Mayotte is France's poorest region and nearly 5,000 miles from Paris in the Indian Ocean - early on, island officials said close to 1,000 people may have been killed when Cyclone Chido hit.
Two people have died, including a young child, and dozens more people have been injured, according to local officials, while a 50-year-old man, originally from Saudi Arabia, is said to have been arrested.
Serge Atlaoui, who is reportedly suffering from cancer, has made the appeal as President Prabowo Subianto is expected to give an amnesty to 44,000 prisoners.
A memo from ECA chair and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi obtained by Sky News has dismissed a plot to establish a 96-team Unify League as a "disruptive" bid composed by "separatist self-interested clubs".
The delegation's visit is taking place as America increases its efforts to find missing journalist Austin Tice - who disappeared in Syria during the country's civil war.