Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken to French President Francois Hollande about the migrant crisis in Calais.
Downing Street said the Prime Minister welcomed French efforts to deal with the issue and both sides agreed to keep working together to tackle illegal migration.
Earlier Mr Cameron announced extra sniffer dogs and fencing will be sent to France and Ministry of Defence land will be used to ease traffic congestion in Kent caused by the crisis in Calais.
David Cameron discussed the migrant crisis with Francois Hollande and says he has welcomed France's efforts.
The Prime Minister said on Twitter that he and the French President had agreed to "keep working together to tackle illegal migration".
PM has just spoken to @fhollandeabout Calais. PM welcomed French efforts & they agreed to keep working together to tackle illegal migration.
Prime Minister David Cameron pledged today to work with French authorities to tackle the growing migrant crisis in Calais and sent extra sniffer dogs and fencing.
But in 'The Jungle', the squalid camp where the migrants live, there was no feeling that the fence would deter them from trying to get to the UK.
Iraqi migrant Haider Jasim has family in the UK and he had just come back from trying to get on a lorry to England with two young children.
"My family is over there, my wife and my daughter is over there," he told ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy.
"A few miles of fencing and a few more dogs is not going to deal with this situation. It's far more serious than that."
ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy explains why the Government's migrant crisis measures - though welcomed by lorry drivers - are seen to benefit the people smugglers.
She spoke from Calais as French wildcat strikers burned more tyres at the port.
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A temporary site at Ebbsfleet is among the options being pursued to create alternative parking zones for freight lorries awaiting travel to the continent, Downing Street has confirmed.
Increased ferry capacity on different routes is also being explored to deal with the congestion in Kent.
Alternative sites for lorries queuing on the M20 as part of Operation Stack are being pursued by the Government. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
The No 10 spokesperson also confirmed plans with the French government will include creating "incentives" for migrants seeking entry to the UK to stay in France.
"That includes stronger cooperation on returns, with UK funding and joint flights to countries like Sudan," the spokesperson said.
The Freight Transport Association has endorsed the possible use of Ministry of Defence land for housing queuing lorries awaiting travel to the continent.
The map marks the Ministry of Defence site off the M20 that is understood to be due to be used to help alleviate the traffic congestion at the Eurotunnel. Credit: Google Maps
But the body demanded the Government press France to make the port a 'strike-free zone' after wildcat industrial action by ferry workers.
"The migrants have been there for 15 years," said the FTA's deputy chief executive James Hookham. "The wheels really came off the wagon two weeks ago because the ferry workers went on strike."
Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said it is "only a matter of time before a British lorry driver gets killed" amid the cross-Channel travel disruption.
It is a genuinely dangerous situation. There have been nine migrants killed so far this year and it's only a matter of time before a British lorry driver gets killed. That's how serious it is.
Mr Farage called for the port of Ramsgate to be used to ship lorries to help ease congestion, adding: "My feeling as someone who comes from Kent is that we've put all our eggs in the Dover-Calais basket."
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his Government against claims its action in response to the Calais migrant crisis is "too little too late" in dealing with "foreseeable" problems on both sides of the Channel Tunnel.
Two people have been photographed clinging to the roof of a lorry as it left the Eurotunnel site in Kent after journeying through the Channel Tunnel.
The extraordinary image was captured in the early hours of Friday morning. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
The migrants were seen in the early hours of this morning at the port in Folkestone.
People mainly from East African and Arab countries and desperate to reach the UK have repeatedly targeted freight lorries as a means of crossing the Channel from Calais.
The pair were seen clinging to the top of the vehicle as it left the Eurotunnel site in Folkestone. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
In a separate incident yesterday, 12 suspected migrants were detained after being found in the back of a lorry on the M20.Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will send extra sniffer dogs and fencing to France in response to the Calais migrant crisis.
Mr Cameron also confirmed Ministry of Defence land will be used to ease congestion with freight vehicles queued in Kent to head to the continent.
David Cameron announced the plans after chairing a Cobra meeting at Downing Street.
"We're going to take action right across the board," Mr Cameron said, confirming he will speak with French President Hollande later today and extend an offer to work "hand in glove" with his administration.
"This is going to be an issue right across the summer," he added. "We rule nothing out to dealing with this very serious problem. We're absolutely on it. We know it needs more work."
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