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Marine Le Pen meets fishermen in Mamoudzou (Mayotte), April 21, 2014.

The reconstruction plan “Mayotte standing” ready by the federal government “doesn’t go far enough”lamented the chief of the National Rally deputies upon her arrival on the archipelago on Sunday January 5 for a two-day go to.

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“It does not go far enough because I think it is missing an important component which is a diplomatic component, without which many of the things that are promised will not be kept”she clarified, referring particularly to the struggle in opposition to “illegal immigration”. Mme Le Pen stated he was “first came to listen” the Mahorais and their ” suffering “three weeks after the passage of Cyclone Chido which ravaged this poorest division in France.

“We’ve been saying that for years and years”replied Marine Le Pen in Mayotte. A “special law” geared toward accelerating the reconstruction of Mayotte have to be examined by the Council of Ministers subsequent week.

Faced with irregular immigration – the division has 320,000 inhabitants in response to INSEE, however maybe 100,000 to 200,000 extra with undocumented immigrants – Prime Minister François Bayrou has pleaded for a “general and precise census of the population” and put the ” question “ to return to the land rights in Mayotte, already restricted.

A second invoice for Mayotte

In a column revealed this Sunday by Le Figarothree ministers from the federal government of François Bayrou, Bruno Retailleau (inside), Manuel Valls (abroad) and Sébastien Lecornu (armies) affirm that “without migratory firmness, we will rebuild Mayotte on sand”. “To sustainably rebuild the French territory damaged by Cyclone Chido, it is necessary to combine the mobilization of public authorities with an effective fight against illegal immigration and a significant increase in means of action”they write.

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In their discussion board, the three ministers specify that the federal government will current to Parliament different “firmness measures”, “such as, for example, extending the period of legal residence of parents (required for) children’s access to French nationality, fighting against fraudulent recognition of paternity or extending assistance for the voluntary return of African nationals to their country of origin ». These measures will be presented as part of a “second bill for Mayotte, worked in consultation with elected officials from Mayotte”after a primary invoice “emergency” anticipated subsequent week within the Council of Ministers.

The World with AFP

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