PARIS (Reuters) - Britain and France have agreed to improve border controls and cooperate more closely in an effort to control a growing number of illegal immigrants trying to cross the English Channel from the French port city of Calais to Britain.
The port has long been a magnet for illegal migrants trying to reach Britain, which is not one of the 26 European Union members to have abolished controls at common borders.
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