Sniffer dogs and extra fencing will be sent to Calais as the PM and his French counterpart vow to work closely to ease the crisis. David Cameron has warned the Calais migrant crisis will last “right across the summer” as he pledged to send extra sniffer dogs and fencing to France.

The Prime Minister spoke to French President Francois Holland late on Friday, with the leaders committing to “continue working closely together to tackle the problems posed by illegal immigration”.

Mr Cameron also described attempts by migrants to break through fences and climb onto lorries as they try to enter the Channel Tunnel “unacceptable”.

The Government has announced plans to use military land in England’s South East to park lorries and ease congestion caused by the crisis.

Laws including new powers to combat illegal working will be fast-tracked, while Britain and France plan to run flights to return migrants to their home countries.

Downing Street confirmed a new Immigration Bill, which includes powers to tackle illegal working and abuse of the asylum system, will be “sped up” and introduced as soon as Parliament returns.

The migrant crisis in the French port town of Calais is showing no signs of abating as close to 3,500 attempts have been made by migrants to gain access to the Channel Tunnel in the last week alone. Sensing the urgency of the situation, British Prime Minister David Cam-eron chaired a meeting of Britain’s emergency “Cobra” committee. Click through for the latest images as the crisis unfolds.

(Pictured) French gendarmes driving vans escort migrants out of the vicinity of the Euro-tunnel terminal in Coquelles on July 31 in Calais, France.

“The Prime Minister updated the President on the actions he had set in train … following the meeting of Cobra and thanked the President for the work the French authorities were also undertaking,” a Downing Street spokeswoman said.

“Both leaders agreed on the need to work with Eurotunnel to monitor and secure the area and for respective ministers to continue discussions over the coming days to implement additional measures that could further improve the situation on the ground.”

But the measures have been described as “sticking plasters” by some critics.

Speaking after meeting with ministers and security experts earlier on Friday, Mr Cameron said: “This is going to be a difficult issue right across the summer.”

Ministers are working with officials in Kent to find space to park lorries and ease congestion on the M20, where Operation Stack is frequently having to be enforced due to disruption to ferry and Eurotunnel services.

It’s understood the Shornecliffe Army Camp at Folkestone is one of the sites under consideration.

Sky’s Lisa Holland has spoken to a 17-year-old migrant from Ethiopia who is among hundreds who have crossed from France in recent days, risking their lives to climb aboard trains and lorries heading to Britain.

Saddique Hussein said he made it to Britain on his second attempt to climb onto a train.

The first time he fell, sustaining painful injuries.

“From France I came here on a train. It’s very dangerous. I was trying to get on a train. The first time I did it, I was new and the train was fast and I fell down and I became like this,” he said.