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Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-15): A French possession since 1841, the tiny island of Mayotte is now a département or county of the Republic which means, in theory, that the same rules apply there as in the Moselle or Maine-et-Loire, or anywhere else in France. [...] A constitutional change to this effect is now to be pursued by the government. Crucially the end of "birthplace citizenship" would apply only to the island of Mayotte - not to France as a whole. [...] In the island's hospitals more than 10,000 babies are being born every year - the majority to mothers from the Comoros. Mayotte's overall population is estimated at 300,000 - but only half of them bear French passports.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-11): The French interior minister said Sunday, February 11, the government planned to amend the Constitution to revoke birthright citizenship on the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, the poorest part of the country, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis. Mayotte is composed of two islands that voted to stay part of France in 1973, while the others in the surrounding Muslim-majority archipelago sought independence, becoming the Comoros Islands. Thousands of Comorans fleeing the poverty and corruption of their homeland make the trip across to Mayotte in search of higher living standards every year. [...] Mayotte, which lies northwest of Madagascar, became a full-fledged French department in 2011. According to France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the 375-square kilometer island is home to around 310,000 people, but officials say this figure is seriously underestimated. Nearly half of island residents do not have French nationality. According to INSEE, more than 40% of the islanders survive on less than €160 per month.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-03): The outermost regions are islands, archipelagos and one land territory (French Guiana). They are located in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, South America and the Indian Ocean, and are home to close to 5 million EU citizens.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-11-16): Mayotte - Exercise a high degree of caution [...] Mayotte is a French overseas department. However, it’s not part of the Schengen Area. [...] Mayotte is an overseas department of France.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-12): This time, there were no traditional flower necklaces to welcome the visitors. No shengué welcome song. And no mingling with the crowd while delivering messages of praise, as was the case last June on his last visit to France's overseas territory of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. At the time, just after the launch of Operation Wuambushu to combat crime, illegal immigration and substandard housing, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin had been described by the crowd as "the man for the job." [...] To quell this long-simmering anger on an island of 310,000 inhabitants where, according to the national statistics institute, in 2017 almost half of the population was foreign, Darmanin solemnly launched his series of promises as soon as he got off the plane: "The president of the Republic has instructed me to tell the Mahorais that we are going to take a radical decision, which is to include the end of birthright citizenship in Mayotte in a constitutional amendment." "It will no longer be possible to become French if you are not the child of a French parent," the minister explained. "We will cut off the archipelago's attractivity [to immigrants]." The measure had been called for years by most of Mayotte's elected representatives and its population. It will add to the specific features and exceptions of the law governing foreigners in Mayotte. There, birthright citizenship already includes numerous exceptions aimed at discouraging illegal immigration.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-01-01): Health, illness and cancer in Mayotte: Multicultural experiences in a medically underserved French Territory - PMID: 35135674 - DOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2022.01.006 Health, illness and cancer in Mayotte: Multicultural experiences in a medically underserved French Territory The island of Mayotte is part of the French territory and one of the European Union's Outermost Regions but there is a significant lack of data and research on health and cancers in Mayotte. This article reviews the literature on health, disease and cancer in Mayotte, from the perspectives of social science and epidemiology. It starts by shedding light on the specificities of Mahoran demography and society, and shows the healthcare infrastructure is insufficient to meet the population's needs. It then reviews social science studies on health and illness in Mayotte and shows that the political issue of migration permeates the management and the experiences of health on the island. It ends with a focus on the epidemiology of cervical cancer and a review of the available data on screening, treatment and prevention. The article concludes with a quick review of ongoing research and urgently calls for more data and research on this critical public health issue.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-03-17): A group of residents from the Indian Ocean French island of Mayotte has been rounding up suspected illegal migrants and taking them to local police. [...] Mayotte is an island of 250,000 people that is part of the Comoros archipelago off the coast of Africa. [...] But Mayotte opted to remain part of France, voting overwhelmingly in 2009 in favour of becoming an integral part of France, mainly because of the economic benefits associated with becoming French.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-06-05): Wuambushu, officially announced in April, has revived debate on Mayotte, the poorest department in France, where most deportations on the entire French territory occur. [...] The operation has revived debates around French colonialism, specifically Mayotte’s status as a French department, made official in 2011. The Comoran archipelago fell under French colonial rule in the mid-19th century and voted overwhelmingly for independence from France in 1974, but Mayotte – representing 8% of the total electorate – was against. France held a second referendum in 1976, with similar results. The UN general assembly has condemned France’s presence in Mayotte. [...] France has significant economic interests in the Mozambique channel, and Mayotte allows control in one of the largest maritime exclusive economic zones in the world. "France is only there to enrich itself, not to develop the island," says Yousef. "France doesn’t want the island or the island’s population – all it wants is the riches around it."
