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National Rally and Reform UK sign Channel migrant deal

9/7/2026

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Jordan Bardella, National Rally president, signed a memorandum with Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage in Birmingham on Sept. 4, 2026.
The deal would have France routinely accept migrants intercepted in the English Channel and return them to French shores.
It activates only if Reform U.K. wins power in Britain and the National Rally governs France.
French candidates from far left to far right condemned the pact as surrendering immigration sovereignty.

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Jordan Bardella, National Rally president, signed a memorandum with Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage in Birmingham on Sept. 4, 2026.
The deal would have France routinely accept migrants intercepted in the English Channel and return them to French shores.
It activates only if Reform U.K. wins power in Britain and the National Rally governs France.
French candidates from far left to far right condemned the pact as surrendering immigration sovereignty.