As the first shantytown falls to the bulldozer under France’s operation ‘take back’, people on the Indian Ocean island tell of living in constant fear
Don’t forget to bring your children with you. They are part of your luggagein the village of Hagnoundrou, ordering all foreigners to leave. “Don’t forget to bring your children with you,” it read. “They are part of your luggage.”
aspect of the operation. “There is a situation of serious delinquency, and we must respond with firmness,” he said in an interview with Le FigaroOthers point to a more complicated reality, saying the gangs include poor Mahorans. DSK*, who arrived in Mayotte from the Comoros as a child and is a member of La Cimade, says France is following inhumane policies on the island. He asked not to use his real name for fear of being targeted.
DSK, who works as a school bus driver and struggled to obtain his own papers, says he has seen the consequences first-hand. “Children as young as 10 have to rely on themselves to eat, to dress themselves, to house themselves, and there is no social welfare for these kids. These are monsters that we are creating.”of undocumented children – in 2021, France detained 3,135 children in Mayotte.
Ties between the islands remain strong, most Comorans and Mahorans have family on both sides. Mayotte’s economy relies heavily on foreign labour, particularly in construction.
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