Benefits Street star White Dee has made an extraordinary call for the migrants of Calais to be allowed into Britain.

The reality TV personality visited the French port's notorious 'Jungle' settlement as part of a programme she is making.

After spending a day in the camp, she said the 5,000 or so people living there should be allowed to move to the UK and set up home.

The 43-year-old insisted: 'They are not interested in benefits - all they want is to feel safe and work hard for a living.'

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Benefits Street star White Dee visited Calais this week before calling for migrants to be let into Britain

The day after filming at the notorious camp, Dee returned with food and supplies, which she handed out

Speaking after meeting migrants in the camp, the 43-year-old said she believes those living in the camp genuinely need help.

She said: 'Anyone who criticises these people for wanting to come to the UK should make the journey here themselves.They would soon change their opinion about the migrants.

'They understand that most people in the UK don't want them to come. But everyone I spoke to stressed that they had skills to offer and wanted to earn a wage and pay taxes in Britain. Benefits were never mentioned.'

Dee, real name Deirdre Kelly, visited the camp with her showbiz agent Barry Tomes for a documentary set to be screened on local television channel Big Centre TV next month.

The day after her visit, she went and bought noodles, cooking oil and pasta for those living at the site, and handed the supplies out to those she had spoken to.

Mr Tomes said: 'They didn't know her from Adam, most of them were from Libya and they didn't have a clue. But we showed them some footage of Benefits Street on our phones.

'We were initially both very sceptical about their claims that they did not want to get to Britain for handouts.

'But when we began to speak to these people we began to realise that these are not economic migrants. They are skilled, well-educated people fleeing for their lives.'

The reality TV personality said she believes those in the camp will not claim handouts if they get into the UK

Dee was accompanied by her showbiz agent Barry Tomes for the trip to the settlement near the French port

Dee's views were a directly contradicted by Lord Andrew Green of pressure group Migration Watch this morning.

Speaking about proposed ID cards for immigrants, he told Radio 4's Today programme: 'I don't think there is any doubt that most people in Calais are coming here for economic reasons.

'If they want to claim asylum they can do that in France, so they must be coming here in order to work illegally and send money home.

'That is what is attracting not only these people but people who come here legally and overstay.'

Dee became an unofficial spokeswoman for those living on handouts after she appeared in Channel 4's Benefits Street, a documentary about people on the dole.

The mother-of-two later appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Newsnight and has since made a fitness video.

The camp sprung up to house migrants trying to enter Britain illegally on lorries or through Eurotunnel

The settlement now has limited infrastructure, including a mosque, orthodox church and school (pictured)

The visit to Calais was for one of six shows Dee is hoping to make, with others including visits to prisons and a gay marriage.

It is understood she also plans to speak to lorry drivers affected by the migrant crisis as part of the show.

Dee is the latest person to visit the shanty town-style camp to the north of Calais, after the BBC's Songs of Praise show also filmed there.

Producers began shooting the episode earlier this month, but the BBC's decision to film in the camp provoked a mixed reaction from TV pundits and migrants alike. The BBC was accused of wading into a politically-sensitive issue.

Earlier this month, Ukip MEP Mike Hookem said he had also tried to film migrants in nearby Dunkirk, but claims he was threatened with a gun.

From the camp, the migrants make nightly attempts to get into the ferry port or Channel Tunnel terminal