This is the moment an Afghan small boat migrant tries to smuggle himself out of Britain on a lorry after being left feeling 'depressed and isolated' by life in the UK.
Zahir has made four attempts to sneak into HGVs leaving the Port of Dover in a bid to relocate to Germany, but has failed each time and now sleeps in a London park.
The 29-year-old said he fled Afghanistan when the Taliban found out his family had helped supply food to British and American forces.
He was granted asylum in France and had a job in a slaughterhouse before paying smugglers €1,500 (£1,260) to take him over the Channel to the UK in August 2024.
But he now bitterly regrets this decision and says the idealised picture he was given of life in Britain has not turned out to be the reality - even as record numbers of migrants continue arriving here from France.
