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Gérald Darmanin, traveling to Mayotte, announced on Sunday a constitutional revision to remove land rights on the Indian Ocean island, which is facing a serious migration crisis. How does the Minister of the Interior intend to put it in place?
Traveling to Mayotte on Sunday, Gérald Darmanin announced “the end of land law” in the archipelago, “in a constitutional revision that the President of the Republic will choose”. The Minister of the Interior wants to put an end to the attractiveness of the island, very popular with migrants coming in particular from the Comoros archipelago. Gérald Darmanin and Emmanuel Macron are due to meet this Monday.
The decision falls to Emmanuel Macron
The exact timetable is not yet known but this constitutional revision should be put on the agenda from 2024. The decision falls to Emmanuel Macron. The text must first be voted on in the National Assembly then in the Senate before the Congress, made up of all parliamentarians, meets in Versailles.
To be voted on, the reform must then obtain three-fifths of the votes. A serious hypothesis as the measure has been supported for years by The Republicans and the National Rally. “It will no longer be possible to become French if you are not yourself the child of French parents,” said the minister.
Ending the territorialized visa
In addition to this revision of the Constitution, an “emergency bill for Mayotte” will also be presented to the Council of Ministers before the summer. It should provide, among other things, the end of territorialized visas, a system which currently prevents holders of a residence permit in Mayotte from coming to mainland France. The text of the law could finally contain several measures to modernize the infrastructure on the island and try to improve the economy there.