Britain is agreeing to pay 44.5 million pounds ($62 million) for security cameras and other measures in Calais and nearby English Channel ports. France also wants Britain to take in more migrants from Calais.
The U.K. also says it will send three Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters and dozens of personnel to join France's military mission against Islamic militants in Africa's Sahel region. France has led efforts to fight al-Qaida and IS-linked jihadi groups in the vast region south of the Sahara desert.
The plan is in its early stages, but British officials don't see it as an "EU army," an idea on which the U.K. has long been cool. In return, France will send troops to join a U.K.-led NATO battle group in Estonia in 2019, aimed at countering an increasingly assertive Russia.
Macron, on his first visit to Britain since winning the presidency in May 2017, also bears news that France will loan Britain the Bayeux Tapestry, an 11th-century panorama depicting the Norman conquest of England.
The medieval masterpiece depicts a key moment in British history — one with particular resonance as Britain prepares to leave the EU. Sky more