But he now faces a criminal prosecution for “causing an obstruction to an engine or carriage using the railway” under the Malicious Damage Act 1861.
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The railway tunnel is 50 kilometres long.
Kent police say Haroun, 40, allegedly slipped past officers at the entrance of the tunnel and dodged hundreds of security cameras before being spotted by British security guards near Folkestone.
The news comes as Europe’s migrant crisis reaches a new level.
Haroun has been charged under a law enacted more than 130 years before the rail tunnel opened.
Jones told the court that Haroun’s defense would rest on two main planks.
He spoke through an Arabic interpreter.
Little is thought about Haroun’s experience.
Some lawyers and refugee rights campaigners accuse the authorities of treating Haroun harshly to send others a message.
9 and said if the case went to trial the date would be January 4, 2016.
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According to the latest official figures, 79 percent of the 1,603 Sudanese applicants for asylum in Britain in the 12 months to March were granted refugee status at the first attempt.
