calais and the Channel Tunnel
Speaking during his visit to Singapore, Mr Cameron said: "We are doing everything that we can. The Home Secretary will be chairing a ministerial Cobra meeting this morning to make sure that everything that can be done, working with the French, is being done.
"I have every sympathy with holidaymakers who are finding access to Calais difficult because of the disturbances there and we will do everything we can to work with the French to bring these things to a conclusion.
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"But it is not a satisfactory situation.
"There's no point trying to point fingers of blame, it's about working with the French, putting in place these additional security measures, adding in the investment where that's needed – Britain will always come forward with that, we know how important it is and the Home Secretary will be co-ordinating this this morning at the meeting of the Cobra committee."
Eurotunnel, which operates services through the Channel Tunnel, has said the nightly breaches appear to be too much for the Government to handle.
French media has reported the man is the eighth person to be killed in the tunnel since the start of June.
He is believed to be a Sudanese national in his late 20s. It is believed he was hit by a truck as he tried to climb over a shuttle.
Additional reporting by PA
