evidence: France has announced a controversial plan to amend the constitution to restrict citizenship to people born to immigrants in the overseas territory of Mayotte in a move aimed at curbing immigration to the Indian Ocean islands. [...] Here is more about Mayotte – an archipelago between Madagascar and the African mainland – and why the change has triggered controversy. [...] Mayotte is one of the five overseas departments of France located in the Indian Ocean, off the East African coast comprising of two islands.