France's President Sarkozy shakes hands as he arrives at Mamoudzou for an official trip in Mayotte island...
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) shakes hands with French gendarmes as he arrives at Mamoudzou for an official trip in Mayotte island on January 18, 2010. Sarkozy was due to meet officials to discuss the immigration problems on the island, where around a third of the 200,000 residents have illegally entered from the nearby Comoros islands. Last year French authorities shipped 16,000 Comorans back home from Mayotte, whose mostly Muslim people last year voted for their island to ditch its French-ruled "collectivity" status and become a department of France. REUTERS/ Gerard Cerles/Pool (MAYOTTE - Tags: POLITICS)