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Marine Le Pen will travel to Mayotte on Sunday January 5 and Tuesday January 7, after Cyclone Chido passed through the archipelago. The opportunity, surely, to discuss the thorny problem of illegal immigration which proliferates on the archipelago.
After François Bayrou, Elisabeth Borne and Manuel Valls, Marine Le Pen plans to visit the Mayotte archipelago, devastated by Cyclone Chido more than two weeks ago. The president of the National Rally at the Assembly will travel there from Sunday January 5 until Tuesday January 7, 2025, according to information from BFMTV.
Her intentions are not yet known but Jean-Marie Le Pen's daughter could certainly address the controversy surrounding illegal immigration, particularly from the Comoros, often singled out to justify the figure for the population considered underestimated. The question of returning to land rights on the archipelago “is a question that must be asked”, declared François Bayrou at the start of the week.
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“A burning immigration issue”
The head of government also considered it “irresponsible” to claim “that there is no burning immigration problem in Mayotte”. After exposing her “Mayotte standing” plan to gradually rebuild the archipelago and give residents access to electricity and schools in particular, Marine Le Pen estimated that the measures presented by François Bayrou were going in the “good direction “.
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The former presidential candidate also wrote: “We hope that the hopes of the Mahorais are not betrayed again and that this plan is implemented and respected.” Marine Le Pen also promised to ensure “respect for the word given”.