"The number of the population is clearly underestimated," says French far-right leader Marine Le Pen as she travels to Mayotte after the passage of cyclone Chido, criticising the “lies” of the census in the archipelago in front of a group of around ten people, mainly women in traditional dress, who supported her ideas. "We absolutely must put an end to illegal immigration and stop the shantytownisation," says Safina Soula, president of the Mayotte 2018 citizens' collective, one of the groups that took part in the roadblocks set up to protest against insecurity and immigration in early 2024. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES