30-08-2016 16:19 via uk.news.yahoo.com

UK Rules Out Changes To Calais Agreement On Border Checks

Britain and France have pledged to work together to address the Calais migrant crisis - after Downing Street made clear it will resist attempts to change the agreement on border checks there. The two governments presented a united front after a meeting between Home Secretary Amber Rudd and her counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve in Paris. It follows controversy over a proposal to allow migrants to lodge UK asylum claims on French soil - a plan dismissed by a Home Office source as a "complete
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