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Far-Right Rally Cites Trump, EU Pact Tightens Migration

6/2/2026

Summary

Story summary

In Figueira da Foz, far-right groups held a meeting linking remigration to President Donald Trump’s language.
Around 500 activists, including Gregory Bovino and Martin Sellner, attended after President Donald Trump cited remigration in a September 2024 post and at the September 2025 UN General Assembly.
The EU migration pact, June 12, adds deportations, detention and offshore hubs while Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced an E5 meeting in Berlin and defense spending as U.S. troops withdraw.

History

Historical Context

The EU-Turkey migration pact of March 2016, which granted the bloc €3 billion to fund Turkey’s border controls and return irregular migrants, marked the first large-scale externalisation of asylum policy. That deal’s focus on deportations and offshore processing has since been cited by far-right groups and by German leader Friedrich Merz as a model for stricter EU measures.

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Story summary

In Figueira da Foz, far-right groups held a meeting linking remigration to President Donald Trump’s language.
Around 500 activists, including Gregory Bovino and Martin Sellner, attended after President Donald Trump cited remigration in a September 2024 post and at the September 2025 UN General Assembly.
The EU migration pact, June 12, adds deportations, detention and offshore hubs while Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced an E5 meeting in Berlin and defense spending as U.S. troops withdraw.

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