Shadow Home Security 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 frightening encounter."

He told GB News shortly after the incident: "I was talking to migrants there literally about ten or 15 minutes ago.

Chris Philp spoke to GB News shortly after the incident

"First of all, as I was talking to some migrants, another one pulled out a curved machete and started brandishing it, 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."

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."