By John Stevens Perched perilously on a lorry axle, two migrants make a desperate attempt to get into Britain. The pair were filmed by hidden night-vision cameras as they clung to the underside of the Dover-bound lorry in Calais. French Channel ports are seeing a surge in asylum seekers trying to make it to the UK, with hundreds of Syrian refugees among those living in squalid camps awaiting their chance. Dicing with death: A night vision camera catches two men attempting to sit on the axle of a lorry to get into the UK BBC cameras captured the moment the two migrants clambered on to a British lorry under cover of darkness. Migrants often wait for a truck to stop at a junction before climbing underneath. Gangs can be seen on the road leading to the port as lorries approach.
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The two men were captured on a night vision camera at the French port
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Fortunately the lorry was stopped before they were hurt
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Calais has become a magnet for migrants bound for UK
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