Antoine Bienvault // Photo credit: MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP 7:24 a.m., February 11, 2024
Mayotte is on the verge of collapse. Paralyzed for three weeks by demonstrations against insecurity and illegal immigration. Result ? Europe 1 revealed to you, Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior and Marie Guévenoux, are expected on site this Sunday. Objective: prepare for Operation Wuambushu 2.
After the numerous roadblocks, the exasperated Mahorais are now blocking the port of Longoni on the 101st French department in the hope of being heard. Unblocking organized to denounce the growing insecurity and the massive influx of migrants on the island of Mayotte.
Many roads have been blocked since January 22. So much so that some supermarkets can no longer be supplied. Lydie, a teacher in Mayotte, for example, has been struggling to fill her fridge for several days.
“As soon as there is food, we throw ourselves at it”
"There is no more food because the trucks can no longer ship food, since there are roadblocks that cannot pass. However, it still passes from time to time once a week. But it's "is a truck. It's not about ten trucks. That is to say, as soon as there is food, we throw ourselves at it. And we take what there is," explains -she at the microphone of Europe 1.
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Difficulties in obtaining supplies, to which are added almost daily drinking water cuts in his accommodation and throughout the island. It is also on this last point that she is awaiting concrete announcements from Gérald Darmanin, traveling this Sunday to Mayotte. The Minister of the Interior, who is due to arrive accompanied by around fifteen gendarmes from the GIGN, responsible for carrying out strike operations on the island to help the local authorities restore calm in Mayotte.