Wadau wa JF habari?Hivi karibuni kumetokea kimbunga CHIDO katika bahari ya hindi na kuathiri maeneo mbalimbali ikiwemo kaskazini mwa msumbiji,Malawi,Zimbabwe na kisiwa cha Mayotte..katika kufuatilia zaidi nakutana na habari ya kuwa kisiwa cha mayotte ni eneo la Ufaransa na Rais wa Ufaransa Macron alitembelea kisiwa hicho baada ya janga hilo...Naomba kwa wanaofahamu zaidi hii imekaaje kisiwa hiki kuwa milki ya ufaransa?wenyeji wa pale ni watu gani?Population yake ikoje?ukubwa wa eneo n.k
Mayotte however became the 101st department of France (
Fifth French Republic) on 31 March 2011 and became an
outermost associated region of the
European Union on 1 January 2014, following a
March 2009 referendum with an overwhelming result in favour of remaining in the status of a French department. The issue of illegal immigration became very important in local political life in the
2010s and
2020s which led France to organize
Operation Wuambushu.
In 2019, with an annual population growth of 3.8%, half the current population was less than 17 years old. In addition, 48% of the population were foreign nationals.
[6] Most of the
immigrants come from neighboring Island state of Comoros, many illegally. Despite being France's poorest department, Mayotte is much richer than other neighboring
East African countries and has developed French infrastructure and welfare system, making it a tempting destination for Comorans and other East Africans living in poverty in the region.
[7] The department faces enormous challenges.
According to an
Institut national de la statistique et des etudes economiques (National Institute of Economic Statistics Studies of France - INSEE) report published in 2018, 84% of the population live under the poverty line according to French standards, compared to 16% in metropolitan France, 40% of dwellings are
corrugated sheet metal shacks, 29% of households have no running water, and 34% of the inhabitants between the age of 15 and 64 do not have a job.
[8] These difficult living conditions mainly concern the large population of illegal migrants who crowd into shanty towns.
[9]