Farage, Bardella Sign UK-France Migration Pact to Return Channel Boats
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 4
Farage, Bardella Sign UK-France Migration Pact to Return Channel Boats
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 4
Summary
Reform UK and France's National Rally signed a memorandum of understanding at Reform's conference, with Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella presenting it as a joint plan to curb illegal migration.
The pact would take effect only if both parties win their next national elections, and it commits France to try to stop small-boat departures while the UK would intercept Channel crossings and return migrants to France.
Bardella used his keynote speech to say France must "take back control" of immigration and vowed his party would ensure France is no longer a gateway for illegal migration into the UK.
Farage called the document a new "entente cordiale" and said it would "stop the boats forever," underscoring how migration is becoming a shared campaign issue for the two hard-right parties.