JUNGLE STAYS WHERE IT IS Theresa May slaps down Nicolas Sarkozy?s plan to move Calais migrant camps to the UK as Amber Rudd and her French counterpart pledge co-operation.

Number 10 slapped down Nicolas Sarkozy?s plan to move the Calais camps to the UK
THERESA May has slapped down Nicolas Sarkozy?s plan to move the Calais migrant camps to the UK, reminding the former French President he was the one who signed the agreement.
The Prime Minister?s spokesman said there was support from both Governments for continuing the current arrangements, as the Home Secretary met her counterpart in Paris today.
Amber Rudd and Bernard Cazeneuve reaffirmed ?their commitment to closer cooperation on mutual areas of interest of counter terrorism, security and migration?.
Earlier Number 10 answered questions about Mr Sarkozy?s call for a processing centre in England to deal with asylum requests from those in Calais, widely seen as posturing ahead of the French Presidential elections next year.
They pointed out that it was Mr Sarkozy, in a previous stint as interior minister, who first struck the Le Touquet deal with the UK, which allows British immigration officials to check passports in Calais, while their French counterparts do the same in Dover.

An aerial view of the migrant camp in Calais

Number 10 slapped down Nicolas Sarkozy?s plan to move the Calais camps to the UK
THERESA May has slapped down Nicolas Sarkozy?s plan to move the Calais migrant camps to the UK, reminding the former French President he was the one who signed the agreement.
The Prime Minister?s spokesman said there was support from both Governments for continuing the current arrangements, as the Home Secretary met her counterpart in Paris today.
Amber Rudd and Bernard Cazeneuve reaffirmed ?their commitment to closer cooperation on mutual areas of interest of counter terrorism, security and migration?.
Earlier Number 10 answered questions about Mr Sarkozy?s call for a processing centre in England to deal with asylum requests from those in Calais, widely seen as posturing ahead of the French Presidential elections next year.
They pointed out that it was Mr Sarkozy, in a previous stint as interior minister, who first struck the Le Touquet deal with the UK, which allows British immigration officials to check passports in Calais, while their French counterparts do the same in Dover.

An aerial view of the migrant camp in Calais



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