British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday blasted the "totally unacceptable" scenes as growing numbers of migrants attempt to enter Britain illegally by hiding in trucks at the French seaport of Calais.
On Tuesday, striking French ferry workers triggered severe transport disruption at Calais, while would-be illegal immigrants living around the port tried to capitalise on the hold-ups by getting through fences and boarding stationary trucks.
There are around 3,000 migrants camped out in Calais attempting to cross the Channel - a presence that is causing friction between Britain and France. Britain's Interior Minister Theresa May said the majority of the migrants arrived on European shores in Italy, having been trafficked across the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa.
"It is totally unacceptable scenes that we've all been witnessing," Mr Cameron told Parliament. "Of course we want to see migrants better documented and fingerprinted but frankly a lot of that needs to happen in Italy, where they land, rather than in France."