A young Malian living in Haute-Loire was taken Tuesday to the administrative detention center in Lyon, before being expelled, said the teacher who accommodates him and whose companion had observed a hunger strike to obtain his administrative regularization.
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We were told at the very end of the day that Madama was on her way to Lyon at the administrative detention center in Lyon with a view to deportation on the decision of the prefect of Haute-Loire,
" Véronique de Marconnay told AFP.
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We are still in shock, it's a nightmare for us
".
Tuesday morning, Madama Diawara was summoned by the Air and Border police to Gerzat (Puy-de-Dôme) and "
taken into custody for using false documents
", according to Ms. de Marconnay.
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My companion and I were questioned separately in open audition
,” she adds.
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The case is ongoing
», Said during the day a spokesperson for the Air and Border police who did not wish to give more information.
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I suppose he had an obligation to leave French territory.
We will appeal tomorrow,
”explains Ms. de Marconnay.
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We do not give up even if we have received a blow today
".
Madama Diawara, a young 19-year-old Malian, was welcomed in December 2018 by the Altiligérien couple after crossing the Mediterranean and then the Alps to Briançon.
He had been enrolled in an establishment to obtain a CAP for agricultural worker and had completed a first internship with a couple of breeders who had offered him an apprenticeship contract.
But the prefecture of Haute-Loire refused to issue the work permit and the residence permit necessary for the young man, major since January 2020, questioning the authenticity of his birth certificate.
Ms. de Marconnay's companion, Eric Durupt, began a hunger strike on January 30 to demand its regularization, before putting an end to it two weeks later in the hope of a new decision.
On February 25, a new birth certificate was provided to the prefecture, which had undertaken to have it appraised quickly by the Air and Border police.
The young man's situation had sparked a wave of support in Haute-Loire and a petition launched by the couple collected more than 35,800 signatures.
