France's interior minister has ordered authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte to arrange deportation flights for migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Paris seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration to the island off the east coast of Africa.
"From October, the police chief of Mayotte... will arrange group flights to escort illegal immigrants back to the Democratic Republic of Congo," France's new Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, who says his priority is "restoring order", told the French parliament.
