VIOLENCE The department has been the scene for several days of clashes between young people from rival neighborhoods caused by the murder of one of them
A woman in front of burned cars in Mayotte, November 21, 2022. — AFP
Emmanuel Macron attempted to reassure the population of Mayotte on Wednesday, where Violent clashes between rival gangs have been taking place for several days. “We will now start much more vigorous work with Comoros to halt departures” of migrants, explained the president, arrested by elected officials from the archipelago during his visit to the Salon des Maires at the Parc des Expositions at Porte de Versailles, in Paris. Paris.
“We will also put more military resources at sea to be able to avoid arrivals,” spoken; in recent days” with the President of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani.
The State appeals to the Raid
The Head of State also recalled the government’s decision to deploy to Mayotte le Raid, the unit elite police intervention, following violent clashes. “Facing this phenomenon, we will first have a security response as soon as possible, then cooperation but with a lot of force (with the Comoros), and thirdly we must continue the work in depth of reforms on Mayotte, because we can clearly see that today our situation, our rules, must be adapted in the face of reality ground,” he said.
This French department in the Indian Ocean, which has been the scene for several days of violence between young people from rival neighborhoods provoked by the murder of one of them, is counting on the arrival of police reinforcements to try to stem the phenomenon.