Today, the term remigration has come to refer to the forcible, en masse expulsion of unwanted, often non-white, minority populations. Recent American remigration policies have institutionalised this use of extremist European rhetoric to curb immigration within its own borders, bridging the values held by right-wing actors on the other side of the Atlantic. Hidden costs: from economic stability to safety A core claim advanced by far-right movements worldwide is that remigration constitutes a common solution to manage problematic migration systems. Yet, for political players in these countries, migration is presented as the systemic problem that must be addressed. The aggressive US migration restriction and remigration ‘solution’ borders on incoherence, as the key innovation component of American companies and universities is foreign-born workers, posing the threat of a brain drain.

Source: CNN January 13, 2026 14:42 UTC