Mayotte's Future Depends on Education, Not More Restrictions on Migrant Rights

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Click to expand Image Children walk past modular classrooms built after Cyclone Chido, at the nursery and elementary school of Majicavo-Lamir village on the French overseas territory of Mayotte, on August 18, 2025. © 2025 Marine Gachet/AFP via Getty Images Students return to school this week in France’s overseas department of Mayotte.

For most, the start of the academic year is a return to overcrowded schools that are often ill-equipped to meet their basic needs, and an education system that continues to fail…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · August 25, 2026

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