Stéphane Ravacley, a baker from Besançon on a hunger strike for more than a week to protest the expulsion of his Guinean apprentice, was uneasy on Tuesday and was taken to the emergency room, he told AFP .
He was "
taken care of shortly before 9:00 am by the firefighters who took him to the Besançon CHU
", confirmed the prefecture of Doubs.
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On a hunger strike for eight days, the 50-year-old craftsman "
fell in love
" Tuesday around 8:30 am while he was in his car, in front of his bakery in downtown Besançon, said the person in charge of trade sales, Anne-Sophie Rousseaux.
"
He is in the hospital, but his condition is not too serious,
" she reassured.
Contacted while he was still in the emergency room, Stéphane Ravacley said he felt "
very weak
".
He now eats only broth and has lost about eight kilograms since the start of his hunger strike.
A nurse visits him every two days.
His former apprentice Laye Fodé Traoré, 18, had to interrupt his training.
Supported in France as an isolated minor, he is covered by an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) issued by the prefecture of Haute-Saône, the department where he resides.
The young Guinean seized the administrative court of Besançon to legally challenge this OQTF and the refusal of the prefecture to issue him a residence permit.
His request will be considered on January 26.
According to his lawyer, the prefecture considers that Mr. Traoré's identity documents are not authentic.
These documents are being validated by the Guinean Embassy in France, she noted on Friday.
Raphaël Glucksmann, Omar Sy, Leïla Slimani, Nicolas Hulot, Edgar Morin, Laurent Berger, Marion Cotillard and several EELV mayors on Monday called on the President of the Republic to "
help the Besançon baker on hunger strike!"
», In a column signed in the Nouvel Observateur.
The petition in favor of Laye Fodé Traoré, launched by Stéphane Ravacley, had collected more than 220,000 signatures on Tuesday.
He also set up a Facebook page on Monday to centralize the testimonies of all employers and apprentices facing the same problem as him, many according to him.
