Calais key to helping asylum seekers | Letter

Establishing an office in France to process asylum applications would allow the UK to take its fair share of refugees without putting lives at risk at sea, writes Mary Harvey

I am troubled by the number of asylum seekers risking their lives attempting to cross the Channel in order to get to this country (Letters, 11 August).

I am surprised I have not heard mention of this solution: with French agreement would it not be possible for Britain to establish an office in Calais to process the asylum applications there? Those who were accepted could then be brought safely to Britain.