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The lawless shanty town is now awash with armed gangs making a mass assault on the border ahead of the crackdown. The race to get across the Channel illegally comes after the French government agreed to shut down the slum this year and Britain considers tougher border controls in the wake of the Brexit vote. No official closure date has yet been set but plans are in place to clear the site, possibly as early as next month. Meanwhile, there is a shocking breakdown of law and order. People who have travelled thousands of miles to northern France make no secret of their plans to work in Britain in the black economy.

GETTY Migrants from the Calais Jungle said how they were plotting to sneak in to Britain

Sudanese migrant Mohamed, 18, said: “It is my dream to reach England and I will try every day.” Eritrean Dawit, 18, said: “I want to get to the UK. I want money and freedom. It’s dangerous here and I might get killed but I try.” Algerian Samir, 25, added: “The Jungle is full of mafia and guns. “They demand money for a place on a truck and will kill. It is a very dangerous place.” Migrants said people smugglers were now charging £850 for a crossing before the Jungle is flattened.

GETTY The lawless shanty town is now awash with armed gangs making a mass assault on the border

Charlie Elphicke, the Tory MP for Dover, said: “We need urgent action to restore order before someone gets killed. Britain and France should work together to dismantle the Jungle immediately, set up a repatriation centre and target the people traffickers. “They are making nightly attacks on tourists and truckers. “One driver I spoke to told me it was only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or worse.” Security is being beefed up as migrants realise they will be forced to claim asylum in France or be repatriated once the camp is cleared.

Jungle Migrant Camp in protests Mon, October 3, 2016 Up to 10,000 migrants are now living at the camp and are using desperate and violent measures to try and board trucks heading for the UK. Play slideshow REUTERS 1 of 24 Demonstrators protest near the area called the

Evidence that the authorities are bracing themselves for a fresh wave of attacks was visible yesterday, as more layers of barbed wire fencing were laid to repel marauding gangs. Hundreds of extra riot police have been drafted in as tensions reach boiling point. Eurotunnel warned passengers last night that “reinforced security checks” were being carried out at its terminal in Coquelles. Yesterday the Daily Express disturbed a brazen daylight attempt by two men to stow away on a UK-bound truck as its driver refuelled.

EXPRESS French riot police were caught up in further violence in the Calais camp

Fresh calls to end the mayhem came after migrants were involved in ugly clashes inside the camp, hours after an anti-Jungle protest. Violence erupted again after Calais was crippled with a “go-slow” by French truckers in response to an upsurge in attacks on drivers.

GETTY/EXPRESS The French government has agreed to shut the camp down

In what are frequent scenes, heavily armed officers were taunted as darkness fell. Migrants lit fires and hurled rocks on to the N216 motorway leading to the ferry terminal.

We are struggling to cope. Our numbers have increased, but we are stretched to the limit.

And for the second time in a week riot police fired tear gas to quell the disorder. Despite the southern section of the Jungle being cleared earlier this year, the camp has grown and now contains around 10,000 migrants. They outnumber French police by more than 10 to one. A riot squad commander said: “We are struggling to cope. Our numbers have increased, but we are stretched to the limit.” Ukip leadership candidate Bill Etheridge said: “The French should tear down the camp immediately. It is against decency and the rule of law.

GETTY Truck drivers and farmers protested on the motorway calling for the camp to be dismantled