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MAMOUDZOU (FRANCE) - France on Monday refused to halt a controversial planned operation to expel migrants from its Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, despite opposition from the neighbouring Comoros and clashes between locals and security forces sent by Paris.

France refuses to halt Indian Ocean migrant expulsions

Mamoudzou, France: France on Monday refused to halt a controversial planned operation to expel migrants from its Indian Ocean island territory of Mayo...

Comoros said Monday it had refused to allow a boat carrying migrants from Mayotte, where French authorities have announced a controversial operation against illegal migrants, to dock.

Comoros said Monday it had refused to allow a boat carrying migrants from Mayotte, where French authorities have announced a controversial operation against illegal migrants, to dock.

France on Monday refused to halt a controversial planned operation to expel migrants from its Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, despite opposition from the neighbouring Comoros and clashes between locals and security forces sent by Paris.

At the entrance to the Majicavo slum on France's Indian Ocean territory Mayotte, which authorities are seeking to evacuate and demolish, a group gathered around a poster emblazoned with the French flag.

Migrant fears grow as France eyes clearance of Mayotte shantytown

Officials in the Comoros archipelago insist they will not accept any migrants from neighbouring Mayotte as a row with Paris heats up

International, MNA | The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros warned Friday it would not accept migrants expelled from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte in a looming operation that has triggered a diplomatic spat.