Woman raped at knifepoint in Calais Jungle camp 'by migrants bound for UK'

Three armed migrants were being hunted in Calais today after a young woman was raped at knifepoint in the Jungle refugee camp.

The horrifying attack took place at around 2.30am and involved a TV crew who were working in the notorious shantytown.

The rape victim, a woman in her 30s, was acting as an interpreter to a 42-year-old male reporter.

She was reportedly bundled to the ground and attacked as the two other assailants restrained her colleague.

Judicial sources in nearby Boulogne-sur-Mer confirmed that three UK-bound Afghans were responsible for the vicious assault, and were still at large.

The rape victim was from Paris, said one of the sources.

The men initially tried to steal the journalists' equipment and then one of them turned on the young woman.

After the rape, the pair managed to escape, and went straight to Calais police station, where they gave witness statements. The woman was then treated in hospital.

Pascal Marconville, the prosecutor in nearby Boulogne-sur-Mer told the Voix du Nord newspaper: 'The victim was examined by a forensics doctor, who confirmed the rape."

Mr Marconville confirmed that the three attackers were 'still at large', and that everything was being done to try and find them.

There are some 10,000 people currently living in the Jungle, and the vast majority are young men from war torn countries such as Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea.

The camp is due to be razed to the ground before Christmas, and possibly as early as next week, with residents dispersed to other parts of France.

In the meantime, it remains the scene of nightly violence, as gangs of refugees attack CRS riot police, and try to stop lorries and cars heading for England, so they can get on board.

Conditions in side the camp are extremely squalid, and muggings and other crimes, including ones of a sexual nature, are commonplace.