Where public figures stand on Immigration & Borders
31 people have a position on record here, ordered from the most liberal to the most conservative overall rating. The position is an editorial reading; the statements it rests on are on each profile.
Exiled pro-democracy activist; former legislator
Asylum and travel documents as lifelines
Law traveled on UK Refugee Travel Document; visa approval did not guarantee entry.
observed 2025-09-29 – 2025-09-29
Co-leader, Die Linke; Member of the Bundestag
Opposes conservative turnback policies; frames migration as a solidarity and human-rights issue.
Opposes conservative turnback policies; frames migration as a solidarity and human-rights issue.
observed 2025 – 2025
Secretary, Democratic Party (PD)
Reject Albania offshore model; restore EU asylum solidarity
Schlein calls Albania CPR centres a costly illegal failure and urges Dublin reform so all member states share reception rather than outsourcing detention.
observed 2025-03-24 – 2026-06-14
Writer and journalist; author of Gomorrah
Criticise Salvini and Meloni for scapegoating migrants over mafia
2019 Salvini trial speech accused him of ignoring mafia while stoking resentment against immigrants; Meloni NGO-seizure criticism context in PEN materials.
observed 2019-03-20 – 2026-04-17
Musician; Super Bowl LX halftime headliner
ICE raids are terrorizing his own fans — he skipped US arenas over raid fears and shouts 'ICE out' from award stages.
Bad Bunny left the US off his 2025–26 world tour because he feared ICE would stake out his venues, then used the Grammys and Super Bowl LX to insist Latino immigrants are 'humans and Americans.' It is the defining political stance of his superstardom era.
observed 2025-09-11 – 2026-02-08
Mayor of London
Defend migration and diversity
Khan frames London's openness as economic and moral strength against Trump and Farage.
observed 2025-06-20 – 2025-09-24
Former Prime Minister; Leader of the Labour Party
Tighten controls while fighting racist rhetoric
Starmer broke with Blairite openness, promised stricter immigration, and attacked Farage's grievance politics — while insisting inciting racist violence is criminal not free speech.
observed 2025-09-30 – 2025-09-30
Founder and co-leader, Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)
Favors strict limits and a temporary migration pause while maintaining universal social protections.
Favors strict limits and a temporary migration pause while maintaining universal social protections.
observed 2025 – 2025
Host, The Joe Rogan Experience
Tough borders — but "don't become monsters"
Backs the crackdown, revolts at its mistakes: innocent people in El Salvador prisons crossed his line in public, months after his endorsement helped elect the policy.
observed 2025-03-29 – 2026-07-20
Olympic freestyle skier; model
Athletes may choose national allegiance
Gu argues dual-heritage athletes switching teams is normal — criticism is selective anti-China bias.
observed 2026-02-20 – 2026-02-20
President of the French Republic
Firm but humane migration management with tangible results
Macron pairs border firmness with humanitarian language and promises measurable outcomes on asylum and integration.
observed 2024-09-19 – 2025-09-16
CEO of Shopify
Secure border and crack down on fentanyl dens as trade prerequisites
Lütke treats Trump's border-control and fentanyl-crackdown terms as legitimate Canadian priorities that should have been met instead of retaliatory tariffs.
observed 2025-02-01 – 2025-02-02
Former Prime Minister; Conservative MP
Control borders with nuance not slogans
Sunak retreats from 'Stop the Boats' starkness while maintaining controlled migration frame.
observed 2025-06-15 – 2025-06-15
Broadcaster; host, Piers Morgan Uncensored
Labour migration policy is failed performative politics
Morgan attacks Starmer from the right on border control and defends Ratcliffe-style bluntness.
observed 2025-04-10 – 2025-05-22
Chancellor of Germany
Supports controlled immigration combined with harder enforcement: more deportations, tighter borders, and faster asylum processing.
Supports controlled immigration combined with harder enforcement: more deportations, tighter borders, and faster asylum processing.
observed 2025-04-30 – 2025-05-06
Minister-President of Bavaria; Chairman, CSU
Supports turnbacks, expanded checks, and public credit for rising rejection rates as deterrent signals.
