France unveils plan to curtail right to French citizenship in Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

Interior minister Gerald Darmanin plans to change constitution to remove birthplace right to citizenship on island that is part of France

French authorities have announced a controversial plan to amend the constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, claiming it would help stem an immigration crisis.

The reform was announced by interior minister Gerald Darmanin on Sunday after he arrived on the island, the country's poorest department (administrative region), following three weeks of protests there.