Doha-a 46-year-old Moroccan man, who lived legally in France for 24 years, was excluded to Morocco according to the new Immigration Act, AFP reported on Friday.
The man, Hassan Youssefi, who arrived in France at the age of 21 and “had always kept the status of the legal residence”, had always maintained the status of a legal stay. was deported On February 21, without saying goodbye to his family or gathering personal items, according to his lawyer Anne-Sophie Mang.
He lived for over fifteen years with his French partner and her 13-year-old twins in Anchenoncourt-Ezel, where the family owned a house.
Despite his long-term residence residence and the establishment of his own metal recycling business in 2022, he was excluded due to the recently issued Darmanin immigration law.
“He was shown, tied up and wears a helmet under inhumane conditions in Morocco,” said Mang.
The Haute-Saône Prefecture justified the exclusion order in December 2024 based on his criminal records and quoted “13 convictions between 2005 and 2023 in the amount of more than six years in prison”.
Mang questioned the decision in a letter dated March 4 to Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and argued that her client is “neither a terrorist nor a rapist nor a murderer.
The lawyer emphasized that although he had been convicted of drugs such as theft and driving under the influence of drugs, “paying his debts to society, serving a prison if necessary and paying all fines”.
“This is someone who has spent more than two decades to build a life in France. Today, the life of a family was destroyed, and he has no assurance to ever see his partner or children again,” she wrote.
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The expulsion was executed in accordance with the Immigration Act in January 2024 – officially referred to as Contrôler L ‘immigration and Améliorer L’Enfration (Ciai), which simplifies the deportations of foreign nationals with criminal stories
In the prefecture, “several convictions and prison conditions counteract integration into society.”
This is created when France and Morocco strengthen their legal cooperation. On March 10, the French Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin and the Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Ouahbi signed A joint explanation in Rabat, which focuses on fighting terrorism and cooperation with organized crime.
In the meantime, France faces challenges with Algeria compared to similar immigration matters. Paris Prepare Algiers send a list of “several dozen” people for the designation.
At the beginning of this month, retailleau announced This France had put together a list of “several hundred” Algerian citizens with “dangerous profiles” for a possible deportation. He described the move as part of a “graduated reaction” strategy under the escalation of the diplomatic tensions.
The relationships between Paris and Algiers have significantly deteriorated after France recognition From Morocco’s sovereignty to Western Sahara in July 2024.
Catherine Gueth, the partner of the excluded man, described the situation as “injustice in the country of human rights”. Her children of Maëlys and Enzo were at school when her father was deported.
After he was brought to the Metz Detention Center by Jussey Gendarmerie on February 20, he was flown from the airport to Morocco the next day. Gueth maintains telephone contact with her partner, who arrived in Morocco without connections or financial resources.
