‘About 70 people’ were evicted on Monday, local MP says

“About 70 people” were expelled from Mayotte as part of Operation Wuambushu, says Mansour Kamardine, Republican MP for the second district of Mayotte, guest of franceinfo on Monday May 22, after the start of the demolition of 162 homes in the Talus 2 slum.

Nearly 40 families who lived there will be relocated to Mayotte, but the others have “intended to be returned to their country of origin”according to Mansour Kamardine. “There have already been two rotations that were made on Friday”, to expel migrants to the Comoros, says the elected official. “A third rotation left today with about 70 people”he adds.

Evictions will continue

“The renewal is continuing little by little and it will go upmarket to renew all those who did not have to be there and all those who try to come, even during this period, because there is little hope of social and economic life” in the Comoros, continues Mansour Kamardine.

“We must strengthen the means of controlling our borders, which we must continue to renew, while continuing to relocate those who are destined to be there”, declares the Mahoran deputy. For him, Operation Wuambushu serves to “fight against the phenomena of networks, bands and traffic of all kinds”. It is also an opportunity for the State to express “its sovereignty in Mayotte”according to Mansour Kamardine.