Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has claimed that he "had a knife pulled him" as he was talking to migrants is Calais today.
The Conservative MP explained that he had been walking around the camp trying to interact with some of the people living there, when a "curved machete" was pulled out.
As he attempted to leave, the migrants "pelted" him and his team with glass bottles in what he described as a "very unsettling encounter."
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Chris Philp spoke to GB News shortly after the incident
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He told GB News shortly after the incident: "I was talking to migrants there literally about ten or 15 minutes ago.
"First of all, as I was talking to some migrants, another one pulled out a curved machete and started brandishing it, at which point we left pretty quickly.
"And then as we were leaving, we got pelted with glass bottles. And as we drove off other bottles got thrown at the car."
When asked if there were any French police in the camp, the Shadow Home Secretary said "not that I could see" but revealed that he took his own security and "everyone got out safely."
Philp had been walking around a camp just outside of Dunkirk, and had claimed that there were two nationalities in the camp "Eritreans and Afghans."
He said he pointed out to one man, who he had seen wearing a lifejacket, that crossing The Channel was illegal and the man responded: "I don't care."
Philp told Britain's News Channel: "They've heard about the hotels that the Government are going to put them in.
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"They talked about the fact it's easy to work in the UK. You know, presumably that's a reference to the Deliveroo scandal.
"These people could easily claim asylum in France if they wanted to. But they're choosing to illegally make these crossings instead.
"I'm not sure people who pull knives, these people are on their way to the UK in the dinghies.
"And we were certainly pretty seriously threatened just a few minutes ago."
One of the pictures that Philp posted on X
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Explaining why he decided to visit the Conservative MP said: "The reason I went there is because I wanted to find out what was going on on the ground.
"I wanted to talk to people directly and find out why they're choosing to leave a safe country, France, to come to the UK even though it's illegal.
"I wanted to understand what was going on there and to understand why they're making these illegal journeys when they are already in a safe country. That was the reason for going there."
Earlier today, Philp posted on X: "I’m heading to France right now to find out more about what’s happening on the ground with the illegal migration crisis - following my observations at sea on the channel last week 50,000 people have illegally crossed the since Labour won the election."