In Mamoudzou (Mayotte)
Outside the Cavani camp, in front of the wooden cabins covered with tarpaulins which overlook the Mamoudzou stadium, three women wait.
“Will the minister come?
We would like to give him papers for the children
,” asks Rachelle, 38 years old.
This mother from Rwanda arrived in Mayotte two years ago and quickly obtained refugee status.
“I fled my country because of the threats.
I came here because I was told I would have protection.
But it’s so hard… Our shelters are leaking water, we have to drink water from the river full of waste and we have nothing to eat
,” says the woman who slept for several months on a mattress on the ground. and in the rain, before building his makeshift shelter.
So, Gérald Darmanin's announcements, declaring on January 17 that a certain number of refugees could join the metropolis, give Rachelle a lot of hope.
But this Sunday, February 11, she was not…
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