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While in mainland France people are protesting against Darmanin’s expulsion policy, on the island people are calling for its acceleration. Reporting.
By Erwan Seznec
Opposition. Residents protest against the destruction of their shantytown in Logoni on April 27 as part of Operation Wuambushu. In vain. On the land, now bare, will be built a vocational school.
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Sébastien can’t take it anymore. At 36, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he wonders what he is doing in Mayotte. He arrived on the island a year ago. All he knew about it could be summed up in one sentence: it’s France. He passed through Tanzania and the Comoros. He requested asylum, explaining that his life was in danger in his country, following his involvement in the civil wars between Bantu and Pygmies. His request was denied. Exhausted by four years of wandering, admitting defeat, he asked to be subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), executed on April 26, the end of a disastrous exile. Even in Mayotte, he was in danger.
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