The rising remigration discourse needs to be understood in the context of the far right’s electoral march across Europe. Once in power, or close to it, parties from Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) have been accused of going soft by the more extreme fringes of the right. (After all, even liberal media often suggest that their leaders have deradicalised, becoming more like traditional conservatives.) The more extreme right then ups the ante, popularising drastic and inhumane ideas – like remigration.