Europe 1 (comments collected by Caroline Baudry) // Photo credit: 7:12 a.m., February 10, 2024
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and Marie Guévenoux, Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, will travel to Mayotte on Saturday evening, while the archipelago has been the scene of violent clashes for several days. Some residents welcome this arrival, exasperated by the delinquency that reigns on the island.
From this Saturday, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin and the new Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, Marie Guévenoux, will have to roll up their sleeves in Mayotte. And the trip risks being tense.
The French department of the Indian Ocean is affected by an acute water crisis and paralyzed since January 22 by road blockages with protests against insecurity and uncontrolled immigration. Some on the island are exasperated by all this violence and support the government's unblocking action, like Bruno Garcia, manager of a hotel in Mamoudzou.
“No one goes out at 6 p.m. anymore”
“Everyone is afraid, everyone is holed up at home” Bruno Garcia is the manager of a hotel north of Mamoudzou, the island's capital. He displays real frustration with the crisis facing Mayotte and the lack of security on the territory. “No one goes out at 6 p.m. anymore. The cup is full, because at some point, we also need this security,” explains this hotel manager in frustration.
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He wants his island to be more secure with a firmer immigration policy. "And above all that Mayotte can finally free itself from all this migratory problem. It has been denounced for years", he concludes at the microphone of Europe 1. The government is working on an operation Wuambushu 2 to fight in Mayotte against delinquency and 'illegal immigration.