Tourists at Calais: Coach passengers capture shocking footage as migrants surround their vehicle and smash their way onto a lorry heading to the UK

 

This is the shocking moment migrants surround a passenger coach as they tried to smash their way into the back of a lorry before boarding a ferry at Calais bound for the UK.

The dramatic footage was filmed by passengers, who were travelling from the French port town to Dover.

As vehicles begin to queue up as they enter the port, one of the passengers on the coach begins filming as a large group of migrants approach their coach and one of the lorries.

Around 2,500 migrants, mostly from Sudan, Eritrea and Syria, live in a makeshift tent village in Calais known as 'the jungle'.

Some have said the situation is so appalling they would prefer to die trying to escape it and sneak into Britain.

Meanwhile last month, drivers from Maru International haulage company began boycotting Calais because they fear 'somebody will be killed' by illegal immigrants desperate to get into the UK.

Michael Pearson, a driver for the Yorkshire-based company, explained how he was 'frightened for his life' by migrants, who he saw breaking into the truck in front of him with a crowbar.

As most of the migrants disperse, two men begin to pull at the side of the lorry as it begins to move down the dual carriageway 

The Mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart has been called upon to tackle the worsening situation, but she has blamed Britain for the crisis in northern France.

Specifically, she has cited Britain's 'black market economy' and 'cushy benefits system' as being a major pull for the migrants.

Tensions in the Calais camps have also led to sporadic outbreaks of violence.

Earlier this month a brawl broke out between Sudanese and Eritrean migrants, resulting in 24 injuries, 14 of which required hospital treatment

One man manages to climb inside the truck and on to its freight while another hangs on to the door and tries to pull himself up