AT LEAST 13 freezing UK-bound migrants have been rescued after locking themselves inside a refrigerated lorry heading for London.

The horror unfolded on Saturday morning when the migrants – many of them minors – broke into the truck at the Saint-Hilaire-Cottes rest area on the A26 motorway, 45 miles from Calais , northern France.

The Eritreans forced open the back door, and then climbed inside, while the driver was sleeping.

He was carrying cherry tomatoes from Morocco to England , and was exhausted after his long drive.

Within a few hours, the Eritreans were struggling with the extreme cold - but had locked themselves in the truck.

A source said: "Another driver who was in the rest area heard banging inside the truck early on Saturday afternoon.

"The people inside were despera

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