Unemployment in Mayotte peaks at 30%, making it the division most affected by the employment disaster.
In Mayotte, unemployment is 30% (picture of illustration). | PHILIPPE RENAULT / OUEST-FRANCE
With a fee of unemployment 30%, Mayotte is the French division which is most affected by unemployment (9% for France, 18 to 24% for different DOM), in accordance with a survey launched Tuesday by the regional delegation of INSEE.
The unemployed have been counted in accordance with the definition of the Worldwide Labor Workplace (ILO): being between 15 and 64 years previous, searching for a job and being out there instantly.
This unemployment fee has stabilized for years, besides in 2018, the 12 months of large-scale social actions within the territory, the place it reached 35%.
22,500 unemployed
“However the unemployment fee alone shouldn’t be sufficient to make clear the fact of the labor market”, warns Jamel Mekkaoui, director of the INSEE regional delegation.
Certainly, the variety of unemployed (22,500) is far decrease than the halo (30,800 individuals), that’s to say, individuals who need to work however who are usually not unemployed within the sense of the ILO, as a result of they haven’t taken any steps to register with a job search group like Pôle emploi.
Organizations not but well-known to the inhabitants as a consequence of their latest set up (2005 for the ANPE) on this island within the Indian Ocean which turned a division in 2011. But additionally, as a result of the executive procedures appear difficult for these individuals on the searching for a job.
Lastly, many know that they won’t obtain any compensation for not having had a declared job and don’t see the purpose of registering.
Unemployment. Mayotte stays essentially the most affected divisionOuest-France.fr
