A Beninese national who has been working for a year and a half in an nursing home in Isère, a department under pressure during this Covid period, is fighting to stay in France, when she is threatened with deportation.
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Lydia Veyrat, 37, came to France in May 2019 after the death of her French husband with whom she lived in Benin, to liquidate the estate in Savoie, where he was from.
In the meantime, the nurse got a CDD as a nursing assistant in an nursing home in Pontcharra (Isère) in July, which turned into a CDI in October 2020.
Her request for renewal of a residence permit was refused by the prefecture of Savoie, the department where she resides, accompanied by an obligation to leave the territory in September because it "
did not justify any particular integration into society. French
”.
And his appeal to administrative justice was rejected Monday.
“
The Granier nursing home has certified in writing that they need it!
The prefect told the court that he did not know all the elements of the file of this person but does not say either that he will review his file,
”lamented his lawyer Didier Besson.
The lawyer seized the Minister of the Interior and also intends to appeal the decision of the TA of Grenoble.
"
It's an incomprehensible situation
", added one of her superiors from the nursing home.
"
She speaks perfect French, has a permanent contract, her in-laws, her colleagues and her friends here: there is no one more integrated than she and she is a model employee
".
“
In the 1st and 2nd wave we were understaffed and Lydia didn't miss a single day and even worked overtime,
” she added.
Lydia Veyrat is also proud to have received the Covid bonus of 1,000 euros for her investment in the spring.
The president of Isère, Jean-Pierre Barbier (LR), also wrote a letter to the prefecture of Savoie to support the nursing assistant, while the department has just launched a call for volunteers to strengthen its nursing homes in difficulty.