Getty Lorry drivers in Calais

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A video on YouTube shows a German truck waiting at Calais with cuts of pork hung over the lorry. It is an unusual, desperate attempt by the driver to try and stop migrants from hopping on board for a free ride to the UK. The cuts of meat were hung on the rear bumper of the vehicle.

youtube/Garrbrock Pork found in a lorry in Calais

Muslims do not eat pork, due to religious restrictions. Drivers can face an on-the-spot penalty of £2,000 for every person found hidden in their vehicle at any UK port and the Eurotunnel. The tough fines are in a bid to curb the number of illegal migrants coming to the UK. There has been an increasing amount of violence between truck drivers and migrants in Calais.

Getty Migrants climbing onto a lorry in Calais

In November, the director of Broughton Transport Solutions, Toby Ovens, said: "I had two drivers attacked by missiles thrown by immigrants at my vehicles and damage done to the vehicle. "One of the drivers was female and they attempted to open the doors to her vehicle and when they didn't succeed they attacked the vehicle, leaving her very shaken. "This situation is completely unacceptable. We, as hauliers, need someone we can go to in order to sort this situation." Footage emerged in November of a truck driver who filmed himself intentionally driving towards migrants boarding lorries. Another lorry driver bought a stun gun to protect himself from mobs of migrants. In October, a video emerged of migrants sneaking into a lorry, which was transporting a polar bear. And, there have also been reports of migrants hoping to get to the UK by jumping into a cement mixer.