2023-04-21 19:23:24
The operation “secret” is no longer: France is preparing to launch a series of police interventions against delinquency and illegal immigration in Mayotte in the coming days. Revealed at the end of February by The chained Duckthe operation « Wuambushu”, which can mean “recovery” in Mahoran as “itchy hair”, had never been formalized by the government. Friday April 21, Gérald Darmanin finally confirmed the holding of an operation ” In the long term “. In total, more than 2,500 personnel (law enforcement, regional health agency, justice, health reserve) are mobilized, according to Agence France-Presse.
Mayotte, now 101e French department in 2011, attracts thousands of migrants every year, arriving from the neighboring Comorian island of Anjouan, but also from Africa’s Great Lakes and increasingly from Madagascar.
Nearly half of the estimated 300,000 inhabitants of Mayotte do not have French nationality, according to INSEE. They are also accused by the population and elected officials of unbalancing the limited infrastructure and resources of the island and of feeding a rate of delinquency. “non-standard”.
The National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) asked Beauvau to abandon the operation, given the risk of“worsening of fractures and social tensions” in Mayotte and“violation of respect for the fundamental rights of foreigners”.
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