Mayotte: Controversial Measures to Reduce Illegal Immigration in the Senate

Conditions for access to the hardened stay, expulsions of families whose children are considered dangerous, detention of minors...On Tuesday, senators voted for several derogations from the government's bill for the "refoundation" of Mayotte.

Debris caused by Cyclone Chido in December 2024 were still on Mayotte soil in Mamoudzou on April 20, 2025, on the eve of the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron. ALEXIS DUCLOS / AP The most sensitive part of the bill for the "refoundation" of Mayotte, five months after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, was approved, Tuesday, May 20, by the Senate. Senators voted several government measures to combat irregular immigration in the 101…