France plans to revoke birthplace citizenship in Mayotte • FRANCE 24 English
France’s interior Minister had barely touched down on myot when he made the shock announcement the end of Birthright citizenship in this French Department in the Indian Ocean that means it will no longer be possible to become a French citizen if you are not the child of French parents
We will thereby cut off the attraction that the mayot archipelago might have as Gerald darhan made his way to government buildings on Sunday morning angry locals were rallying to demand strong action on what they say is is a migrant crisis which is causing insecurity on the islands every day people are dying
Because of all the criminality the violence we’ve had enough we want concrete action now I’ll believe it when it’s on paper we need a properly thought out program that tells us what’s being done and when myot lies between Mainland Africa and Madagascar people pack onto small boats from the korus islands just
To the Northwest to reach French soil locals say migration is uncontrolled almost half the population of the capital mamudu are migrants the only maternity hospital on myot has the highest number of births of any maternity hospital in France and staff say most babies are born to migrants at
The same time mayot is facing a crisis of violence for several months the main island has been peppered with barricades meant to protect against gangs of violent youths which politicians blame on migrant camps they’re organized they wearing ski masks they have machetes it’s a network of organized mafas to destabilize the
Territory the leaders of France’s main conservative and far-right parties had already proposed an end to Birthright citizenship in myot which would mean a change to the Constitution leftwing parties are doubtful well Mr daran’s proposed constitutional revision of Birthright citizenship change anything at all in mayot from this point of view I don’t think
So the Socialist Party says the solution is to improve Public Services not change the Constitution but the government plans to rush a bill in the coming months in the meantime a new police operation will be launched across mayot
French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis.
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26 comments
Good now America needs to do this!
As all Western countries should do
Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges.
-George Carlin
Everything has limits including immigration. Plans need to be put together to help these people improve their own countries
The situation has deteriorated to this point.
I went to school in France 22 years ago and this was the rule of law then, they had a very direct way of addressing citizenship. I’m sorry but as an American I think we reserve the right to declare anyone a citizen of our land and can then call themselves Americans. Just because you’re born in France dosen’t male you French at all, it’s absurd. I also had to pay for my own medical care which was far more reasonable then America, they need to go back to that way. Gratitude for being accepted into another country that you contributed nothing too and demanding anything as a right is not a sustainable policy and certainly extremely unfair to the middle class taxpayers because the rich aren’t paying for it and shoving your own people aside for ingrates is criminal! Surely some standards need applied to newcomers.
Finally
This is how it works in many nations, especially in Asia
The people of other Comoros islands have relatives in Mayotte .How France can separate them ? The immigrants from other islands are not the problem, but France is the problem.No African country own an island in Europe .You have taken too many islands every where in the world : in South East Asia, in Caribbean .Are there not enough ?
Of course they have to do this..its uncontrollable whats going on there on that island…total anarchy…anyone with half a brain understands thats the measures are necessary..should have been done earlier.
Of course it would change things!!
Europe needs to eliminate birthright citizenship all together. And France needs to grant their colonized islands independence.
They should give full sovereignty to the people of Mayotte then.
What about the rest of France? Can the French constitution be changed to accommodate only one region? This report failed to address some important questions.
The same birthright law should be applicable in all of metropolitan France and it's other collectivities. As a matter of fact, all countries of this world should adopt the same law.
Colonization is the problem, end it.
I couldent care less why am I seeing this.
Time to give up the colony 😂😂😂😂😂colony are expensive
The only place wicked evil France should claim is in Europe. France shouldn't have any place near Africa. I hate that wicked evil country they called France.
This is NEVER going to happen.
These blacks will be mass-imported to Paris, and that's it
Good
Stollen African island
Comoros are 100 Muslims, that's tell you
Good!!!
I believe that it is the right thing to do. Repatriate all natural french born citizen and left the island just it is again remove all traces of french ancestry in that island return all of them back in France give Mayotte to Comoros once again since the problem is already too much.
If there no more french citizenship, we wanna freedom as well!🫂🇾🇹