Refugees attempting to enter the UK via France are often housed in what is nicknamed the 'Jungle', a refugee and migrant encampment near Calais, France. These refugees often attempt to enter the United Kingdom via the Port of Calais or the Eurotunnel, as stowaways on commercial or personal vehicles en-route the UK. This is what happened to a Flemish lorry driver, who suddenly came across a migrant gang armed with bats who were attempting to hold him up

They had used branches to block a road that led to the port of Calais, and one of the men struck the lorry when he revved his engine.

Trucker Marc Mombaerts told VTM News: 'If I give dared put our foot down, they immediately made ​​it clear that they would strike the windshield.' Previously this month, a motorist was threatened by a migrant with a chainsaw.

Police reportedly have to push back immigrants attempting to stowaway or hijack a ride onto vehicles "nightly".

This comes a day after the murder of a UK-bound Sudanese migrant, and injuries inflicted on 15 as rival gangs competing to board lorries. The Sudanese man's death brings to 11 the number of migrants who have died this year in and around Calais, the main staging point in France for undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers trying to reach Britain.