GETTY A former counter-terrorism boss claims he was told ISIS supporters are inside the Calais Jungle camp

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The former City of London police employee also warned the camp is “completely un-policed”. Kevin Hurley, who is now Surrey’s police chief, described the encampment as a “potential hiding place” for insurgents after visiting earlier this month.

GETTY He said the Jungle camp is 'completely un-policed'

He claims one migrant told him there were “definitely people who supported the ideology” the terror group living within the confines of the Jungle. My Hurley added: “If I were a returning jihadi I would smuggle myself in among this group – you’d easily get lost.”

GETTY Mr Hurley visited the camp

But charities including Care4Calais, a group that helps refugees living the the Jungle camp, have hit back at the police and crime commissioner. A representative from Care4Calais said: “The overwhelming experience for the Care4Calais team is that all the individuals we meet in the camp are just ordinary people who have experienced terrible things and desperately need our help, care and compassion.”

GETTY Migrant rights groups have blasted Mr Hurley

Mr Hurley, who will be campaigning for re-election defended his controversial thoughts. He said: “As one has come to expect my comments have been deliberately misinterpreted by those who don’t find them matching their view of the world. “It has been no surprise to me that so many of those who dissent have been offensive and most unpleasant to me.

"I am apparently not allowed to feel alarmed when surrounded by hostile groups of young men when in isolated areas of the Calais camp." He added: “I might add these were less worrying than several hostile approaches by emotional ‘aid workers’ that resulted in crowds of young men paying an interest and effectively following the lead of the ‘aid workers’.

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