# Burnham and Macron discuss border security and stronger UK-France ties

https://mins.news/en/item/44469

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 21:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/burnham-macron-talk-border-security-and-stronger-europe-uk-ties?traffic_source=rss

> British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first official meeting in London, discussing migration, the war in Ukraine and trade. France will send a 45-officer surge team to its western beaches to help curb unauthorised small-boat crossings in the English Channel. They also discussed post-Brexit cooperation and plans for local SCALP missile assembly lines in Ukraine.

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