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| Calais migrant crisis: UK-French centre to fight people smugglers | Calais migrant crisis: UK-French centre to fight people smugglers |
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| British police are to work with French officers and the UK Border Force at a new "command and control centre" in Calais, the UK government says. | British police are to work with French officers and the UK Border Force at a new "command and control centre" in Calais, the UK government says. |
| The centre will target the criminals who try to smuggle migrants into northern France and across the Channel, the Home Office said. | The centre will target the criminals who try to smuggle migrants into northern France and across the Channel, the Home Office said. |
| It will be led by two senior officers, one English and one French, who will each report to their own government. | It will be led by two senior officers, one English and one French, who will each report to their own government. |
| The Home Office said the arrangement would enable greater collaboration. | The Home Office said the arrangement would enable greater collaboration. |
| The new centre is part of a deal between the UK and France to co-operate over the ongoing problem of illegal migration. | The new centre is part of a deal between the UK and France to co-operate over the ongoing problem of illegal migration. |
| The deal will be signed by Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazenueve in Calais later. | The deal will be signed by Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazenueve in Calais later. |
| The two countries will work together to dismantle smuggling networks and prosecute those responsible, the Home Office said. | The two countries will work together to dismantle smuggling networks and prosecute those responsible, the Home Office said. |
| Other measures in the deal include extra French policing units, improved fencing around the Eurotunnel entrance and stronger security in the tunnel itself. | Other measures in the deal include extra French policing units, improved fencing around the Eurotunnel entrance and stronger security in the tunnel itself. |
| The UK government has already spent £7m on new fencing in and around Calais, but details of the latest deal have not yet been released. | The UK government has already spent £7m on new fencing in and around Calais, but details of the latest deal have not yet been released. |
| The situation in Calais is part of a much larger migration issue in Europe. | The situation in Calais is part of a much larger migration issue in Europe. |
| More than 240,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean already this year, arriving on the shores of Greece and Italy. | More than 240,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean already this year, arriving on the shores of Greece and Italy. |
| Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at Oxford University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Germany and Sweden had seen a sharp rise in the number of asylum applications - with several hundred thousand applications to Germany so far this year. | |
| Germany received more than 200,000 asylum applications last year, while the UK had just over 30,000, she said. | |
| The government faced challenges from a policy perspective in trying to distinguish between illegal immigrants and asylum seekers, and "there won't be a 100% success rate", she said. | |
| Migrant crisis | Migrant crisis |
| Read more: Why is there a crisis in Calais? | Read more: Why is there a crisis in Calais? |