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In Bid to Curb Immigration, France to Scrap Birthright Citizenship in Mayotte
Reuters ^ | 02 11 2024 | Staff

Posted on 02/13/2024 5:47:34 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Children of immigrants born in Mayotte, the French overseas territory situated between Madagascar and the African mainland, will no longer automatically become French citizens, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late on Sunday.

"It will no longer be possible to become French if one is not the child of French parents", Darmanin told journalists upon his arrival on the island, announcing the scrapping of birthright citizenship there - a first in recent French history.

Located close to the impoverished Comoro islands off the East African coast, the former French colony has become the centre of fierce social unrest, with many residents blaming undocumented immigration for the deteriorating conditions.

Much poorer than mainland France, Mayotte has been shaken by gang violence and social unrest for decades. The situation has recently worsened amid a water shortage.

Since January, island residents have been staging strikes and erecting roadblocks to protest against what they say are unacceptable living conditions, paralyzing large parts of local infrastructure.

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KEYWORDS: birthright; citizenship; france

1 posted on 02/13/2024 5:47:34 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late on Sunday.

“It will no longer be possible to become French if one is not the child of French parents”,
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New Zealand went to this about 10 years ago...

Why dont we have this law here ???

When the parents become American citizens their children do too whether they were born here or back in the mother country...


2 posted on 02/13/2024 5:53:48 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: yesthatjallen

The world is going SANE...


3 posted on 02/13/2024 5:53:51 PM PST by GOPJ ( Ashli Babbit's killer was given a promotion after the murder. Never forget.)
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To: yesthatjallen

In the US, we not only need deportations—paid if we need to—but we need retroactive revocation of citizenship to save the country.
Backdate it to 9/11.


4 posted on 02/13/2024 9:49:35 PM PST by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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