In total, 308 people - having obtained refugee status - were identified on site and left Mayotte for the mainland yesterday. Nearly 200 of them will be hosted in a castle in Yvelines, at the Thiverval-Grignon estate.
“Many people left but not me,” regrets Chantal, who arrived from Congo two years ago “to escape the war” with her three children. ‘I was told they would call me next…’