Britain’s borders trampled: Hundreds of migrants storm fences around Calais Channel Tunnel entrance for THIRD night running

Hundreds of migrants laid siege to the Channel Tunnel for the third night running last night, as they stormed fences and desperately tried to clamber on trains bound for Kent admitting: 'It's England or death'.

David Cameron today blamed the crisis at Calais on the 'swarm of people' crossing the Mediterranean who want to get to Britain and vowed to do 'everything we can' to stop people's holidays been disrupted by the chaos - but experts believe he must wrestle control from the French.

Senior MPs, backed by hauliers, said the British Army should be sent in to restore order because the French authorities had 'lost control' as the Calais illegal immigrant crisis escalated dramatically'.

The deepening crisis has led to 120 French riot police being called up to help the 250 uniformed officers already there but critics say that this is nowhere near enough and believe David Cameron must now send British troops.

Migrants are still easily breaching the 15 mile fence surrounding the Channel Tunnel and jumping on to moving high speed trains or trying to get in or under lorries queuing to get on trains. Outside others will try to clamber on to vehicles heading to the nearby ferry port.

Last night a gang of around 400 migrants stormed the Tunnel perimeter - taking the total to almost 4,000 who got on to the tracks since Monday night - and at least 150 are known to have made it to Britain.

Meanwhile there is mayhem on the British side of the Channel with thousands of lorries backed up in Kent queuing in Operation Stack. For 24 of the past 40 days, the coast-bound side of the M20 has been closed bringing misery to residents, businesses and holidaymakers.



Gang mentality: The migrants are overwhelming police as they rush the Channel Tunnel in huge numbers as they desperately try to board trains


Breach: Migrants climb over a flimsy fence near train tracks as they join hundreds of others attempting to access the Channel Tunnel near Calais yesterday

Bold: A migrant crawls through a tiny gap as dusk falls over Calais, before a perilous walk along a railway track to reach the Tunnel


Brazen: A migrant crawls through a hole in a fence near near train tracks as he attempts to access the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais, France, hours after another migrant died while trying to get across

Enforcement: Home Secretary Theresa May called for an urgent security review, following a meeting of the Cobra civil contingency committee as migrants stormed Calais

A graphic showing how the migrant camp in Calais, northern France, is just a few hundred metres from the ferry and Eurotunnel terminals, giving asylum seekers prime position to try to sneak across into Britain