French president insists Britain WILL face Brexit 'consequences' as David Cameron has to deny a 'conspiracy' over claims the Calais jungle could be sent to Kent

• Francois Hollande claims he doesn't want to scare anyone with his warning
• But amid a new scaremongering row, the PM denies there is a 'conspiracy' 
• France threatened to relocate thousands of migrants from Calais 'Jungle' 
• French economy minister claimed Brexit would provoke France into move 
• But Out campaign insists the move has been orchestrated to scare voters 

By Tim Sculthorpe, Mailonline Deputy Political Editor and Jason Groves, Deputy Political Editor for the Daily Mail

French president Francois Hollande today warned Britain would face 'consequences' over immigration if quits the EU amid a row over the 'Jungle' migrant camp.

Mr Hollande's economy minister declared a treaty stopping migrants reaching Calais would be torn up after a Brexit vote prompting claims Boris Johnson and other Leave campaigners of an orchestrated scare campaign.

But at a joint press conference with David Cameron following a Franco-British summit, Mr Hollande repeated warnings to the British people - but claimed he did not want to 'scare people'.

Following claims today's row was a 'stitch up', Mr Cameron was forced to deny a 'David Icke-style giant conspiracy' to keep Britain in the EU.

French economy minister Emmanuel Macron threatened to relocate migrants from the Calais 'Jungle' camp (pictured today) to Dover if Britain backs Brexit

Mr Cameron, right, and Mr Hollande, centre, sat down for the talks in Amiens this afternoon with security high on the agenda. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, right, was also in attendance

The Premier also announced Britain would spend another £17million helping the French deal with the migrant camps.

Mr Hollande said: 'I don't want to scare you, I just want to tell the truth. There would be consequences in many areas of the single market, of economic development.

'There will be consequences especially affecting the way we handle the situation in terms of immigration.

'There is no situation where there is no consequences.' 

Amid claims from Mr Johnson and other senior Conservatives the row had been staged to conicide with the trip to France, Mr Cameron insisted there was no 'conspiracy' to keep Britain in the EU.

No 10 earlier insisted the first they knew of Economy minister Emmanuel Macron intervention was when it appeared on the front page of the financial times this morning.

Britain and France have a bilateral borders agreement in the Le Touquet agreement which places all border controls on the French side of the Channel.

Mr Macron said: 'The day this relationship unravels, migrants will no longer be in Calais.'  

London Mayor Mr Johnson dismissed the claims today, quipping in French 'Donnez-moi un break' - 'give me a break'. 

Mr Johnson added: 'You have to wonder about the timing of this intervention.' 

Mr Jenkin today dismissed the claim as 'propaganda' and the latest example of scaremongering from the Remain camp.

He said the intervention was directly linked to today UK-France summit, with Mr Cameron and the French president due to sit down for talks with security top of the agenda.

THE BRITISH BORDER IN FRANCE: WHAT IS THE DEAL KEEPING THE JUNGLE IN CALAIS? 

Britain and France signed the Le Touquet treaty in 2003 amid tensions over the number of people in camps at Calais.

The deal was the latest in a series that allowed Britain to carry out border checks on the French side of the Channel - meaning papers were checked there and vehicles inspected.

British officials are based on the French side of the channel and cooperation around the eurotunnel terminal was stepped up last summer as the numbers trying to break into the tunnel grew.

Scrapping the deal could see British border checks brought back to the English side of the Channel - potentially allowing people to reach the Kent shore to set up camp while awaiting processing.

There are currently around 7,000 people at the camps with 'roads' handed British-styled names such as Queen Elizabeth II Street.

Mr Jenkin told the BBC: 'What we have now is propaganda being produced at the request of the British Government.'

The eurosceptic MP insisted it would not be in 'anyone's interest' for the treaty on border controls to be torn up.

He added that warnings about Brexit 'rather discredits the idea we have got an impartial diplomatic service'.

Mr Davis, a spokesman for the Grassroots Go campaign, said: 'I am afraid that this looks like a stitch up between the British Prime Minister and the French President.

'Mr Cameron has already sought to alarm the country by saying the Calais migrant camp could move to Kent if we quit the EU.

'Now the French finance minister Emmanuel Macron looks like he is playing the same game. Project Fear has a new recruit.'

He added: 'The British people are unlikely to be impressed with this latest round of blackmail threats and even less impressed by the British government's collusion.

'If he means this referendum to be held in good faith, it is the Prime Minister's duty to respect the people's decision, and therefore to obtain the best outcomes for Britain whatever that decision is.

'At his meeting today in Amiens with President Hollande, the Prime Minister should remind him that the Le Touquet agreement is nothing to do with the EU and is an arrangement between the two countries.

'Is France now saying it wants to tear up the deal?' 

Mr Davis said it was 'nonsense' that Brexit would lead to a surge in immigration - insisting the vote was the only way to restore control over British borders.

Tory MP James Cleverley insisted the claims over Calais were 'Project Fear (International Edition)' as he dismissed the claim as further scaremongering.

Mr Cameron sparked a fierce row earlier this year when he suggested France would pull out of the deal, which is a bilateral deal and is not related to EU membership. 

Tory MP James Cleverly said the new row over the Jungle camp was more scaremongering, branding it Project Fear (International Edition) 

Mr Cameron and Mr Hollande began their discussions today at the Pozieres British Memorial, near Amiens, ahead of the 34th Franco-British summit

Mr Cameron and Mr Hollande laid a wreath at the Pozieres Cemetery, near the town of Amiens, where almost 3,000 Commonwealth personnel are buried.

