At least 250 illegal immigrants attempted to board a ferry at the French port. Staff were forced to use a fire hose to stop the crowds pushing past them. Group pushed past machine gun-wielding police and climbed over fences. Eventually stopped as they ran up the ramp into the ferry’s vehicle hold.
Riot squads were sent into Calais last night after UK-bound migrants turned the French port into a ‘war zone’.
Anarchy broke out when 250 men burst into the town’s docks and tried to board vessels sailing for Dover.
One gang of marauders broke through gates and climbed over fences in a desperate bid to reach a ferry.
Brushing off pursuing police officers, the migrants stopped only when the ship’s crew turned a fire hose on them and pulled up the car ramps.
The mayor of Calais last night begged David Cameron to come to Calais to tell the waiting hordes that Britain was ‘no El Dorado’. Natacha Bouchart said the UK was too soft on migrants.
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