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Mike Cordon atunnel has issued a new : against the Red Cross igee centre in Sangatte in a to get the controversial tre shut down.

It claims that the serious dents which occurred dur

the night of 25/26 ;ember, when several hund asylum seekers stormed terminal in CoqueIles, have ,r1 new light on the problem. Eurotunnel aims to use se incidents as fresh eviice when the case comes ore the court to ask for the iuisition of the building, ioh Eurotunnel actually ns, to be overturned.

A spokeswoman says: "The se proximity of the Red )SS centre is instrumental to , tunnel being a target. If the Are were moved further ay the immigrants would not able to sneak up and surse our security." The Anglo-French firm issued its first writ in September 2001 but the court dismissed the case claiming that there was no link between the proximity of the Sangatte centre to the Coquelles terminal and the number of intrusions by would-be stowaways.

"We are confident that the new evidence substantially strengthens our case," the Eurotunnel spokeswoman adds.

Don Armour, manager, international services, at the Freight Transport Association says: "We are optimistic that Eurotunnel will be successful this time, things are moving in the right direction." However the Red Cross argues that closing the centre will just mean more refugees sleeping rough on the streets of Calais.

• French rail operator SNCF has begun work on improving security at its rail terminal at Frethun near Calais in a bid to restore cross Channel rail freight services. These have been drastically reduced since 7 November 2001 which has impacted on the business of UK rail operator EWS.

A spokesman says: "EWS welcomes this move by SNCF as a step to restore full services."


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