Faced with the social crisis in Mayotte linked to illegal immigration and “porous” European borders, the challenge of quickly implementing migration policies is pressing on the political class. For Othman Nasrou, first deputy general secretary of the Republicans, guest of the Great Europe 1 – CNews interview, certain principles should be reviewed, such as land law.
It was at the heart of the debates which accompanied the various elections this year: the question of immigration. With the various social crises that the world and Europe are going through, the implementation of effective migration policies is becoming more and more urgent. For Othman Nasrou, first deputy secretary general of the Republicans, guest of the Great Europe 1 – CNews interview, these must be accompanied by assimilation into French society.
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“I believe that for too long, we have renounced a requirement that nevertheless exists in our civil code, that is assimilation. And assimilation is not a bad word, it simply means that we must share the same base of values, of principles which found a society, which enable a society to form a coherent whole”, he confides at the microphone of Romain Desarbres.
Immigration on the island of Mayotte at the heart of the debates
The disaster caused by Cyclone Chido in Mayotte highlighted the island's difficulties economically, but also in terms of immigration. Faced with irregular immigration, the department has 320,000 inhabitants according to INSEE, but perhaps 100,000 to 200,000 more with undocumented immigrants.
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“Soil law obviously cannot be applied to Mayotte in the same way as elsewhere. (…) But the question of soil law must also be framed elsewhere. I am not for automaticity of soil law I think that here too, we must be very demanding in terms of integration before granting French nationality”, argues Othman Nasrou.
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