Mayotte: end of land law, maritime “iron curtain”… Gérald Darmanin’s announcements against illegal immigration. “It will no longer be possible to become French if you are not the child of French parents, we will reduce the attractiveness of the archipelago,” he declared.

The minister finally makes it known that he is “against the autonomy” of the island. ‘Mayotte is a French department, we cannot accept the whims of those who say that we need a special community,’ he says.