French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin plans the end of “droit du sol” in Mayotte, 101st French department. Mayotte is populated by 310,000 inhabitants, including 48% Comorian immigrants or other African countries.
Most arrive clandestinely aboard traditional fishing boats, kwassa-kwassa, from the Comorian island of Anjouan, only 70 km away. Since January 22, a collective of the “Forces vives de Mayotte” has maintained roadblocks in the four corners of the island, paralyzing traffic.