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-29): Mayotte is a French overseas department and region located in the Indian Ocean, between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is composed of two main islands, Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre, and several smaller ones. It has a population of about 310,000 people, most of whom are Muslims and speak Shimaore and Shibushi, two local languages, although French is the official language. As a French territory in Africa, Mayotte is struggling and facing a growing health crisis. It is currently the poorest and most densely populated department of France, with high unemployment rates and low level of education. It further struggles with social and political instability, as well as environmental degradation. Despite its many challenges, it has attracted a lot of migrants from neighboring countries, who seek better living conditions and security. [...] It is in this context that Doctors of the World (DotW) intervenes in slums, with people excluded from healthcare and constantly threatened with deportation. "There are as many deportations to the border in Mayotte as in all the rest of French territory ", explains Rozenn Calvar again. As a result, patients do not come to consultations because they fear being arrested and deported from Mayotte.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-25): Mayotte is an overseas département (department) of France. From 1976 into the 21st century, Mayotte had a special status with France as a collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity), conceived as being midway between an overseas territory and an overseas département. Its status was changed to collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity) in 2001 and then to overseas département in 2011. Mayotte’s status as an administrative unit of France has been disputed by Comoros, which has claimed Mayotte since Comoros’s declaration of independence from France in 1975. [...] In the 15th century Arabs invaded the island and converted its inhabitants, who were probably descendants of earlier peoples speaking Bantu and Malay and Indonesian languages, to Islam; in the 16th century the Portuguese and French visited Mayotte. At the end of the 18th century the Sakalava, a Malagasy tribe from Madagascar, invaded and populated the island, bringing a Malagasy dialect. The French gained colonial control over Mayotte in 1843, and, together with the other islands of the Comoros archipelago and Madagascar, Mayotte became part of a single French overseas territory in the early 20th century.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-01-01): EU country / Territories related with EU countries [...] This is because EU countries are obliged to treat goods from these territories the same as goods coming from outside the EU. [...] In these territories, national rules apply: EU country may choose not to apply any VAT, to apply different VAT rates under different conditions than in the rest of its territory or to apply the same VAT rates as in the rest of its territory.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-19): There are 12 overseas territories: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, and the Wallis and Futuna islands, which together have almost 2.6 million inhabitants. [...] With an exclusive economic zone of 74,000 sq. km (28,570 sq. miles) and a commercial port with €150 million of investment between 2013 and 2028, business opportunities are manifold, explaining the installation of major groups such as Sigma, Lafarge and Total. Mayotte was the leading French region for business creation in 2017 (+16.4% from 2016). [...] Since 2021, Mayotte is part of the French Tech community, with the birth of Mayotte in Tech, the gathering of tech and communication companies.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-14): France has announced a controversial plan to amend the constitution to restrict citizenship to people born to immigrants in the overseas territory of Mayotte in a move aimed at curbing immigration to the Indian Ocean islands. [...] Mayotte is one of the five overseas departments of France located in the Indian Ocean, off the East African coast comprising of two islands. [...] Residence permits issued to foreigners in Mayotte are only valid for the island and cannot be used to travel to mainland France. The scrapping of that system is one of the key demands of the protesters.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-09): French health minister visits overseas territory Mayotte after cholera death [...] Mayotte is France's 101st and poorest administrative region and anti-immigrant groups have launched protests against new arrivals despite a vow from Paris to tighten citizenship rules. Part of the Comoros archipelago, Mayotte voted to remain part of France in 1974, when the other three islands sought and won independence.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of France (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-17): In response to the most severe drought Mayotte has experienced in decades, the French government and local authorities in the overseas territory are taking drastic measures to ensure inhabitants get basic access to water. The unprecedented shortage is pushing locals into desperation and mounting tensions at a time when Mayotte is also seeing rampant crime. Getting access to tap water in Mayotte, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean northwest of Madagascar, has become an uphill battle. Since September 4, residents have only had access to the archipelago’s water supply for two days out of three on average. [...] Mayotte is the poorest department in France and its overseas territories. In 2018, 42 percent of the population lived on less than €160 per month.