Five years after the death of Adam, aged 9, who was struck on a Montpellier sidewalk by a driver under the influence of alcohol and drugs, the city is set to pay tribute to him. A plaque will be unveiled on Saturday, August 22, just a few metres from the scene of the tragedy.
The number of babies born in France to mothers born in Morocco has fallen sharply over the past ten years. This decline accompanies the overall drop in French births, as the country has just entered a period in which deaths now outnumber births.
A 74-year-old Moroccan man, who says he has lived in France since 1962, was refused the renewal of his residence permit and issued an OQTF. The decision also threatened his access to healthcare, pension and certain benefits. The court ultimately suspends the refusal of residence.
With the EES now fully deployed at the borders of the Schengen area, a Franco-Moroccan who presents only their Moroccan passport may be checked as a third-country national before their French nationality is established. This complication can be avoided by using the correct document on the European side.
A Moroccan man subject to an OQTF had been placed under house arrest for 45 days , with the obligation to report to the police station every day of the week. The court has just annulled the refusal of residence, the removal order and the house arrest: the prefecture had omitted a mandatory step.
A Moroccan woman had obtained the renewal of her ten-year residence card and received a message inviting her to come and collect it. Her son then organized a family trip to Morocco. At the appointment, the prefecture ultimately refused to hand over the new document.
Employed on a permanent contract as a heavy-goods vehicle driver, a Moroccan man wanted to change from the status of spouse of a French woman to that of an employee after his divorce. His employer submitted four work permit applications. All of them were closed. The prefecture ultimately refused him residence and issued him an OQTF.
A French-Moroccan woman was refused the exchange of her Moroccan driving licence for a French licence. To prove that she was indeed living in Morocco when she obtained it, she produced her plane tickets and passport. The court ruled in her favour.
Admitted to an engineering school after a preparatory program, a young Moroccan man saw his education abruptly interrupted. His work-study placement was terminated, his training halted and his housing lost. He was supposed to be able to re-enroll before 31 August 2026.
France now records more deaths than births. In the short term, its population would continue to grow only thanks to net migration. A major shift, as Morocco remains the second country of birth of new immigrants arriving in France .
A Moroccan student who had already obtained two Master’s degrees was refused renewal of her residence permit, with the prefecture deeming her studies insufficiently genuine and serious. The courts have just suspended that decision, ruling that her new course of study is consistent with her career plan.
Fourteen fractured ribs, a punctured lung and three affected vertebrae: Youssef Zekraoui came close to death in the Arles bullring. One month later, the raseteur is already thinking about returning to the arena.