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French police were forced to draft in the canine unit on Thursday night after a group of 30 migrants became aggressive when officers stopped them travelling to the UK illegally, according to Le Figaro. A police report states officers were called to a service station car park in the industrial zone of Marcel Doret in the south-east of Calais. They found the "drunk" migrants trying to gain entry into lorries and tried to disperse the crowd, but they became violent, according to the police statement.

GETTY Migrants trying to sneak into a British bound lorry ended up fighting with police

French police said: "The policemen managed to disperse the migrants at first but were subsequently crushed. "The migrants were alcoholic and aggressive, they launched projectiles on the police." It was at this stage officers called in the canine unit to help disperse the migrants, keeping the dogs on a leash to make sure no injuries were caused.

GETTY Police officers had to call the dog squad to clear the migrants

Police said there was no damage caused to any vehicles and the migrants eventually disappeared into the night. Calais is seeing a resurgence in the number of asylum seekers and refugees flocking to the coastal region, just a stone's throw from the White Cliffs of Dover.

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