Calais migrants try to board lorry amid port strike

Name: Calais migrants try to board lorry amid port strike
Uploaded: 2015-06-23T11:25:45.000Z
Duration: 59 s
Description: Large numbers of migrants are attempting to get into cars and lorries, backed up at Calais, because of a strike by French ferry workers.

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A strike has forced the suspension of services through the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France, as hundreds of migrants try to board UK-bound lorries amid the chaos.

About 3,000 migrants are estimated to be living rough around Calais, waiting for a chance to cross the channel.

Europe

23 June 2015