Migrant camp at Calais will NOT move to England

VITAL British border controls WILL remain in Calais despite the Brexit vote – David Cameron and Francois Hollande agreed yesterday.

Just weeks after warning an Out vote in the EU Referendum would wreck the deal, the PM and the French President agreed a “mutual commitment” to keep it in place.

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Following a meeting, a Downing Street spokeswoman said: “They agreed to continue working closely together to protect our shared border in Calais – and to maintain the so-called juxtaposed controls”.

Under the so-called ‘Le Touquet’ agreement of 2003, UK passport officials screen people in the French town before they can board trains or ferries.

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Border force officials claim it’s vital in stopping migrants crossing the Channel.

As part of his apocalyptic ‘Project Fear’, David Cameron repeatedly warned the bi-lateral agreement would be under threat if the nation left the EU.

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In February the PM said the ‘Jungle’ refugee camps dotted around Calais could move to Kent after an EU exit.

At the time Mr Cameron warned: “The French would love to pull out of the arrangement.”

But Msr Hollande earlier this week said it “does not make sense” to rip up the deal.

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Tory backbencher Nigel Mills last night told the Sun: “We always knew there was no reason for either side to want to change this agreement.

“And I think it just highlights how some of the nonsense spoken by the Remain camp is now falling away.”

Yesterday’s commitment came as Mr Cameron and Msr Hollande held talks on the fringes of the Somme centenary commemorations.

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The French President risked infuriating Brexit backers by saying Britain’s divorce from the EU cannot be “cancelled” or “delayed” – and voters have to “face the consequences”.

But he separately pledged to continue working with Britain in defence and security and his vowed his full support for the Hinkley Point nuclear power project led by French energy giant EDF.