His arm linked tightly in mine, the young African man in flip-flops leads me down a steep path to a secret new migrant camp in northern France. My guide is a year-old from Sudan called Omer, who has been waiting for a year in the ferry port of Calais to catch a ride on a boat or lorry to Britain.
Poignantly, his dirty trainers have been placed tidily outside his tent which has been provided by a charity. There are so many migrants. More come every day.
The French only want to get rid of us to Britain. Sue Reid talks to year-old Omer centre , who dreams of reaching the UK, and a group of migrants in Calais. A throng of migrants head towards woodland at Coquelles, not far from Channel beaches. I first met Omer on Wednesday near the centre of Calais walking down a street with four other twentysomething Sudanese men, who also aim to reach the UK.
They agreed to show me their living quarters, three miles away in woodlands off a narrow country lane called Rue de Judee on the outskirts of the city. When I get there, after following a map pin sent by Omer from his mobile phone, he greets me on the roadside.
His friend Ahmed, 21, adds: 'We want to come to London to play football for the Chelsea club and make ourselves a better life. Their words bring to mind Rishi Sunak's warning that if Labour wins Thursday's election, throngs of illegal migrants in France will seize the chance to cross the Channel.
