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French President Emmanuel Macron in front of students at the College of M'tsamboro, north-west of Mayotte Island, October 22, 2019. Samuel BOSCHER / AFP

Emmanuel Macron arrived Tuesday morning in Mayotte and from his first steps on the island, he set the tone. The President of the Republic came to tell the Mahorais that they can count on him.

With our special correspondent in Mayotte, Valérie Gas

Even the youngest Mahorais were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Emmanuel Macron on the Mamoudzou pier. This little boy for example: " I'm happy to see Emmanuel Macron in Mayotte. It's good that he comes to Mayotte to watch people, how is Mayotte. We want Emmanuel Macron to put a lot of police here, because we're fed up with being hit by pebbles on our heads ... "

Mamoudzou women in traditional #saluva dress make # M'biwi before the arrival of @EmmanuelMacron @RFI pic.twitter.com/IDX3w6Iptk

Valérie Gas (@VGGAS) October 22, 2019

Arriving in front of the crowd, Emmanuel Macron, who has just met the forces of Operation Shikandra to fight against illegal immigration aboard an interceptor boat, knows that he must give wages to Mahorais who feel abandoned. by the state. " France is security, France is health, France is the school and France are opportunities given to Mayotte to succeed, " said the French president.

The fight against illegal immigration is the first concern of the inhabitants. The security, the access to the care, the school, to hear them all the life of the Mahorais is disturbed by the presence of the comorian stowaways.

A situation of which the National Rally of Marine Le Pen which has also already come to Mayotte, tries to profit. This did not escape Emmanuel Macron. " If we leave illegal immigration at the level where it was, did you see the numbers of the RN here? The Mahorais and Mahoraises say: "If you leave illegal immigration, at that moment, how do I live?" "

This is where Emmanuel Macron introduces a nuance. He who said recently in Paris that he wanted to look at immigration in the face, indeed advocates the firmness, promises sea reinforcements to intercept kwassa kwassa on which the Comorians sail to Mayotte. It also displays eviction results in particular but warns. " We can fight against illegal immigration without hate speech with others who are our brothers and we must never give in to that. "

No hatred of the Comorians, it is the limit of Emmanuel Macron which even explains to the Mahorais that the financial cooperation with the Comoros that they see as a shortfall, is essential to successfully manage the illegal immigration. Mayotte becomes a laboratory of the Macron method against Marine Le Pen.

Mahorais is France because you wanted it. And France, France is first and foremost security. And I know everything that has been supported. And I know what you live. And I know the courage you need. And I also know the misery that results. You suffer it too. We will make more than 25,000 renewals this year, I can tell you. And so security will be at the rendezvous in the fight against illegal immigration. Because that's what is due to Mayotte. We will also have numbers, because we are working better with the Comoros. Because we have signed with your elected officials, who were present, texts to avoid departures, to fight against the risks that are sometimes taken and the misery that comes here. And security is also your everyday security. It's a new police station, it's means that we put back on the ground, it's more ways for justice and to make sure you can live safely and rest assured: France is security.

Emmanuel Macron in Mayotte: "France is security" 22/10/2019 - by Valérie Gas

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The lengthening of the runway at the airport is also a big wait, so the president agrees: " Yes, where will it be? " Emmanuel Macron also announces the start of work for a new hospital, the opening of 800 new classes before the end of the five-year period.

A few months from the municipal, one resident thinks that this visit falls well: " There are the elections that are approaching, the municipal, it is to accentuate the presence of the Republic in progress on the island. That's it, do not be fooled .

To convince the Mahorais, Emmanuel Macron will have to go from words to deeds.

LIVE @ Press conference of President @EmmanuelMacron after his first day in Mayotte. https://t.co/3cpmioiQG9

Elysee (@Elysee) October 22, 2019