Speaking to reporters in Paris, the Tory Minister stressed France and the UK should work together in their fight against illegal smuggling of migrants in the English Channel regardless of whether Britain is in the European Union or not. He said: "Policing borders is always a shared responsibility between two nation states and I think the discussions we had today were in exactly that spirit.
"Any two countries, whether they're in the European Union or not, need to work together to police their borders and it is in precisely that spirit that France and the United Kingdom are working together to make sure this border is policed."
He added: "We are looking at all the options that are necessary to make sure this route is completely cut down."
The comments come after officials on both sides of the Channel appeared worried Emmanuel Macron could scupper a last-minute Brexit trade deal between the EU and the UK over the issue of migrants.
The two nations have already been locking horns over fishing rights, one of the negotiations' controversial point of contention.
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On Monday, Boris Johnson's official spokesperson has said the Government will ensure the UK's "status as an independent coastal state is properly respected" from next year.
When quizzed how Britain will prevent illegal fishing in UK waters, the Downing Street official said: "We will ensure whatever agreement we reach with the EU on fishing rights, or indeed if we are unable to reach one, we will make sure our status as an independent coastal state is properly respected.”
Sources claim that the French president could “scupper an agreement” at the last minute if he believes that a deal does not go in his favour.
A UK government official added to Bloomberg: “The EU continues to insist on access to UK fishing waters in a way that is incompatible with our future status as an independent coastal state.”
French officials claim that Macron could think there are “votes to be had in standing up to the British" in a bid to save his mandate ahead of the next Presidential elections.
He is hoping to regain some support following a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who is planning to visit President Macron at his summer residence on the Mediterranean around August 20th.
"And that is exactly what this new, comprehensive action plan that we are working on will aim to do.
"And if we can make this route unviable - which we are determined to do - then migrants will have no reason at all to come to France in the first place."
The immigration Minister, however, said he would not comment on details of the plan to halt Channel migrants but claimed there were a "number of measures, some of them new, which are under discussion".
He said it would be "premature" to talk about financial commitments at this stage because the plans were still being developed and finalised.
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