the hardening of soil legislation adopted definitively by the Parliament | EUROtoday

During a ultimate vote within the National Assembly, the Parliament definitively adopted, Tuesday, April 8, a extremely disputed textual content geared toward hardening the restrictions on the correct of the soil in Mayotte, an archipelago devastated by the Cyclone Chido and within the grip of a robust migratory strain. This textual content strengthens a particular derogation from the soil legislation that has existed in Mayotte since 2018.

Already adopted within the Senate final Thursday, after an settlement on the ultimate model between deputies and senators, the textual content carried by the Republicans (LR) handed with out problem the final vote, with 339 votes expressed for, and 174 towards, with the help of the federal government coalition and excessive proper deputies.

The left, for its half, is a wind up towards this proposal, which is not going to regulate something, to overcrowding linked to immigration from the Comoros, and undermines the precept of equality earlier than the legislation. The completely different teams have already promised to grab the Constitutional Council, hoping to see the censored textual content.

“An attack” of the correct of the soil denounced by the left

Since the 2018 immigration legislation, Mayotte has already seen herself apply a derogatory regime of unusual legislation, since, to entry French nationality by his majority, a baby born in Mayotte should at the moment justify his beginning and residence in France, but additionally the regularity of the residence of considered one of his mother and father through the three months previous his beginning. With this new textual content, each mother and father should reside recurrently in France for a minimum of a 12 months. An exception has been arrange for single -parent households.

“The causes of migration are multiple, but the prospects for access to French nationality constitute an undeniable factor of attraction for irregular immigration” In the archipelago, justified the deputy LR Philippe Gosselin, writer of the textual content, contemplating nonetheless that it’s going to not be ” sufficient “. He promised “To widen” the controversy regarding order and safety in Mayotte as a part of an enormous invoice for “Refound” The archipelago, anticipated in May within the Senate.

The textual content will permit “Strengthen social cohesion in Mayotte”estimated the federal government spokesperson Sophie Primas, earlier than the deputies. A lure, for the left, and a “Fundamental attack on French identity”within the phrases of the “rebellious” deputy Aurélien Taché, for whom the textual content is “A Trojan horse” geared toward “Reopen the debate on soil law at the national level”. “Mayotte is about to become the laboratory of ideas of the extreme right”additionally castigated the environmental member Dominique Voynet, saying that the textual content “Board of the end of soil law in France”.

“On the left, you take advantage of the fact that Mayotte is on the ground after the worst climate disaster in our country, telling you that it is time to complete our island”stated Estelle Youssouffa, deputy for this division (centrist Liot group), additionally accusing the Bayrou authorities of ready earlier than launching main reconstruction works.

Towards a wider debate

“Its impact on the life of our compatriots Mahorais or on the migratory surge (…) will be minimal “for his half, judged the president of the Rally National Rally (RN) group, Marine Le Pen, believing that “The first emergency (…) would consist in simply deleting the law of the soil (…) throughout the national territory “. She additionally referred to as on the federal government to disclose its roadmap to “Give Mayotte the means and the dignity it deserves”.

The textual content was developed earlier than the passage of Cyclone Chido, which ravaged the poorest division in France on December 14, killing a minimum of 40 folks and exacerbating the evils from which the archipelago, amongst which a robust poverty, a unworthy habitat, or perhaps a lack of public providers.

But the cyclone has additionally rekindled the delicate migratory query and the supported requests of native elected officers. About 320,000 folks pile up on this territory with simply over 300 sq. kilometers, amongst which nearly half are foreigners, estimates INSEE. According to a survey carried out in 2016, roughly “Half of foreigners” have been then “In an irregular situation”.

During the adoption at first studying on the Assembly, the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, declared himself favorable to the opening of a debate on soil legislation on the nationwide stage. Contrary votes had raised within the authorities, specifically that of the Minister of National Education, Elisabeth Borne.

François Bayrou had declared that he wished a wider debate, on “What is French?” »»of which he entrusted the group, the 1^er April, on the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (EESC).

In addition, a invoice to increase the state medical help to Mayotte (AME), reserved for undocumented foreigners, will probably be studied on May 15 as a part of the day devoted to the texts of the unbiased Liot group, it introduced on Tuesday.