She is to report to the Vesoul police station: this Moroccan mother of six ends up in administrative detention
A 40-year-old Moroccan woman and mother of six has been placed in a detention center after reporting to the police station for her mandatory check-in. Her deportation to Morocco was even scheduled for the following day before being halted when she fell ill.
On Sunday, August 9, the mother went to the police station, as she is required to do regularly as part of her house arrest order. She then learned that she would not be going home: the police informed her that she was being placed in administrative detention, and she was transferred to the Metz detention center. According to her lawyer, she was unable to “say goodbye” to her six children, reports L’Est Républicain.
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The children, aged between 21 months and 13 years, remained with their father. Two were born in France. He works as a heavy-goods vehicle driver for Stellantis in Vesoul and holds an employee residence permit. The couple arrived in France irregularly in August 2021.
The Moroccan woman has been subject to an obligation to leave French territory since April 2025, after the Haute-Saône prefecture refused to issue her a residence permit. The authorities state that she did not leave France within the period granted to her and that she was therefore placed under house arrest before being detained.
A flight to Morocco the very next day
A flight was scheduled for Monday to take her back to Morocco. But the mother fell ill on the way to the airport and ultimately did not board the plane. She was taken back to the Metz detention center, where her lawyer hoped she could remain at least until the liberty and custody judge ruled on the legality of her detention.
Her case had already been examined by the Besançon administrative court. In February, the court rejected her request to annul the OQTF. According to her lawyer, the judges notably considered that the family unit could be reconstituted in Morocco and noted that the mother of six was not integrated into the labor market.
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Her counsel disputes this analysis. He emphasizes the nearly five years she has spent in France, her husband’s employment and right to reside, as well as the children’s schooling. The Moroccan woman appealed to the Nancy Administrative Court of Appeal. This procedure is still ongoing but is not suspensive: deportation to Morocco therefore remains possible even before the court rules.
