article_snippet: Shocking new footage appears to show lorry drivers in Calais ferry port savagely beating up illegal immigrants who were hiding in the backs of trucks.
article_snippet: Footage filmed at Calais ferry port appears to show a lorry driver dragging away one of the men hiding in the back of a truck - and violently kicking a lorry driver while a lorry driver back is turned .
article_snippet: Hiding in the backs of trucks has long been one of the most common ways for illegal immigrants to sneak into the UK via Calais ferry port - while thousands live in camps built around the town.
article_snippet: In January, a Human Rights Watch report said immigrants living there experienced regular harassment and abuse at the hands of French police.
article_snippet: Illegal immigrants living a make-shift existence on the outskirts of town reported being beaten and attacked with pepper spray as Illegal immigrants living a make-shift existence on the outskirts of town tried to hide in trucks to escape to the UK.
article_snippet: Record numbers of illegal immigrants are being stopped at UK borders, it was revealed in February.
highlights_snippet: Reportedly filmed in Calais by a Romanian driver who posted on Facebook .
  