Paris — France and Britain plan to announce a new treaty on Thursday on how to handle the thousands of migrants hoping to cross the English Channel from the northern French coast, as the two countries look to bolster relations with Brexit looming. The new deal will "amend" the 2003 Le Touquet accord which effectively put Britain’s border on French soil at Calais, a sore point in relations between the two countries. President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May will unveil the "new treaty" as the French leader makes his first official visit to London on Thursday for a summit meeting. "Specific engagements" will also be announced to respond to asylum and other requests "within a few days", a source said, asking not to be named. Britain will also commit to a "major" financial contribution as part of a "reinforcement of French-British police co-operation on border management", said the source. The original Le Touquet text, which came into force in February 2004, imple...
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