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<p>UK authorities continue to work in close cooperation with the French authorities
within the framework of the Joint Ministerial declarations of September 2014 and August
2015, and the Amiens summit declaration of March 2016 to secure the joint border,
tackle irregular migration and address wider humanitarian issues in Northern France.</p><p><br>The
UK has worked closely with the French Ministry of Interior, the regional Prefecture,
the Ville de Calais, and port authorities to bolster physical security and upgrade
screening technology at the juxtaposed ports in Calais, Dunkirk and at the Channel
Tunnel. We have also increased joint intelligence work to tackle the trafficking and
smuggling networks behind cross-Channel illegal migration, including enhanced police
investigation cooperation at local and national level.</p><p><br>On 24 October 2016,
the British government announced a £36 million package of support to further enhance
the security of the juxtaposed controls and reduce irregular migrant pressures in
the Calais area and we are currently working to establish a Joint Operation Command
and Coordination Centre (JOCCC) in Northern France to better support joint law enforcement
initiatives, whilst looking at what more can be done jointly to tackle migration pressures
upstream in source and transit countries.</p>
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