Hundreds of asylum seekers stormed the tunnel between France and Britain yesterday, trying to force their way into England by walking the 25 miles through the Channel Tunnel. About 550 people took advantage of the quiet Christmas period to try to take over the tunnel, but none made it through. French police arrested 129 people in the first wave of refugees. At midnight, a second wave of some 400 was pushed back by French riot police using tear gas outside the Calais entrance to the tunnel. Refugees regularly try to enter Britain illegally from France on ferries, by train or through the Channel Tunnel. In the last year, thousands of refugees have made that trip.