A FAMILY was shocked to find a man hiding in the boot of their car as they returned to the UK from a day trip to Paris.
Khadija Hussain-Chowdhury, 20, heard a commotion during her journey home before discovering the man hidden between shopping bags.
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Londoner Khadija Hussain-Chowdhury found a man hiding in her boot Credit: Khadija Hussain-Chowdhury
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He jumped out of her car while her family was returning from a day trip to ParisCredit: Khadija Hussain-Chowdhury,
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Khadija and her husband Nosherwan Ahmad Chaudhry, 22 with whom they were married for two years Credit: Submitted
She saw the open trunk seemingly close on its own and alerted her dad that she could hear noises in the back while her husband was paying for gas.
The man jumped out and ran as the trio were opening the trunk at around 8pm on Saturday at a service station in Calais, France.
Khadija’s family believe the man in the boot was trying to reach the UK from France.
A group of men then emerged from the bush before chasing the family back to England as their car was pelted with stones.
Khadija, an apprentice from east London, said: “A group came out of the dark and surrounded the car and started shouting and swearing.
“Everyone was laughing and I was afraid that something very bad would happen to us. Some of them were extremely aggressive.
“I was absolutely terrified that we would be killed and that no one would know what had happened to us. It was really scary.
“The dash cam captured the sound of rocks falling on our car as we drove to safety.
“People need to be warned how dangerous this journey can be now.”
Khadija blasted French authorities after being told there was nothing the police could do and instead directed to alternative phone numbers.
The incident left her terrified as she now looks twice in every room and asks her husband to check the trunk whenever he leaves the house.
She added: “This really affected me badly. We are a very charitable family.
“We would have given them money or food if they had asked instead of endangering us.
“I called the police but they said there was nothing they could do. It’s absolutely gut-wrenching. We could have died.
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Nosherwan feared for the lives of his wife and father-in-law. Credits: Delivered
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A group of men chased the familyCredit: Khadija Hussain-Chowdhury,
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Khadija’s family believe the man in the boot was trying to reach the UK Credit: Submitted
“The French border forces told us that we would have to go to the police station in Calais.
“But there was absolutely no way I was going to leave that port and take the last ferry home after what happened.”
The incident ruined her 65-year-old father Mohammed Shajahan Chowdhury’s first holiday abroad, apart from leaving the UK for his native Bangladesh.
And her husband of two years, Nosherwan Ahmad Chaudhry, 22, now needs to pay around £900 to repair deep dents on his Audi S3, which he has owned for just three months.
He feared for the lives of his wife and father-in-law as he grabbed the steering wheel lock to protect himself before the bricks fell as they drove.
The apprentice, from Bethnal Green, east London, said: “The petrol station was only about five minutes from the port of Calais.
MORE PATROLS Three extra £250,000 lifeboats have been hired to deal with the wave of migrants crossing the Channel
Julia Atherley, Home Affairs Correspondent
THREE extra lifeboats have been deployed to tackle the wave of migrants trying to cross the Channel.
It is costing the Home Office more than £250,000 to hire the 25ft vessel, which will assist the others on patrol.
They can carry 20 people as well as crew and have at least six life jackets for migrants in the water, contract details reveal.
They were supposed to be available last month and be in service by early December.
Employees showed up as nearly 1,000 — the highest daily number in two years — crossed on Saturday.
On the same day, four people died while trying to cross the Channel – including a two-year-old boy who was “trampled to death”.
There have been 26,612 arrivals so far this year, including 13,038 since Labor came to power, as well as 52 deaths in the canal.
Chartered boats – rigid-hull dinghies – patrol between Eastbourne, Dieppe, Ostend and Margate.
The contract states: “While migrant rescue ships will continue to play a major role in rescuing migrants, RHIBs will play a supporting role.”
The Ministry of the Interior said: “We all want to end the dangerous crossings by small boats, which threaten lives and undermine the security of our border.”
The backlog of asylum cases means almost 225,000 migrants are waiting for initial decisions, appeals or removal from the UK.
Balloon migration has fueled Britain’s fastest population growth in more than five decades.
The UK’s total population reached 68,265,200 in June last year after an extra 662,400 people were absorbed in the previous 12 months.
“My wife called saying someone was in the car while I was paying. I was in shock and ran outside to protect her and her dad by all possible means.
“This migrant suddenly jumped out of his boot and started laughing as if everything was a joke.
“We were all terrified, I pushed him away and told him to leave, and then more than 30 people surrounded us.
“I threatened to call the police but they said they wouldn’t do anything despite there being an active danger.”
He added: “I was protecting my father-in-law while he was filling up the car.
“While we were driving, everyone scattered in different directions and then I heard these loud bangs of bricks hitting the car.
“I’m still very angry and heartbroken. I was almost in tears. But it’s more about how my wife and father-in-law were intimidated and made to feel than how my car was damaged.”
RISE IN FLIGHTS The number of migrants deported has risen since Labor won power – but thousands of rejected asylum seekers are still here
Julia Atherley, Home Affairs Correspondent
DEPORTATION flights have risen by almost a quarter since Sir Keir Starmer entered No 10 – but thousands of rejected asylum seekers and foreign criminals are stuck in the UK.
Home Office figures show 1,240 people were removed between July 5 and the end of August, a 23 percent increase on the same period last year.
Another 2,360 people voluntarily returned to their homes within that period.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to deport at least 14,385 illegal migrants by the end of the year in a bid to achieve the highest removal rate since 2018.
This means that 10,785 people will have to be removed within four months.
The deportation statistics come as 26,612 people have already crossed the channel to the UK this year.
But a backlog of pending asylum cases means almost 225,000 migrants are waiting for initial decisions, appeals or removal from the UK.
The Ministry of Interior has repurposed several chartered flights originally intended to transport failed asylum seekers to Rwanda.
They took the migrants to countries including Vietnam and Timor-Leste.
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