Reform UK, France's National Rally agree plan to stop small boat crossings
The memorandum would detain arrivals from France in Britain and return them to their home countries, while sharing border security costs.
- On Friday, French National Rally President Jordan Bardella and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage signed a 'memorandum of understanding' at the party's annual conference in Birmingham, pledging to return asylum seekers arriving in small boats to France.
- Bardella, hoping to become France's next Prime Minister, promised that an RN government would 'do everything in its power to ensure that France is no longer the gateway for illegal migration into the United Kingdom.'
- Farage hailed the pact as a 'genuine new Entente Cordiale,' detailing plans for the UK to intercept boats and for France to 'ordinarily accept' individuals for repatriation to their countries of origin.
- The approach differs from British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron, who focus on strengthening existing cooperation; the UK recorded the lowest migrant boat crossings this summer since 2019.
- Although the memorandum is currently a political document, Bardella leads opinion polls ahead of France's presidential election next April, while Reform faces challenges from recent funding allegations and declining poll numbers.
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British right-wing leader Nigel Farrage and president of the French National Assembly party Jordan Bardella signed a warrant for the return of asylum-seekers crossing the Canal by boat to France and then to their countries if the two parties came to power.
Farage and Bardella’s ‘small boats’ pact draws criticism in France
A plan agreed by Britain’s populist Reform UK party and France’s National Rally, aimed at sending asylum seekers who arrive in Britain in small boats back to France, drew criticism from several French presidential election candidates on Saturday. A memorandum of understanding signed on Friday by Reform leader Nigel Farage and National Rally (RN) chief […]
Farage and Bardella's 'small boats' pact draws criticism in France
PARIS, Sept 5 - A plan agreed by Britain's populist Reform UK party and France's National Rally, aimed at sending asylum seekers who arrive in Britain in small boats back to France, drew criticism from several French presidential election candidates on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
On the way to Birmingham, the president of the National Rally has signed an agreement with the leader of Reform UK for the return to France of migrants intercepted in British waters
The back-to-school conference of the far-right Reform UK party was marked by the revelation of attempts to circumvent party funding laws. Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally and guest of honor, signed a "memorandum of understanding" with Nigel Farage to combat illegal immigration.
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On the other side of the English Channel, this oath immediately aroused criticism from the opponents of the National Rally.
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