Hundreds of refugees evicted from homes on French island
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People stand next to their belongings on May 29, 2016 in Ouangani, center part of the French island of Mayotte, after being evicted from their house by local inhabitants. ©AFP
Local anti-refugee groups have forced hundreds of foreigners, including dozens of families with proof of legal residency, to leave their homes on France’s Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.
According to Press TV, local authorities said angry anti-foreigner groups went door to door in nine villages and forced the families to leave their homes on Sunday.
They evicted almost 700 people from their homes in the central village of Ouangani alone.
They made some of the families to immediately leave their house, while gave others ultimatums to leave within the coming days.
The families, most from the neighboring Comoros islands, were forced to head to the capital to join hundreds of other families, who had already camped out on the main square after being made homeless.
The locals have been engaged in such expulsions for months. They accuse the refugees of “clandestine immigration” and “daily thefts, assaults and murders,” on the island.
Elsewhere in Europe, an anti-refugee party prompted anger among people by making racist comments against a black player with Germany
Alexander Gauland, the vice-chairman of German nationalist party, sparked outrage among people across the country after reportedly saying Jerome Boateng, a black player on the national team and for the Bayern Munich, should not be Germans’ “neighbor.”
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