Tonight, Andrew Bomford reports on the hundreds of migrants in the Calais area in northern France...
"...who are desperate to get across the Channel to the UK. They are living in dreadful conditions, in makeshift camps and derelict buildings, and get little help from the authorities, who are trying to discourage them from coming. We found women and children also living there. Every day they make increasingly dangerous attempts to get on board lorries heading to Britain, and violent people smugglers are making money out of their plight by facilitating access to trucks and the port area. But increased security and regular sweeps by the police are making it much harder for migrants to make it through.
Some pictures captured from a car as migrants run behind moving lorries heading to the port and open the rear doors to climb inside
This is Sebella, a 5 year old girl from Eritrea, living in a derelict building in Calais with her mother. She's trying out my headphones and microphone.
Every day hundreds of migrants queue for food given out by a local charity. I'll be reporting from this location tonight.
This is known as the "jungle", a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Calais where the migrants from Afghanistan live
They've built these shacks out of old wooden pallets, corrugated iron, and plastic. Up to twenty people live in each building."
The words and photos above are Andrew's. Hear his report on PM tonight.
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