UK and France agree joint plan to deport more Channel migrants

Britain and France will "pool" resources to deport more Channel migrants to their home and transit countries, the Daily Express understands.

Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt was in Calais and Paris on Wednesday and Thursday meeting his counterpart Patrick Stefanini.

They agreed to bolster efforts to deport asylum seekers, disrupt smuggling gangs operating in Northern Europe, deter migrants from crossing the Channel and "tackling the root causes of irregular migration".

The Daily Express understands this will see both London and Paris "pool" their resources to deport more migrants through gathering intelligence to build cases and working with civil servants in countries such as Iraq and Vietnam.