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-02): Mayotte (/maɪˈɒt/ my-OT; French: Mayotte, [majɔt] ; Shimaore: Maore, IPA: [maˈore]; Kibushi: Maori, IPA: [maˈori]), officially the Department of Mayotte (French: Département de Mayotte),[3] is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is located in the northern part of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeastern Africa, between Northwestern Madagascar and Northeastern Mozambique. Mayotte consists of a main island, Grande-Terre (or Maore), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), as well as several islets around these two. Mayotte is the most prosperous territory in the Mozambique Channel, making it a major destination for immigration. [...] Topography [edit]Mayotte is the oldest of the four large islands of the Comoros archipelago,[9] a chain of land emerging from a crescent-shaped submarine relief at the entrance to the Mozambique Channel. Located 295 km (183 mi) west of Madagascar and 67 km (42 mi) southeast of Anjouan, sometimes visible at sunset in the shade, it is composed of several islands and islets covered with lush vegetation. The two largest islands are Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre, backed by a coral reef.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-19): Comoros country profile - Published [...] 1841 - French first establish colonial rule in the Comoros by taking possession of Mayotte. [...] 1974 - Three of the four main islands making up the Comoros vote for independence, but Mayotte votes to stay with France.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-21): Mayotte is an archipelago among the East African Islands, lying in the Indian Ocean channel between Madagascar and Mozambique. It's a French overseas department with a population of 299,348 in 2022. Most live on the large island of Grande-Terre, which somewhat resembles a sea horse, used on Mayotte's coat of arms. A 2 km channel separates it from Petite-Terre, also urbanised; the other islets are tiny with only a handful of residents. Understand [edit]The first known human habitation was in the 7th century CE, and early settlement was from the East African mainland and from Madagascar. Mayotte lay on the Arab trade routes, adopted Islam, and from 1500 became a sultanate. From time to time it fought with its neighbours, and in the 1830s Andriantsoly in exile from Madagascar grabbed power here as Sultan. Madagascar was backed by the British so he needed an equivalent Great Power ally, and in 1841 he sold the whole place to France. He got 5000 francs, which he mostly drank, until in 1847 an assassin nailed him slightly ahead of the bottle. Subsequently all of Comoros, Réunion and Mayotte became a French protectorate. Attempts to develop Mayotte for sugar plantations, as in the Caribbean, were stymied by the rugged terrain and long transport routes.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-05-16): In 1843 France officially took possession of Mayotte, and in 1886 it placed the other three islands under its protection. Administratively attached to Madagascar in 1912, Comoros became an overseas territory of France in 1947 and was given representation in the French National Assembly. In 1961, a year after Madagascar became independent, the islands were granted internal autonomy. Majorities on three of the islands voted for independence in 1974, but most of the inhabitants of Mayotte favoured continuing French rule. When the National Assembly of France held that each island should decide its own status, Comorian Pres. Ahmed Abdallah (who was deposed later that year) declared the whole archipelago independent on July 6, 1975. Comoros was subsequently admitted to the United Nations, which recognized the integrity of the entire archipelago as one nation. France, however, acknowledged the sovereignty of only the three islands and upheld the autonomy of Mayotte, designating it a "territorial collectivity" (i.e., neither a territory nor a département) of France in 1976. As relations deteriorated, France withdrew all development and technical aid from Comoros. Ali Soilih became president and attempted to convert the country into a secular socialist republic. [...] The status of Mayotte—which was still claimed by Comoros but administered by France—was the subject of a March 2009 referendum. More than 95 percent of Mayotte voters approved changing the island’s status with France from a territorial collectivity to an overseas department in 2011, strengthening its ties with that country. Comoros, as well as the AU, rejected the outcome of the vote.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-12): The island of Mayotte is a French department (formerly an overseas territory) geographically belonging to the Comoros archipelago (islands of Anjouan, Mohéli and Grande Comores). The total area of this volcanic island is 376 km2. The island has one of the largest lagoons in the world, almost closed, with a reef surrounding almost the entire island. The island is also famous for its multiple mangrove areas and its coral beds (people from Reunion Island often come for that), its sea turtle nests, its baobabs, and its Ylang Ylang culture. This French territory is composed of two main islands: Grande Terre and Petite Terre. The capital of the island is Mamoudzou. Historically, Mayotte has been French since 1841, the rest of the Comoros was attached as a French protectorate. In 1946, Mayotte was then attached to the Comorian territory, formerly having the status of a French colony, detached from the island of Madagascar. In 1975, the independence of the Comoros was declared after consultation. In 2011, after a referendum, Mayotte became the 101st French department – DOM – (with Guyana, Reunion Island, Guadeloupe and Martinique).
