“Well done to them, I’m proud of my boys. » Coach of the Combani football team, in Mayotte, Ibrahim Chakir just wants to remember the state of mind of his “children”. And minus the controversy surrounding seven “executive players” in an irregular situation, with a ban on traveling to France, but who unexpectedly received the support of the deputy of the National Rally (RN) of Mayotte, Anchya Bamana. The same one that, however, periodically urges the French State to “Really close the border” of the island, and that demands the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, to “for a start” In Mayotte, its twist on immigration policy.
Defeated, on Wednesday, November 20, by the Corte team (national 3) and eliminated in this eighth round of the French Cup after a brave victory in Crépy-en-Valois (Oise) four days before, the “Black Devils” de Combani (regional 1) played a tough match in Upper Corsica, with a violent wind, without the usual seven starters: four Comorians, two Ivorians and one Malagasy. All without a residence permit.
In view of this high-risk trip for Mahor football, followed with fervor on the island, several local elected officials had discreetly asked the prefect of Mayotte, François-Xavier Bieuville, to obtain what would have served as an exemption. For his part, the deputy Anchya Bamana, for whom the “black devils” are “the pride of Mayotte”, He sent a letter, on November 18, to the state representative demanding the emergency regularization of the seven players. Which would have allowed them to join their companions in time.
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In return, M. Bieuville responded, the same day, that a “special authorization” cannot be delivered “than a foreigner in legal status who holds a residence permit.” A specific rule for Mayotte comes from the fact that a residence permit issued on site is only valid in the department. The prefect of Mayotte adds in his response that the study of the files cannot be carried out urgently. Which are also incomplete. And that the applications present inconsistencies. Four players summon a “quality of a sick foreigner” while they are going to participate in a competition. and two “they are unfavorable for the police and gendarmerie services.”
In his letter, Prefect Bieuville goes a little further. reminds you of meme Bamana the situation of blocking the foreigners service of the prefecture by the Mayotte Citizens Collective 2018, which received the support of the elected official. What are you doing? “impossible to examine the situation of the affected people” since it prevents the submission of asylum applications, “and the departure of the beneficiaries to France as desired by a large majority.” Contacted by the worldBieuville is surprised that his letter has been leaked to the press. “I only responded legally and out of loyalty to an elected representative of the Republic, observes the representative of the State on the island. The state is politically neutral. This is a controversy that escapes me. »
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