Calais migrants use Facebook to sneak into UK

Hundreds of smartphone-savvy refugees are using online forums to outwit security protecting the port.

They are invited to charge their phones at a newly opened EU-funded camp dubbed Sangatte II and have bragged of accessing wi-fi codes.

The internet lets them create interactive maps reporting the location of police patrols and where best to stow away on trucks bound for Dover.

They can also communicate with those who have smuggled themselves across the Channel already.

Evidence the army of migrants is more organised than thought comes after officials at the camp boasted they were offering “a more complete service” than the original Sangatte that closed amid riots in 2002.

Syrian migrant Ahmad, 30, said Facebook was an invaluable tool, adding: “How to get from one place to another, which train to take, the number of someone locally who can help, or even to borrow money… information changes hands quickly.

“I have myself helped many people who I’ve never seen.

“From Italy onwards, if you haven’t got a precise plan, you start to research with the Syrian communities of France, Germany, England, or anywhere else.

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