An extra £44.5m is to be spent beefing up Channel border security, the UK government is to say later.
It will be spent on fencing, CCTV and infrared detection
technology in Calais and other border points.
It comes as French President Emmanuel Macron visits the
UK for a summit with Theresa May.
Britain is also expected to commit to taking more migrants from Calais, especially unaccompanied children,
the BBC's James Robbins said.
He added that while Britain and France were heading in different directions as a result of Brexit, both governments
are keen to show that they will continue to work closely
together.
Other commitments being unveiled include the deployment
of three RAF Chinook helicopters in Mali, where French
forces are fighting Islamic extremists, and France sending
more troops to reinforce a British contingent in Estonia on
Nato's border with Russia.
On what will be his first visit to the UK as president, Mr
Macron is also expected to announce the loan of the
Bayeux Tapestry for display in the UK.
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Thursday's summit has prompted fresh scrutiny of the
border arrangements between France and the UK.
During last year's French election campaign, Mr Macron
said he wanted to renegotiate or scrap the 2003 Le
Touquet agreement, which established French border
controls in Britain and UK controls in Calais.
The agreement means undocumented migrants barred
from entering the UK stay in France - many in makeshift
camps.
Up to 700 migrants are in the area, despite the camp
known as the "Jungle" having been dismantled in 2016.
The UK government is already thought to have spent over
£100m on security in the area over the last three years,
and officials said the number of illegal attempts to enter
the UK fell from 80,000 in 2015 to just over 30,000 last
year.
Relationship a 'permanent open door'
By BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner
Britain and France have an incredibly close partnership in
confronting the shared threat of terrorist attacks inspired
or directed by so-called Islamic State.
So close, in fact, that this is the first ever meeting of "The
Quint" - the heads of all five British and French spy
agencies, both domestic and foreign.
They will be discussing, among other things, the lessons
learnt from last year's terror attacks in Manchester,
Barcelona and London.
There is a permanent "open door" for French intelligence
officers who need to visit MI5 headquarters at Thames
House in London and a similar arrangement exists for
British case officers visiting France's equivalent, the
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI).
MI5 officers were rushed to Paris in the wake of the 2015
Bataclan attack to help follow up intelligence leads and
glean any possible lessons.
Read more from Frank
A government spokeswoman said the latest investment
was "about investing in and enhancing the security of the
UK border".
"Just as we invest in our borders around the rest of the
UK, it is only right that we constantly monitor whether
there is more we can be doing at the UK border controls in
France and Belgium to ensure they are as secure as
possible."
Other "juxtaposed" border controls are in operation at
Eurostar stations in France and Belgium.
The summit between Mrs May and Mr Macron, at the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Berkshire, will also
feature the first meeting of the heads of Britain and
France's five intelligence agencies, and will be attended by
UK cabinet ministers and their French counterparts.
Downing Street said the RAF Chinooks would offer a "niche
capability", providing logistical support for the French
operation in Mali, but that Britain would not be committing
combat troops.
Speaking ahead of the summit, Mrs May said: "Today's
summit will underline that we remain committed to
defending our people and upholding our values as liberal
democracies in the face of any threat, whether at home or
abroad.
"But our friendship has always gone far beyond defence
and security and the scope of today's discussions
represents its broad and unique nature."
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