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France Terre d’Asile’s €3.3 Billion Migration Plan Draws Fierce Pushback in Budget Debate

The NGO’s five‑measure blueprint banks on regularising 250,000 workers to produce net gains.

Un rassemblement de soutien était organisé le 13 février 2025 après l’évacuation ordonnée par le tribunal administratif des 300 jeunes migrants occupant la Gaîté Lyrique, à Paris.
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Lors d'une manifestation contre la réforme des retraites, en 2023
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, présidente de France Terre d’Asile et ancienne ministre socialiste, le 19 octobre 2023 à Lyon (Rhône).

Overview

  • Published on November 7, the FTDA study projects €3.3 billion in annual net gains through five steps that include dedicated asylum housing (~€14–15 million), immediate work access for asylum seekers (€139 million), fewer OQTFs (~€41 million), halting CRA expansion with targeted detention (€219 million), and regularising 250,000 workers (~€2.9 billion).
  • The proposals clash with the 2026 budget track that increases funding for detention capacity and enforcement, while integration programs see only marginal growth.
  • Right‑leaning outlets and analysts dispute the methodology, with the Observatoire de l’immigration et de la démographie pointing to research that immigration costs about 3.4% of GDP.
  • Political criticism sharpened on November 9 as Bruno Retailleau and Laurent Wauquiez challenged both the plan and Najat Vallaud‑Belkacem’s neutrality given her recent appointment to the Cour des comptes.
  • No elements of the plan have been adopted by the government, leaving the FTDA package as a proposal shaping a partisan fight over costs, enforcement choices and regularisation.