British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joins French President Nicolas Sarkozy in this Alpine town Monday to prepare for the G8 and agree on new efforts to stem the flow of migrants.

The 30th Franco-British summit in Evian-les-Bains follows up on Sarkozy's high-profile state visit to London in March last year when Brown proclaimed that relations were on the upswing.

It comes two days before the Group of Eight leading powers gather in the quake-stricken Italian town of L'Aquila to address a host of world problems, from the global slowdown to climate change and the Iran crisis. *

Meeting on the shores of Lake Geneva, Sarkozy and Brown are to issue a joint call for G8 action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, halt erratic oil prices and closely monitor banks after the 2008 financial meltdown.