Passengers trapped in train after migrants climb on top
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Chaotic scenes and 16 hour delays hit London-bound Eurostar services overnight as migrants climbed on to the roof of an 186mph train and attempted to break into train carriages.
Passengers on board one train stranded near Calais are understood to have threatened to smash the windows after a power outage left the sweltering carriage in total darkness for five hours.
The power failure also saw those on board left without air conditioning and unable to communicate with Eurostar staff before the stricken train eventually returned to Paris.
As they searched in vain for the migrants, Eurostar staff went as far as making the bizarre move of appealing to passengers to listen out for the sound of movement on the roofs of the trains.
French passenger Frederic Bruel told the newspaper: 'Little by little the situation deteriorated. The train ended up running out of batteries, so there was no air conditioning, and then after two more hours no more communication as the audio system was out of service. We then spent an unbelievable amount of time in the dark, in an air that was hard to breath.'
'I saw people who were finding it hard not to totally go off the rails. Some people started screaming and threatening to smash the windows. It must have been 35C in there.
Those on board claimed that Eurostar staff were scared that that if they opened the doors, the migrants might attempt to board the train - potentially putting the safety of those on board at risk.
Passenger Daniel Norman took to social media to complain about the conditions on board the train, telling Eurostar: 'You have disgraced yourself today. You left nearly 1000 people terrified and alone for 5 hrs in the dark!'
Mess. People need to accept/help migrants more but when migrants start doing that kind of messy stuff I hope they are found and sent back home, that's just endangering citizens
those migrants need to have some respect if they want to be welcomed 
Damn