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His lawyer talks regarding “reproachable and arbitrary practices”. Pauline Le Liard, lawyer at Cimade, an association for helping migrants and refugees, from a ” miscarriage of justice “. Aged 39, Salim A. M., a Comorian national, was expelled on March 14 from Mayotte, where he has lived since 2016, a few hours before the administrative court even rendered its decision on his appeal once morest an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF ), pronounced by the prefecture and finally suspended. Me Kossi Dedry, his lawyer, had nevertheless alerted the gendarmes and those responsible for the administrative detention room where his client was locked up following his arrest in Dembéni.
On April 26, the judge in chambers sanctioned this hasty and illegal deportation to the border by ordering the prefect of Mayotte, Thierry Suquet, to “take all the measures likely to allow the return” of this Comorian national. Salim AM will soon be able to find, in Mayotte, his daughter Ihssane, 5 years old, and his partner, holder of a resident card. The father of the family will make the trip ” as soon as possible “ et “at the expense of the French State”who will have to issue him “a residence permit authorizing him to work”, also orders the court considering that “his removal seriously and manifestly unlawfully undermines his right to an effective remedy”. “Fortunately, the judge has set the record straight”soberly comments Me Dedry.
In Mayotte, the case of Salim A.M., with a condemnation from the State and an order to organize a return, illustrates a blind spot in the policy of figures in the fight once morest illegal immigration, considered a priority and supported by a large majority of Mahorais. Since April 24, the “Wuambushu” operation has intended to embody this political firmness with an initial objective of 20,000 deportations to the border in ” two months “.
It has so far had the opposite effect since the expulsions have been stopped due to the hostility of the Union of the Comoros, which has resulted in the closure of their maritime borders. A serious setback for the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, in addition to court decisions suspending evictions and demolitions in the slum of Talus 2 where seventy families live.
“Clear violation of the law”
In 2022, more than 26,000 people were removed from Mayotte, according to data from the prefecture, with daily boat rotations to the island of Anjouan, 70 kilometers away from the 101e French department. “The evictions are extremely fast, observes the lawyer at the Cimade Pauline Le Liard. Problems with respect for the law are linked to this haste. The average time between entry into the administrative detention center and expulsion is seventeen hours. Everything is done so that it goes quickly and that it is difficult to assert one’s rights. Only 4% of people can go to a judge. » Of the 43,565 people placed in administrative detention centers (CRA) in France in 2022, nearly 60% were placed in Mayotte.
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