Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron to ramp up border security in multi-million-pound deal

The pair celebrated what they called a "joint initiative" to put an end to asylum seekers crossing the English Channel. (Pool: Kin Cheung via Reuters)

Hundreds of patrol officers, a fleet of drones and a new immigration detention centre will be jointly funded by the UK and France in a security deal aimed at tackling migrants crossing the English Channel.

At a summit in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed the new £479 million ($874 million) security deal as a new beginning in UK-France cooperation.