He takes his baccalaureate philosophy test this Friday, June 17. But at the beginning of September, when his classmates will return to university, Jasm, a 20-year-old Armenian high school student, does not know if he will still be in France. The final year student arrived with his parents in Essonne in 2018 to flee Armenia, where they say they are in danger. Their asylum request was rejected and the young man was notified of an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) by September 2021. “If I return to my country, I will go to prison because I did not do my military service, ”he explains.
If they left Armenia in a hurry in September 2018, it was because he and his family had received death threats. “My uncle wanted to denounce abuses by the Armenian army,” Jasm explains. When his uncle committed suicide, at least according to the official version, "my father sought to have answers about his death," he continues. It was at this point that Jasm claims that her family was the target of threats and intimidation, which led to them packing up.
To justify its decision to refuse an asylum request, the prefecture explains in its decree on the OQTF, that Jasm "does not run the risk of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment in the event of her return to her country. original ”.
And adds that in view of his recent entry into the territory, he "cannot avail himself of a sufficient time of presence to justify a request for a residence permit".
Contacted, the prefecture of Essonne did not respond to our requests.
"He is an excellent student"
Settled in a home in Quincy-sous-Sénart with her parents, Jasm starts a new life. He learns French at lightning speed, which he masters perfectly, is educated at the Lycée Talma de Brunoy. "He is an excellent student, with more than 15 average, he has an irreproachable behavior, hires a staff in the management of Talma high school. He adapted easily and quickly. "
The situation moves his comrades. A collective is assembled within the school, an online petition is launched. It reached nearly 19,000 signatures. The objective is to encourage the prefecture to grant a residence permit to Jasm so that he can continue his studies in France. But Jasm despairs of landing an online date. “We also put together a video with messages of support from students and teachers,” underlined Noé, student and very active member of the collective. The prefecture gives no sign of life, our last mail goes back twenty days. While the urgency is very real! We would have liked that Jasm could have a positive answer with the first test of the bac, to be quiet. "
“Jasm is not an isolated case, we follow a lot of students who have an OQTF.
The conditions for obtaining a student residence permit have tightened, considers Nadia Nguyen Quang, member of the Education Without Borders Network (RESF), a group of groups that defends the rights of immigrants.
Jasm has yet proven her seriousness and diligence, ”she says.
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The 20-year-old cannot imagine his life elsewhere than in France.
He has also already received an assignment via Parcoursup, in BTS bank.
“I want to finish my studies here, have a job, start a family.
In the hope of obtaining this residence permit, he clings to the strong support of his comrades.
“It feels good, it motivates me to fight to stay in France.
It gives hope!
"" Its future is being built in France, on good foundations.
His situation is unfair and very frustrating, because it does not depend on us ”, laments Noé.
Despite this agonizing wait, Jasm will concentrate on her baccalaureate exams, hoping for good news by September with a residence permit.
"It is true that I am not French, slips the high school student.
But I want to be seen as such.
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