Asylum seekers in Calais have threatened to burn themselves alive if they are not let into Britain.
The 25 refugees have vowed to make desperate and horrific gesture in the town’s main shopping street unless the French and British governments meet a list of demands.
They are among 35 asylum seekers who have been on hunger strike since June 12 in a protest camp near the main ferry port.
They are demanding that refugees who want to cross the Channel are given legal status in Britain, and those that wish to remain in France are granted legal status there.
And they are asking for safe accommodation and an end to police brutality in Calais until a deal between the UK and France on their fate is reached.
One 40-year-old Afghan asylum seeker named John Abdullah told French media: 'We are tired of life. We want human rights. We want the British and French governments to think about us, but nobody cares.
'All 25 of us have decided that if they do not listen, we will kill ourselves. We will go to the high street, throw petrol and set ourselves on fire.'
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