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Calais Mayor Urges to Reconsider Border Deal Between France, Britain

© AP Photo / Emilio MorenattiA migrant crawls under a fence as he attempts to access the Channel Tunnel in Calais, northern France, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. Some thousands of migrants have been crossing fence border controls near the Channel Tunnel linking France and Britain, trying to board freight trains or trucks destined for Britain
A migrant crawls under a fence as he attempts to access the Channel Tunnel in Calais, northern France, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. Some thousands of migrants have been crossing fence border controls near the Channel Tunnel linking France and Britain, trying to board freight trains or trucks destined for Britain - Sputnik International
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The Calais mayor called on British and French authorities to reconsider the border control bilateral agreement amid the British decision to escape from the EU.

Men pray  in the migrants and refugee camp in Calais, northern France (File) - Sputnik International
French Calais Port Closed After Several Migrants Rescued From Water
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The mayor of French port city of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, urged to revise the bilateral agreement between Britain and France on border control rules known as the Treaty of Le Touquet following the British decision to leave the European Union, media said.

Since 2003, a bilateral agreement between Britain and France provides for juxtaposed border controls for cross-channel ferry routes from France to Britain. The agreement allows for the stationing of British border security at northern French ferry terminals.

"The British must take the consequences of their choice… We are in a strong position to push, to press this request for a review and we are asking the President [Francois Hollande] to bring his weight [to the matter]," Bouchart was quoted as saying by the BBC.

A French riot police officer (CRS) stands guard as migrants brush their teeth in a makeshift camp in what is known as the Jungle, a squalid sprawling camp in Calais, northern France, January 11, 2016. - Sputnik International
'Convoy to Calais': British Humanitarian Aid Banned From Entering France
On Thursday, a nationwide referendum was held in Britain in which 51.9 percent of the voters said they were in favor of Brexit (UK leaving the EU). The United Kingdom still needs to formally notify the European Union of its intention to leave the bloc. After that, it has two years to negotiate the terms of its divorce.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had urged his country to vote against Brexit, said on Friday that he was resigning and that his successor was likely to be appointed by October, although no precise timetable has been set yet.

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