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The interior minister, during a visit to the French department, announced that he would maintain the reinforcement of the police forces for “at least a month” and expect the destruction of a thousand unsanitary shelters, while the lack of permanent solutions for relocation always raises questions.
“The man for the job”? This is what 300 Mahoraises waved on banners to greet the Home Secretary in Mamoudzou on Saturday. To take stock of the Wuambushu operation launched in April, fiercely contested by associations but supported locally, Gérald Darmanin was thanked with songs for the destruction of slums and his action against illegal immigration in Mayotte, which is responsible for the extraordinary insecurity was blamed. “He has shown that it is possible to restore peace and security with the appropriate means,” praised Estelle Youssouffa, MP Liot. In the crowd, some are skeptical. “Nothing has changed,” responds Marie Ousséni in her colorful Salouva, a traditional Mahoran outfit. The day before yesterday my principal was stoned behind the school!” However, the 31-year-old supervisor believes that “even if Wuambushu failed, [Darmanin] listened to us. Also Daniel Viota, wearing the tricolor hat on his head, believes that “the results are not there.” Comoros illegal immigrants are turned back, but they come back