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The island of Mayotte is an overseas department (a type of province) of France that is situated in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean. The island lies about 193 miles (310 kilometers) northwest of Madagascar. Mayotte is the southeasternmost island in the Comoros group, and the country of Comoros claims the island, disputing that it is an administrative unit of France. The capital of Mayotte is Mamoudzou, a city on the eastern coast of the island. Pamandzi, an islet lying about 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) east of Mayotte, is connected to the island by a causeway. Area 144 square miles (375 square kilometers). Population (2024 est.) 326,700. [...] France gained control of Mayotte in 1843. In the early 20th century, it was made part of a French overseas territory along with the other islands of the Comoros group and Madagascar. In 1975 Comoros declared its independence. The people of Mayotte voted to remain with France, though Comoros asserted that the island was part of the new country. In 1979 the United Nations passed a resolution affirming the sovereignty of Comoros over Mayotte. The African Union also supported Comoros’s claim to the island.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-05): The Comoros has repeatedly pressed its claim to Mayotte before the United Nations General Assembly, which adopted a series of resolutions under the caption "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte", opining that Mayotte belongs to the Comoros under the principle that the territorial integrity of colonial territories should be preserved upon independence. As a practical matter, however, these resolutions have little effect and there is no foreseeable likelihood that Mayotte will become de facto part of the Comoros without its people's consent. More recently, the Assembly has maintained this item on its agenda but deferred it from year to year without taking action. Other bodies, including the Organization of African Unity, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, have similarly questioned French sovereignty over Mayotte.[73][74] To close the debate and to avoid being integrated by force in the Union of the Comoros, the population of Mayotte overwhelmingly chose to become an overseas department and a region of France in a 2009 referendum. The new status was effective on 31 March 2011 and Mayotte has been recognised as an outermost region by the European Union on 1 January 2014.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-24): Comoros (officially called Union of the Comoros) is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean. It is between Madagascar and mainland Africa. The capital is Moroni on Grande Comore. The population (except for Mayotte) is about 798,000 people. [...] Mayotte is also a territory that is claimed by Comoros but is a part of France as an oversea territory. The other islands form the independent state of Comoros. [...] In November 1975, the Comoros became the 143rd member of the United Nations. The citizens of Mayotte chose to become French citizens and keep their island as a French territory.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-04-27): The French Interior Ministry started its Operation Wuambushu on Monday, April 24, in the overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. This large-scale action to destroy shanty towns and expel migrants – the vast majority of whom are from the neighboring independent Comoros islands – is once again shining a spotlight on the island territory of Mayotte, which was the only one among the colonized archipelago not to have chosen independence in the 1970s, and which became a French department in 2011. [...] This is a reality, but it is not just the Comorians – 80% of the population of Mayotte is in poverty. Mahorais are poor, uneducated and difficult. Mayotte is the poorest department in France, with a per capita allocation three to four times lower than in mainland France. The problem is the lack of development of this island – whose population is no larger than that of a medium-sized city of 350,000 inhabitants – but to which the State does not give the means in accordance with its status as a department.
Claim: Mayotte is a territory of Comoros (Mayotte, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-06): The Comoro Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and the African mainland. Three of the islands form the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign nation, while Mayotte belongs to France. [...] - Ngazidja (also known as Grande Comore): the largest island of the Union of the Comoros, with its capital Moroni - Ndzuwani (also known as Anjouan): part of the Union of the Comoros - Mwali (also known as Mohéli): part of the Union of the Comoros - Mayotte (also known as Maore): a French overseas department. Mayotte is composed of two islands, Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre (also known as Pamanzi), where the Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport is located. [...] - Mayotte, an Overseas Department of the French Republic (département d'outre-mer). This island is also claimed by the Union of the Comoros according to Article 1 of its Constitution.