Chasing a lorry down the motorway and pulling open the back doors to clamber inside, this was the scene in Calais today as yet more immigrants make frantic attempts to get into the UK. French authorities say they have been forced to send an extra 100 police to the port city as an estimated 2,500 migrants sleep rough in camps in the hope of crossing the channel. The frightened people, mostly from Africa and Asia, have been drawn to Calais in the hope of reaching 'El Dorado' Britain, thanks to generous state handouts, according to the town's mayor. Desperation: A group of migrants rip open the back doors of a lorry in Calais today as they try to find a way to cross from France into Britain in search of a better life
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Groups of migrants pictured breaking into lorries in Calais, France, today
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Men are just a fraction of 2,500 people thought to be camped around port
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France has announced it is sending 100 more police to control situation
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Mayor Natacha Bouchart told MPs yesterday that UK is seen as 'El Dorado'
‘They have no idea about the value of money … But they know from those people who have got through [to @placeholder] that … they can easily find work, don’t have to declare their work, they can find accommodation and can get some money every week.