Calais Jungle migrant gangs target tourists’ cars with log missiles forcing them to crash in terrifying new ambush plot
Violence has exploded out of the migrant camp with authorities warning the tactics could cause serious accidents
MIGRANTS from Calais Jungle are using terrifying new tactics to get to Britain as violence explodes from the camp onto the streets.
Desperate migrants hoping to get to Britain are deliberately causing crashes by throwing missiles onto the roads at French ports, using the ensuing chaos to sneak into the back of lorries involved in the collisions.
Migrants have been involved in the risky attempts to get out of Calais, throwing missiles like logs and tree branches onto the road to chaos traffic chaos.
They then sneak into the back of lorries involved in the incidents in the hope of getting over the border.
The explosion of violence comes as migrants become increasingly desperate to get out of France - with the tactics are endangering anyone travelling on the roads back into Britain.
Authorities have confirmed the attacks on the N216 motorway into the ferry port with the dangerous new tactics also being used on the A16 to the Channel Tunnel.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has since slammed the "extremely concerning" tactic, .
She said: "It's vital that people feel safe when using the Channel ports. This shows just how it is in all our interests to combat attempts to enter the UK illegally."
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One incident involved Mail Online journalists saw the car of a journalist and photographers forced off the road when a huge log was thrown onto the road.
The British-registered Audi was forced to swerve to avoid the missile, hitting a lorry before being dragged about 50 yards.
Those involved in the crash suffered serious injuries with one needing eight stitches after suffering a gash to their head.
The two men were treated in hospital.
It is just one incident of many with police reporting having to deal with about 30 blockades every night created by migrants in last ditch attempts to get to the UK.
About 1900 French police have been deployed to Calais to help stem the violence.
France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has pledged to have the camp closed, with numbers of migrants swelling to more than 9000.
Two Afghan men were recently injured after fighting over who would get the prime spot in a Britain-bound lorry.
The men were just some of those trying to get onto lorries with others donning masks and lighting fires to boost their chances of sneaking into the vehicles.
Chairman of the Home Affairs committee last night called for British police to be sent to France to help deal with the increasing violence.
He said: "This is becoming a war zone with wanton violence being perpetrated against drivers. It is totally unacceptable that the situation has reached crisis point."
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