Three lorry drivers were savagely beaten up at a Belgian motorway service station by illegal immigrants who failed to sneak aboard for a ride to the UK.

The incident happened at an E17 Motorway service area near Gentbrugge, a borough of the Belgium city of Ghent, on Monday night.

Three lorry drivers were savagely attacked by African immigrants who tried to stowaway on the parked lorries heading for the UK, local media reported.

A lorry driver identified as Marc from the city of Antwerp said he had witnessed many terrible incidents behind the steering wheel of his lorry, but the scenes which he saw at 2.30am were unlike anything else.

Three lorry drivers were savagely beaten up at a Belgian motorway service station by illegal immigrants who failed to sneak aboard for a ride to the UK (file photo of the area in Gentbrugge)

Three lorry drivers were savagely attacked by African immigrants who tried to stowaway on the parked lorries heading for the UK, local media reported (file photo of migrants sneaking onto a lorry in Calais)

Marc said: 'A Polish lorry driver cried the whole parking awake and shouted for help in all possible languages.

'He was chased by several illegals who tried to get into his lorry. He fled in the direction of the motorway, but they dragged him away and four of them beat him up.'

According to Marc the Polish lorry driver managed somehow to get back into his lorry heavily injured, after which he immediately drove off.

Marc said: 'An Italian who got out of his lorry was then assaulted by yet another group. They kicked so hard on his legs that he could not stand up any more.

'Also a French lorry driver was beaten up black and blue.'

The migrant mob then kicked off every mirror of each parked lorry which had its lights on.

Dutch lorry driver Remco Bruinier confirmed Marc's tale and said it was 'sad to see'.

Bruinier said: 'Luckily I did not get out, because it was completely unsafe. It was useless to play the hero.'

Shockingly, while Marc and Remco both called the motorway police, it was some time before they arrived as the cops were all busy dealing with a nearby traffic accident in which a man died.

Three lorry drivers were savagely attacked by African immigrants who tried to stowaway on the parked lorries heading for the UK, local media reported (file photo of the area in Gentbrugge)

When the local Ghent police finally arrived, the migrant mob had already fled.

Bruinier called for the authorities to react before the situation gets out of hand.

Bruinier said: 'The tales of Calais are also starting to appear here. But not only do lorry drivers sleep here. There were also camper vans of travelling tourists. Also those were hit.

'The politicians really need to urgently wake up, or else we have to arm ourselves.'

Governor Jan Briers of the East Flanders province called for 'permanent security' at the motorway service area.

Briers said: 'It must happen then by using security firms, the federal police, or even the army.'

According to Briers closing down the motorway service area is not an option as the 'refugee problems will just move and that would not be in solidarity to other provinces.'

An increasing share of migrants trying to reach the UK are now attempting to do so from Belgium.

The migrant mob kicked off every mirror of each parked lorry which had its lights on after failing to sneak on to a lorry bound for the UK (file photo of migrants trying to sneak onto a lorry in Calais)

Last week, a Sudanese migrant was crushed to death under the wheels of an Eurolines bus in Brussels while trying to hang on to the undercarriage in a bid to make it to Britain.

The bus driver did not realise he had crushed the man beneath the tires of the bus.

He was stopped by police 70 miles out of Brussels near the town of Middelkerke who broke the news to him.

In January many African migrants set up camp at Brussels South Station, the largest in the city, in the hope of sneaking aboard the Eurostar to London.

The rise in migrants coming to Brussels followed reports of a significant security flaw in the Eurostar services from Brussels to London via Lille.

This involved passengers buying a ticket for the peak early-evening service between Brussels and Lille, where the Eurostar makes a stop en route to London.

Unlike passengers travelling to the UK, those bound for Lille are not required to show a passport because of the EU's borderless Schengen area.

This meant they could simply stay on the Eurostar and travel onwards to London instead of getting off in Lille, although railway authorities have since dealt with the issue.