Stéphanie-Fabienne Lacombe

Claiming their rights : Mayotte’s asylum seekers demonstrate in the streets - Accounts from the demonstrations

In the French overseas department Mayotte, hundreds of asylum seekers, mainly from the Great Lakes Region in Africa, have been sleeping and protesting in the streets since October. Exposed to tropical showers, heat and angry neighbours, they are protesting for French asylum law to be respected. Malek and Bertrand, two asylum seekers, share their impressions from the protest site.