Four days after his regularization, the young Guinean Laye Fodé Traoré was able to resume his apprenticeship position in the bakery "La huche à pains", in Besançon (Doubs).
Ten days ago, his apprentice master, Stéphane Ravacley, started a hunger strike to protest the expulsion of the 18-year-old.
“It's the first day of the rest of his life.
It was unexpected.
I was there at 3 am to receive him, normal.
It was obviously done with joy.
», Specified the baker, after learning that his apprentice had finally obtained his residence permit in France, after a strong collective mobilization.
"This fight he led, it was not easy but we won all together, all those who supported us, not only me and my boss, but all those who supported us", reacted the young man. man, who was immediately able to resume his apprenticeship in the bakery.
Supported in France as an isolated minor, Laye Fodé Traoré had not obtained a residence permit in France when he reached majority, the prefecture considering that his identity papers were not authentic.
But their recent validation by the Guinean embassy and the petition in its favor, which has collected more than 240,000 signatures and the support of cultural figures, have led the prefecture to review its position, according to Stéphane Ravacley.
The baker now intends to hire the young man.
