French riot police with armoured vehicles monitor the area as Mayotte prefect addresses the press on a parking of the village of Tsoundzou, on the outskirts of the capital Mamoudzou, where clashes between young residents of slums and authorities have been occurring for the past several days, on April 24, 2023. - Authorities in Mayotte were expected to launch Operation Wuambushu ("Take Back") as early as this weekend to remove illegal migrants who have settled in slums on the island, with more than 2,000 police and administrative officials mobilised to set in train the expulsions of those illegally on the island and tear down the makeshift squats housing them. (Photo by Morgan Fache / AFP)