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| EU Brexit referendum: France's Calais seeks border deal changes | EU Brexit referendum: France's Calais seeks border deal changes |
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| The mayor of Calais wants changes to a deal which allows Britain to carry out immigration checks on the French side of the English Channel, after a UK vote to leave the EU. | The mayor of Calais wants changes to a deal which allows Britain to carry out immigration checks on the French side of the English Channel, after a UK vote to leave the EU. |
| Natacha Bouchart said Paris must act after Thursday's referendum in which the UK voted to leave the EU. | |
| "The British must take the consequences of their choice," she said on Friday. | "The British must take the consequences of their choice," she said on Friday. |
| Under the 2003 Touquet deal, Britain can carry out check in Calais to stop migrants trying to get to Britain. | Under the 2003 Touquet deal, Britain can carry out check in Calais to stop migrants trying to get to Britain. |
| Ms Bouchart said: "We are in a strong position to push, to press this request for a review and we are asking the President (Francois Hollande) to bring his weight (to the issue). | Ms Bouchart said: "We are in a strong position to push, to press this request for a review and we are asking the President (Francois Hollande) to bring his weight (to the issue). |
| "We must put everything on the table and there must be an element of division, of sharing." | "We must put everything on the table and there must be an element of division, of sharing." |
| Meanwhile, Xavier Bertrand, the president of Hauts-de-France region where Calais is located, said: "The English wanted to take back their freedom: they must take back their border." | Meanwhile, Xavier Bertrand, the president of Hauts-de-France region where Calais is located, said: "The English wanted to take back their freedom: they must take back their border." |
| The French authorities had warned before the referendum that a vote for leaving the EU could see a camp with thousands of migrants being moved from Calais to British soil. | The French authorities had warned before the referendum that a vote for leaving the EU could see a camp with thousands of migrants being moved from Calais to British soil. |
| The British authorities have made no public comments on the issue. | The British authorities have made no public comments on the issue. |
| In February, clashes broke out as French demolition teams dismantled huts in part of Calais's migrant camp known as the Jungle. | In February, clashes broke out as French demolition teams dismantled huts in part of Calais's migrant camp known as the Jungle. |
| The French government plans to relocate migrants to reception centres. | The French government plans to relocate migrants to reception centres. |
| Those living in the camp, mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel, often using people traffickers to try to enter illegally. | Those living in the camp, mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel, often using people traffickers to try to enter illegally. |