Immigration : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

Immigration is at the heart of the campaign, between referendum proposals, cuts to residence permits and calls for regularization. According to the Fondation iFRAP, France records nearly 140,000 asylum applications a year.

Marine Le Pen

The RN wants to sharply reduce legal and illegal immigration and reserve benefits for French citizens.

Replace AME with medical aid limited to life-threatening emergencies.
Reserve solidarity benefits for foreigners who have worked in France for five years.
End the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement and the visa for medical care.
Abolish birthright citizenship (jus soli) and family reunification (2022 programme).

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Jean-Luc Mélenchon backs regularizing workers and a ten-year residence permit as the benchmark.

Regularize all undocumented workers, presented as future contributors.
Make the ten-year residence permit the benchmark permit.
Repeal the latest asylum and immigration laws and guarantee full birthright citizenship.
Refuse to apply European rules on expulsions to third countries.

Édouard Philippe

In an interview with Le Point published on 27 October 2026, he proposes halving legal immigration and restricting family reunification.

Halve legal immigration over the next five-year term (October 2026, according to L'Express, interview with Le Point of 27 October).
Reserve residence permits for professional reasons and students, and restrict family reunification (October 2026, according to L'Express).
Judges the failure of integration "undeniable" and proposes reinstating compulsory national service (October 2026, according to Le JDD).
Denounce the 1968 agreement with Algeria and reform the processing of asylum applications (October 2026, according to L'Express).
Have Parliament vote each year on a list of safe countries.

Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann favours a European response, legal work pathways and the regularization of workers.

Repeal the 2024 immigration law.
Replace the Dublin Regulation with a European mechanism for distributing asylum seekers.
Facilitate the regularization of undocumented workers and generalize the multi-year residence permit.
Create a European sea rescue force.

David Lisnard

David Lisnard wants to drastically reduce residence permits and resort to referendums.

Divide the issuance of residence permits by eight.
Abolish AME and replace it with emergency aid.
Process asylum applications in consulates and extend detention to 24 months.
Revisit the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement.

Bruno Retailleau

After the violence of 17 and 18 October 2026, he links migration disorder to security disorder and proposes stripping dual nationals convicted of looting of their nationality.

Links migration disorder to security disorder and calls for firmness on migration (October 2026, according to Europe 1).
Wants to strip French nationality from dual nationals convicted of looting (October 2026, according to Parlons Politique).
Extend the referendum to migration questions through a constitutional revision.
Abolish birthright citizenship by referendum.
Require five years of residence and activity for family benefits.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal wants to "welcome fewer to welcome better" and favours labour immigration.

Create a points-based system inspired by Canada (employment, housing, French, values).
Reduce and better regulate family reunification.
Put immigration quotas by sector to a parliamentary vote.
Create 3,000 additional detention places by 2030 (Renaissance 2025 programme).

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour defends “remigration” and an end to family immigration.

Expel foreign nationals who have been detained, convicted of offences or unemployed for about a year.
Abolish family reunification and birthright citizenship.
Abolish AME and non-contributory benefits for non-European nationals.
Process asylum applications at consulates and create a Ministry of Remigration.

Marine Tondelier

Les Écologistes support regularisation based on criteria and the rights of exiles.

Regularise workers, students and parents of school-age children based on objective criteria.
Guarantee birthright citizenship for children born in France.
Guarantee schooling, access to healthcare (AME) and decent housing for exiles.
Abolish automatic OQTFs and replace Frontex with an agency for migrants' rights.

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel has not detailed a migration plan for 2027; his 2022 programme called for a welcoming policy based on humanity.

Implement a reception policy based on humanity (2022 programme).
Create a system to care for unaccompanied minors (2022 programme).

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan wants to leave Schengen and abolish birthright citizenship by referendum.

Reinstate border controls outside Schengen with 10,000 officers.
Abolish birthright citizenship by referendum while maintaining naturalisation.
Replace AME with one emergency dispensary per department.
Strictly limit family reunification and make economic immigration conditional on unemployment levels.

Dominique de Villepin

On 28 October 2026, he criticised Édouard Philippe's formula on the failure of integration on X.

Criticises Édouard Philippe's analysis of integration and sets it against a rejection of essentialism and identitarianism (28 October 2026, according to his post on X).
Suspend the enlargement of the Schengen Area and strengthen national border controls.
Coordinate national control resources according to a “club logic” among European states.
Have Europe meet the demand for “migration sovereignty” beyond the Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Settle removals to Algeria through an agreement negotiated with Algiers (2024).

Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud defends the regularisation of all undocumented migrants and freedom of movement.

Regularise all undocumented migrants.
Guarantee freedom of movement and settlement.
End deportations.

Karim Bouamrane

Karim Bouamrane wants a “clear” migration policy: returning irregular migrants and regularising certain workers.

Return foreign nationals who remain in the country irregularly.
Regularise some people subject to an OQTF who work, particularly in catering and construction.
Strengthen cooperation with countries of origin on visas and removals.
Address the root causes of migration through development and cooperation.

François Hollande

He claims “firmness on core state functions and immigration” in his book “Unir”.

Tighten the rules on family reunification.
Set annual volumes for labour immigration.
Adopt a firm line on immigration.

Natacha Polony

She distinguishes between those who respect the rules, who are welcome, and those who break them.

Welcome foreign nationals who respect the rules.
Punish those who break the rules and, if they are not French, require them to leave.

Immigration : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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