Going to Mayotte, Elizabeth Born expected solutions to issues of water supply, security and housing.

Elisabeth Bourne is in Mayotte this Friday to make statements on water, housing and health issues. The department, France’s poorest, faces severe drought, migration pressure from neighboring Comoros and growing instability.

After the traditional meeting at Petit Terre airport, the prime minister, accompanied by two ministers, Aurélien Rousseau (health) and Philippe Vigier (abroad), is expected to discuss the problem of water shortages to which residents are not responding. three, in an archipelago experiencing its worst drought since 1997. He is due to announce measures such as continued free bottled water distribution, expanded aid for businesses, as well as the expansion of the desalination plant she is due to visit and the construction of a second plant.

The trip, the first by a head of government since Manuel Valls in 2015, coincides with parliamentary debate on a highly sensitive immigration bill that begins on Monday. Elizabeth Bourne is scheduled to visit the soon to be demolished slum located in Kungu to discuss the issue of relocation, a topic that is being discussed on the island. LR MP Mansur Kamardin believes that the construction of housing or schools is a “call for fresh air” for immigration, with the Cimade association defending the necessary “shelter”. The Prime Minister should discuss the state’s desire to create an operation of national importance in three municipalities (Kungu, Mamuzu, Dembeni) to speed up the return of residents of destroyed slums.

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According to INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research), half of Mayotte’s population does not have French citizenship, although a third of foreigners were born on the island. This archipelago in the Indian Ocean is home to 310,000 inhabitants. Marine Le Pen received almost 60% of the vote in the last presidential election.

The prime minister “cannot ignore security and immigration issues”, which are a priority for local elected officials ahead of the government’s promised “Mayotte law”, says department council president Ben Issa Useni (right). He hopes activities like Wuambushu “can continue over time”, named after the controversial police operation. Elizabeth Bourne is due to discuss measures such as covering school bus windows, building a second prison, and increasing resources to combat illegal immigration by upgrading maritime surveillance radars.

The head of government is also due to meet elected representatives of the department’s council, where she will sign a “financial agreement” with the state, which is expected to allocate 100 million euros in 2024 to the needs of young children, the costs of which are rapidly rising in the face of demographic growth. 4% per year. Elected officials want to see that help continue. Elisabeth Bourne will visit the only hospital in Mayotte, which is seriously short of medical staff.

Emmanuel Macron, the republic’s president in 2019, has promised to build a second institution. Regarding health, the Prime Minister should announce assistance of 240 million euros for the expansion and modernization of this hospital center of Mayotte, which provides 70% of medical care, as well as the approval of a second hospital in Combani, the development of a proposal for the training of medical personnel, with a second Institute nursing training (IFSI), as well as increased bonuses and compensation for caregivers and physicians.