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French minister says UK police should help in Calais

France's interior minister says British police should be sent to Calais to help dissuade would-be illegal immigrants from trying to cross the channel.

There are around 2,500 migrants in Calais and the town's mayor has previously told MPs many are "prepared to die to come to England".

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French minister: UK police should help in Calais

A group of migrants pictured in Calais. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

France's interior minister says British police should be sent to Calais to help dissuade would-be illegal immigrants from trying to cross the channel.

Bernard Cazeneuve told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It would be very useful to have more policemen here, and we try to find a way of being in a common system here concerning police

He said the UK and France had to work together to find a resolution.

We had a hard negotiation between the two governments and I have had a lots of rendezvous with my friend Theresa May in order to find a solution concerning this tremendous problem.

We are both involved in this problem and we have to find common solutions in order to be efficient

– Bernard Cazeneuve

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