The proof that Macron's gendarmes CAN hunt down illegal immigrants... but only when it's on an idyllic Indian Ocean island 5,000 miles from Calais - and it's to stop them sneaking into France: IAN GAL
'Mayotte is France and that means Europe and the chance of a better life,' said one of the young men. People smugglers, illegal migrants, the French, overcrowded small boats, a dangerous channel crossing? Odd though it sounds when we are somewhere between the east coast of Africa and Madagascar, Mayotte is indeed France. Police officers drafted in from the French mainland raid houses on Mayotte's largest island, Grande-Terre, seizing undocumented immigrants and deporting them. All had arrived on the island by small boats, they said.
Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2026 11:40 UTC
