“We want to send a very clear signal to the countries in the zone of the end of the territory’s attractiveness,” defends the Minister of Overseas Territories Marie Guévenoux.

To try to respond to the crisis shaking Mayotte, the government has presented strong measures such as the abolition of land rights in this French department.

“We want to send a very clear signal to the countries of the area, of the Great Lakes region, of the end of the attractiveness of the territory” of Mayotte, justifies the Minister of Overseas Marie Guévenoux, invited Wednesday February 28 on franceinfo, on her return from this French department shaken by a deep crisis. She defended the main measures that the government will take, “end of soil law, drastic reduction of residence permits linked to family life, with 90% fewer permits and then the end of the territorialized residence permit”. She describes these measures as “very strong” And “radical”“because the situation in Mayotte justifies it”.

She recalled the timetable for these measures, with “two bills”, “a constitutional bill which will put an end to land law” And “an emergency bill for Mayotte, immigration and security, for May 22 on the table of the Council of Ministers”. She wants a calendar “extremely fast”and hope that this will be voted on “before the next school year”.

The minister defends the reception of 300 migrants in France

Marie Guévenoux spoke of the situation of migrants, repatriated to France after staying in a stadium, near Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte. An article from Parisian had revealed their arrival in France, and Jordan Bardella reacted to X : “If Gérald Darmanin’s objective was to encourage the submersion of Mayotte, already in the grip of chaos, he would not go about it any other way.”. The Minister for Overseas Territories clarified things: on these foreigners present in the Cavani stadium, “300 were recognized as eligible for asylum, persecuted in their country at war”. “They are not illegal immigrants, they are the law”she assumes.