Matthew Elliott Chief Executive of Vote Leave, said: 'These ludicrous claims are simply not backed up evidence, logic or French self-interest. 

Mr Macron (pictured) claimed Brexit would provoke France into tearing up the bilateral deal

'Such a conveniently timed intervention smacks of desperation from the UK Government which has failed to renegotiate our relationship with the EU and is now failing to make a positive case for remaining in the EU.

'There's no more chance of shifting the Calais camps to the UK than there is of a refugee camp springing up outside of Terminal 5 at Heathrow.

'If we Vote Leave we can take back control of our borders and spend our money on our priorities.'

Leave.EU spokesman Jack Montgomery said: 'Just last month, the French government reiterated its sensible position that 'calling for the border with the English to be opened is not a responsible solution'.

'Absolutely nothing has changed, besides the need to scare British voters.'

Dover MP Charlie Elphicke, who backs Mr Cameron's campaign, said he was worried at the suggestion from Mr Macron.

He said: 'Deeply concerned by comments of senior French cabinet minister that UK border controls to be returned from Calais to Dover if UK leaves EU.'

Mr Macron's intervention will be welcomed by Mr Cameron, who provoked a furious row last month when he warned that leaving the EU could force Britain to set-up migrant camps in the South of England. 

CAMERON TO CALL RUSSIA'S PUTIN TO PRESS MESSAGE ON SYRIA

David Cameron is to join Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel in a conference call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, in a bid to shore up the fragile Syrian ceasefire.

Downing Street said Friday's call will offer an opportunity to press home to Mr Putin the importance of maintaining the truce, so that peace talks can go ahead 'properly' in Geneva next week.

The start of the talks has already been pushed back by the United Nations from March 7 to 9 to allow the ceasefire 'to better settle down', amid reports of violations on all sides.

Moscow has been carrying out air strikes against what it terms 'terrorists' in Syria since September, but Western nations have accused Mr Putin of also targeting more moderate groups opposing the regime of his protege Bashar Assad.

The call is the first time Mr Cameron will have spoken to Mr Putin since a UK inquiry found that the Russian President probably ordered the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, but the PM's official spokeswoman said the bulk of the discussion will focus on Syria. 

Mr Macron also warned that Britain's lucrative financial services industry would flee London if it was no longer able to operate freely in the EU's single market. 

He suggested France would 'roll out the red carpet' for British firms wanting to relocate to paris.

Echoing Mr Cameron's offer to French companies to relocate to London when France raised taxes in 2012, he said: 'if I were to reason like those who roll out red carpets, would say we might have some repatriations from the City of London.'

Mr Macron warned that British firms would lose full access to the single market.

And he said the EU would be in no rush to negotiate a favourable trade deal with London.

'People leaving the EU will not be able to negotiate the same terms,' he said.

He added that the EU's 'collective energy would be spent on unwinding existing links, not re-creating new ones' if Britain votes to leave the Brussels club in June.

The Le Touqet deal, signed in 2003, allows British border guards to be stationed in Calais to prevent migrants with no right to come to the UK crossing the Channel illegally – effectively moving the UK border to France.

The arrangement is credited with limiting the number of migrants travelling to France in the hope of reaching the UK.

But it has led to the creation of makeshift camps of migrants hoping to make the crossing illegally.

Mr Cameron and Mr Hollande, pictured today arriving at talks, are due to discuss security issues but are expected to be challenged on border controls at a press conference later 

The French government has attempted to demolish parts of the Jungle camp but the police operation prompted disputes and violence, pictured yesterday 

MIGRANTS IN GREECE ARE TO BE HANDED CASH IN ENVELOPES FROM £550M EU DISASTER FUND

Migrants in Greece, pictured yesterday, are set to be handed by cash by EU officials 

Migrants in Greece are set to be handed envelopes of cash under a £550million EU disaster fund announced yesterday.

Brussels officials said despite the obvious dangers of giving taxpayers' money directly to those in refugee camps to spend as they wish it would help them 'maintain their dignity'.

The EU aid plan – the first of its kind to provide humanitarian relief inside the continent - will be used to help charities provide essentials such as medicines, blankets and food.

But Christos Stylianides, the Commissioner in charge of humanitarian aid, said he believed migrants should also have the option of buying things themselves rather than being forced to queue up for aid drop-offs.

His suggestion comes despite internal European Commission documents warning about 'corruption and security risks' when providing humanitarian assistance in cash.

Tory MEP David Campbell-Bannerman last night said: 'There is a danger that by handing over cash rather than basic essentials, British taxpayers' money could end up in the hands of the human traffickers smuggling people through Europe. This is no way to ensure our security in Britain.'

People smugglers are currently offering for 1,000 euros to help migrants make the 375 mile trip from the Greek border with Macedonia to Belgrade in Serbia, where they can pay an extra 1,000 to 3,000 euros to get to Vienna.

The European Commission yesterday launched the 700million euro (£550million) humanitarian disaster relief fund that will be paid for using existing resources in the EU budget.

When EU countries are overwhelmed by major crises – such as the current migrant crisis – the money will be spent through charities and aid organisations such as the Red Cross.

Groups working in Greece, where tens of thousands of migrants are currently stranded, are expected to be the first to be allocated funds from the new pot.

Mr Stylianides said there were different ways the Commission could 'help refugees on the ground to make sure they can survive and have the best possible living conditions' including through giving cash or vouchers.