France faces 1 of the biggest challenges in its modern past – mass immigration, which is expanding all year. In 2024 the number of visas issued increased by 17%, reaching 2,858,083, including 288,108 long-term visas. The number of fresh residence permits increased by 1.8%, reaching a evidence level of 336 700.
In the face of these worrying figures, the National Unity (Rassemblement National, RN) calls for a referendum that will let the French to regain control of migration policy.
The Ministry of the Interior of France has published data that leave no illusions. The number of legal abroad residents in the country has already exceeded 4.3 million – the number that France has never seen before. Out of the recently issued residence permits 109 300 students received, 90 600 tp arrived as part of household reunification, and 55,000 received economical and humanitarian migrants.
The largest national group are Algerians, whose number of holders of residence permits is almost 650 000. This is the consequence of a migration policy that has for years preferred the influx of populations from erstwhile colonies at the expense of the French national identity.
While immigration reaches evidence levels, deportations of illegal immigrants stay a marginal phenomenon. In 2024 only 21,000 people removed from the country, which means a slight increase compared to the erstwhile year (17 000 deportations). In view of these figures, it becomes clear that the State has lost control of the situation.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National, summed up this situation directly:
"It is no longer time for empty words and declarations. We must act and implement the essential measures to regain control of our migration policy."
These are not just words, but the announcement of the essential change that is being demanded by a increasing part of French society.
Jordan Bardella, president of the Parti, clearly defined the direction of his party's action – a referendum on immigration. At a fresh rally in Montélimar, he said:
"Our country's doors have never been so open, and the number of immigrants has never been so high. If the French want to regain control, they must choose leaders who have the courage and the will to end 3 decades of excess.”
Bardella announced that if the current government does not agree to the referendum, the RN will organise them immediately after taking power. He made it clear:
"The bill to be voted on by the French will be a real legal and political shield against the ‘concurrent and future migration flood’
In the face of these facts, fundamental questions about the future of France can no longer be avoided. Will the nation accept further dismantling of its country under the influence of mass immigration? Will the authorities yet give the level to citizens so that they can decide the destiny of their country?
