France plans to withhold its nationality from those born on the Muslim island of Mayotte. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced during his visit to the island yesterday, Sunday, February 11, 2024, that “we will take a radical decision” Mayotte consists of two islands that voted to remain part of France in 1973, while the other islands in the surrounding Muslim-majority archipelago declared their independence to become the Republic of the Comoros.
For a child born in Mayotte to be recognized as French, his parents must be legally residing in France at the time of his birth.