Supports turnbacks, expanded checks, and public credit for rising rejection rates as deterrent signals.
observed 2025 – 2025-05-15
Leader, Sanseito
Put a hard cap on the number of foreigners allowed into Japan.
Kamiya's defining plank: he wants a legislated ceiling on foreign nationals, a dedicated government agency to police the whole area, stricter naturalization, and limits on foreign purchases of land and water. He insists this is economics rather than xenophobia — cheap foreign labor suppresses Japanese wages — while warning that foreign workers who cannot find good jobs will raise crime.
observed 2025-07-20 – 2026-06-17
Minister of the Interior
No regularisation; referendum; cut approvals 24%
Retailleau rejects mass regularisation and promises referendum while citing enforcement statistics.
observed 2025-01-28 – 2025-08-08
Prime Minister of Italy
EU-wide return enforcement and third-country repatriation hubs
Meloni treats EP return reform and the Chisinau Declaration as vindication of Italy's Albania model and a mandate to defend borders, cut landings and speed repatriations.
observed 2026-05-16 – 2026-06-17
Former Prime Minister; Conservative MP
Mass deportation and civil-service blame
Johnson pairs mandarin-bashing with Boriswave deportation rhetoric and Vance-style honesty.
observed 2025-07-12 – 2025-10-22
President, National Rally (Rassemblement National)
National priority reversal through RN government
2027 candidacy and Bardella PM pledge aim to install far-right government with hard-line migration agenda.
observed 2026-07-08 – 2026-07-08
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Cap population growth below housing, jobs and health capacity
Poilievre would set immigration so population growth stays below added housing stock, doctors and available jobs, accusing Liberals of overwhelming services.
observed 2024-01-12 – 2024-01-12
Leader of the Conservative Party
ECHR exit to enable deportations
Badenoch matches Reform's border rhetoric with institutional promise to leave human-rights framework.
observed 2025-10-08 – 2025-10-08
President, National Rally; Member of the European Parliament
Referendum, abolish droit du sol and asylum, restore borders
Bardella's core platform makes France least attractive for migrants through constitutional and legal changes.
observed 2024-06-10 – 2025-12-09
Deputy Prime Minister; Leader of the League
Border defence is a duty; judges must not block detention
Salvini insists protecting Italy's borders is lawful administration, not criminal conduct, and blames judges who release detained migrants for making enforcement impossible.
observed 2025-03-07 – 2026-04-16
Leader of the People's Party of Canada
Complete moratorium on new permanent residents until crises cool
Bernier demands a multi-year freeze on immigration, deportations of status violators, and a Canadians-first selection system, treating mass immigration as the driver of housing and social strain.
observed 2025-02-13 – 2025-04-12
Leader of Reform UK
Mass deportation and halt arrivals
Farage frames illegal migration as invasion requiring hundreds of thousands of removals and a dedicated deportation agency.
observed 2025-08-26 – 2026-02-23
Founder, Reconquête; media polemicist
Zero and negative immigration via remigration
Zemmour goes beyond RN to demand stopping legal entries and actively repatriating non-assimilated residents.
observed 2024-09-20 – 2026-05-19
President, Identité-Libertés; MEP
Mass immigration equals grand remplacement
Maréchal frames migration as existential demographic and security threat linked to narco-trafficking.
observed 2024-05-31 – 2026-01-28
Co-leader, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
Supports remigration — mass deportations — and complete closure of German borders to stop irregular migration.
Supports remigration — mass deportations — and complete closure of German borders to stop irregular migration.
observed 2025-01-11 – 2025-01-14
Member of the European Parliament; Leader of Futuro Nazionale
Mandatory remigration and border defence as civilizational priority
Manifesto, congress speech and La7 interview frame remigration — including coerced deportation — as necessary to preserve Italian identity and social solidarity.
observed 2026-06-10 – 2026-06-14
