Family shocked to find ‘migrant’ hidden in the boot of their car while driving back to UK after day trip to Paris – The Irish Sun

A FAMILY was shocked to find a man hiding in the boot of their car as they returned to the UK after a day trip to Paris.

Khadija Hussain-Chowdhury, 20, heard rustling on her journey home before discovering a man hiding among shopping bags.

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She saw the open trunk apparently closing by itself and told her father that she could hear noises in the back while her husband was paying for gas.

The man jumped out and fled as the trio opened the trunk at around 8pm on Saturday at a gas station in Calais, France.

Khadija’s family believe the man in the boot was trying to get to the UK from France.

A group of men then emerged from the bushes before chasing the family back to England whilst throwing stones at their car.

Khadija, an apprentice from east London, said: “A group emerged from the darkness and surrounded the car and started shouting and swearing.

“They were all laughing and I was afraid something really bad would happen to us. Some of them were being extremely aggressive.

“I was absolutely terrified that we would be killed and no one would know what happened to us. It was really intimidating.

“The dash cam picked up the sound of rocks falling on our car as we drove to safety.

“People need to be warned about how dangerous this journey can be right now.”

Khadija criticized French authorities after being told the police could do nothing and instead directed her to alternative phone numbers.

The incident left her scared as she now looks twice in every room and asks her husband to check the trunk every time she leaves the house.

She added: “It really affected me a lot. We are a very charitable family.

“We would have given them money or food if they asked, rather than putting us in danger.

“I called the police but they said there was nothing they could do. It’s absolutely disgusting. We could have died.

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“The French Border Force told us we would have to go to a police station in Calais.

“But there was no way I was going to get off that port and the last ferry home after what happened.”

The incident ruined his father Mohammed Shajahan Chowdhury’s, 65, first holiday abroad, as well as leaving the UK for his home country of Bangladesh.

And her husband of two years, Nosherwan Ahmad Chaudhry, 22, now has to pay around £900 to repair deep dents in 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 used a steering wheel lock to protect himself before bricks were thrown as they drove away.

The apprentice, from Bethnal Green, east London, said: “The petrol station was just five minutes from Calais port.

“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 father by any means necessary.

“This migrant suddenly jumped out of the trunk and started laughing as if the whole thing was a joke.

“We were all terrified. I pushed him and told him to go away. Then we were surrounded by more than 30 people.

“I threatened to call the police, but they said they won’t do anything despite it being an active danger.”

He added: “I was protecting my father-in-law while he was filling up his car.

“As we were driving away, they all ran off in different directions and then I heard a loud bang of bricks hitting the car.

“I’m still very angry and heartbroken. I almost cried. But it’s more about how my wife and father-in-law were bullied and made to feel than my car being damaged.”