Neighboring country from which come many inhabitants living today in Mayotte, the Comoros refuse and do not say they are ready to welcome this population again. A situation that annoys both sides.
She left the Comoros for Mayotte 21 years ago. A 40-year-old mother lives in a slum with her children, in search of a better life. “Here, you can easily find a little job to earn some money and feed the children. But in Anjouan (Comoros), no one will offer you work, it doesn’t exist, and the school there, it’s dangerous”, she explains. The difficult economic and sanitary living conditions in the Comoros, a neighboring country, encourage its inhabitants to join the French department of Mayotte. Immigration at the origin of insecurity on the island according to the Mahorais, and a source of tension for years.
350,000 inhabitants of foreign nationality
One of the objectives of the “Wuambushu” operation is therefore to deport migrants to their country of origin. A return for the moment unthinkable by the Comorian authorities. Monday, April 24, a boat carrying regular and irregular passengers was banned from docking in the Comoros. But back in Mayotte, Mahorais tried to prevent the care of undocumented migrants. According to INSEE, almost half of the 350,000 inhabitants of Mayotte are of foreign nationality. Without an agreement between the Comoros and France, the situation could well get bogged down.
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