Visiting the island after the wave of violence in November, the Minister of the Interior and Overseas wanted to recall that the department is not just about migratory and security questions. The fact remains that only these areas are the subject of concrete announcements.
by Grégoire Mérot (Mayotte, correspondent)
“On this New Year’s Day, it is important to say that Mayotte, these are not just security and immigration issues, it is an absolutely magnificent island, which has economic and tourist potential No doubt without any other the same, “says Gérald Darmanin, Sunday 1 er January, in Kani-Kéli, in the far south of Grande-Terre. A few meters from the Minister of the Interior and Overseas, a floating pontoon spins the lagoon. It should allow the local fishermen to more easily land their cargo. Above all, he must offer the border police patrollers a new projection point while migrant smugglers, mainly from neighboring Comoros, regularly accost in the area.
A narrow strip of metal and plastic, therefore, vacillating according to the footsteps of officials and the press, a pontoon which stops where the sea is deeper. Allegory of two days in Mahoran land during which Minister Darmanin will have tried to assert himself as the overseas man while the island has lived to the rhythm of violence for several months. A balancingist issue, as the costume of “First Cop France” sticks to the skin.
Gérald Darmanin thus climbs aboard a border police interceptor to test the effectiveness of a new generation drone, capable of recovering in water and spotting five kilometers. The new boats have arrived. Radars are being installed, specialized survey groups are created to combat clandestine sectors. The account is as for the announcements made in August during the visit of the Minister of the Interior, then accompanied by Jean-François Carenco, Minister Delegate to the Overseas. 2> “Fear has changed camps ”
But Mr. Darmanin intends to go further and offer “an extremely important paradigm change” on the migratory issue in Mayotte. He will be in the mind of the Minister, legislative, which is why the next bill “asylum and immigration” contains no specific provisions for the territory. He will then return to Emmanuel Macron to decide “in a few weeks” on the subject, in particular with regard to a possible and new derogation from “soil law”. Regarding the Policy of Destruction of slums, the minister promises to come to the coming of the prefecture to remain in the law vis-à-vis the law.
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