The term ‘re-migration’ is also seen as a euphemism and a neologism for the return – forced or otherwise – of non-European immigrants to their countries of origin.
Maxime Adandohoe notes a continuing trend: “for those who find themselves in a situation of forced return, that’s where the problem arises. If you look at the current situation in Italy with Giorgia Meloni, or in the United States with Donald Trump, the logic is one of forced remigration, which goes against people’s rights to remain in the countries of their choice”, he pointed out.
‘Forced remigration poses a real threat in terms of respect for human rights’, says the lawyer.
Remigration is a contentious policy aimed at repatriating immigrants or their descendants to their country of origin. The term is often associated with the far-right conspiracy theory of the ‘Great Replacement,’ which is used by the identitarian movement to trivialise the term. It bears similarities to the concept of ethnic cleansing, serving as a euphemistic term for the latter. The term ‘re-emigration’ is sometimes used in a similar context.