Borders: France

(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has allocated to French border security arrangements at ports in the last 12 months for which figures are available.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 10th June 2020

Over the 19/20 Financial Year, the UK committed £5.7 million to infrastructure improvements at the ports of Calais and Dunkirk in Northern France. This funding has been committed to improving screening processes at the ports and improving the integrity of the juxtaposed controls.

The UK and France will continue to work closely together to tackle illegal migration across the shared border, whether through the ports or via small boats across the English Channel.

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