Brit tourist ‘runs over and kills Eritrean migrant trying to block traffic in Calais’
Thousands of migrants are trying to make their way into the UK from Calais
A BRITISH tourist is being interviewed by police in Calais after a hit and run in which a migrant died.
The motorist - who has not been named - is said to have swerved to avoid a gang trying to stop traffic on the A16.
An Eritrean man was killed and his wife injured in an accident.
Stones and tree branches were reportedly being thrown at vehicles as migrants tried to board lorries heading to the UK.
An investigator said: "An Eritrean migrant was knocked over on Sunday at around 8.30pm.
"He was rushed to hospital in Calais but later died from his injuries at around 11pm.
"The man’s wife, who is in her 30s, was also treated in hospital, but her condition is not life threatening."
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A source claimed a driver drove on because he feared for his life, but later reported the accident to frontier police at the Channel Tunnel.
Detectives and prosecutors have opened an enquiry into the death.
The dead man’s wife is also expected to give evidence once she is discharged from hospital.
The accident took place at junction 47 of the A16.
There are more than 10,000 migrants in the Calais and Dunkirk area trying to enter the UK.
Many try to board vehicles on the A16.
There has been an increase in attacks in recent weeks, with police and local government officials warning drivers to lock their doors.
This is the 14th migrant death in the Calais area since the beginning of the year - with many of the fatalities related to traffic accidents.
France’s Interior Minister has travelled to London to insist that Britain fulfil its "moral duty" to look after unaccompanied young migrants stranded in Calais.
An impassioned Bernard Cazeneuve spoke out as officials prepared to bulldoze the so-called Jungle camp in the Channel port town.
Speaking to Paris radio station RTL, Mr Cazeneuve said: "Britain is the country of human rights and so it has to take on its responsibilities.
"When minors are in Calais, and they have family in Britain, and when all cameras are pointed at these minors, then the British must assume their moral duty."
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