A Bexley driver has told of his horror watching migrants trying to sneak into lorries, as he saw hundreds of people risking their lives in an attempt to cross the channel.
Jack Kerr, a company manager at Mobile Bar Hire, was travelling back from Paris after completing a job - in a van which he was using to transport the speciality counter.
He noticed groups of people making their way towards trailers, lorries and vans, and said it felt like only a matter of time before someone tried to open the doors of his vehicle.
Operation stack. Picture: PA
He added: “I could see and hear the lorry drivers, some British, shouting at the people who were trying to get into their vehicles.
“I was quite surprised that there were not any fights between the drivers and the people.”
The Mobile Bar Hire van in Paris
Mr Kerr said although he was ‘perfectly safe’ within his locked van, the situation was still worrying.
A Mobile Bar Hire spokesman added: “Having said that Mr Kerr’s event in Paris ran to time and he was back in the UK without any issues – as we are all aware the story in Calais still continues.”
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