Farage and Bardella sign migration pact to return Channel migrants to France

Nigel Farage's Reform UK and Jordan Bardella's National Rally have signed a memorandum pledging to return migrants intercepted in the English Channel to France if both parties gain power. The agreement was signed at Reform's annual conference in Birmingham. The memorandum states the UK would intercept boats in British waters and return occupants to France, which would accept them and repatriate them to their home countries. Bardella said an RN government would ensure France is no longer a gateway for illegal migration to the UK. The document is political and has no legal force yet, but could become a formal agreement between future governments. France's current government previously criticized similar Reform proposals as violating national sovereignty and international law.