The elected representative of the presidential majority affirms that in the destroyed slums, “people in an illegal situation” were “expelled” and that the rest of the inhabitants were “rehoused”.
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“Everything was done in the rules according to French law”, assures on franceinfo Sunday June 25 the senator of Mayotte Thani Mohamed Soilihi, two months after the launch of the operation “Wuambushu” against crime, illegal immigration and unsanitary housing. “This operation is above all to reassure the Mahorais”, adds the elected member of the Rally of Progressive and Independent Democrats while the Minister of the Interior came to make a first assessment in the department this weekend.
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For Thani Mohamed Soilihi, the “Wuambushu” operation aimed to “to show that the Republic is there, that we are doing these things in the rules and not in an illegal way.” The presidential majority senator explains that in the destroyed slums, “persons in an illegal situation” have been “expelled” and For the rest of the inhabitants “everyone is relocated”.
He also notes that illegal immigration has come to a halt with this operation: “There are three times fewer boat arrivals than usual”. With the next military programming law, Thani Mohamed Soilihi is delighted with the arrival “increased number of interceptors”. The police will also be equipped with more drones and the army will patrol more off Mayotte. “All this in order to prevent new arrivals”, says the senator from Mayotte.