A Moroccan woman had been refused a residence permit, issued an OQTF without a grace period, given a five-year re-entry ban and placed under house arrest. The courts annulled everything and ordered the prefecture to issue her a residence permit.
A Moroccan woman asked the courts to order the prefecture to rule on the renewal of her residence permit, convinced that her application was still being processed. The court told her that a refusal had in fact legally taken effect as early as March 2025, despite the certificates issued afterward.
The Spanish judiciary has taken a new step in the Ceuta crisis. Judge María Tardón has formally decided to open a criminal investigation into the mass crossings at the end of July, citing a serious threat to Spain’s territorial integrity and a possible scenario of “hybrid warfare.”
Two Moroccans had been waiting for more than four years for the Essonne prefecture to grant them an appointment to submit their applications for regularization. On September 2, the same judge ruled in favor of both men and ordered the state to pay each of them 800 euros.
Settled in France since 1979, according to his statements, a 57-year-old Moroccan man is still subject to removal proceedings. Placed under house arrest in Gironde for 45 days, he has just failed to have the restrictions imposed by the prefecture overturned.
The Ceuta crisis has triggered a new institutional conflict in Spain. The Senate is preparing to bring a case before the Constitutional Court against three ministers in Pedro Sánchez’s government, accused by the PP of refusing to appear before the upper chamber to explain themselves.
Arriving in France in March 2002 at just two years old, a Moroccan man lived there for more than 24 years. After several criminal convictions, he was deported to Morocco on July 3. The Toulouse Administrative Court of Appeal has just rejected his request to suspend the measure.
The Var prefecture refused to renew a 60-year-old Moroccan man’s residence permit and ordered him to leave France. It cited a conviction for drunk driving and malicious calls that had not resulted in a conviction. The judge suspends all of these decisions.
Donald Trump has openly attacked Spain over its border. His message comes as Madrid continues to struggle to emerge from the migration crisis in Ceuta, triggered by the massive arrivals from Morocco at the end of July.
Holder of long-term resident status in Spain, a Moroccan national was refused permission to settle in the Netherlands despite having 23,107 euros in his account. The Rotterdam court has just annulled this decision.
A Moroccan living in the Netherlands lost his residence permit after an expert assessment established that he was not the biological father of a girl born in 2017. This decision then barred him from access to long-term resident status, but the courts have now intervened.
A 19-year-old Moroccan woman had already obtained the annulment of the tacit refusal of her residence permit. After the court refused to reimburse her legal defense costs, she appealed solely on that point and secured a second victory.