Release of an 11-year-old French child, held for several days at Orly airport

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An 11 year old child, French native of Senegalwho had been locked in the waiting area upon her arrival in France at Paris-Orly airport, despite having a French passport, was released on Wednesday October 23, 2024, we learned on Thursday October 24, 2024.

“Children’s area of ​​3 m2, with a TV, some toys”

According to the order issued urgently that theAFP was able to consult, the administrative court of Melun “ordered the administration to allow without delay” its entry into French territoryso that she could join her French family there.

“She had been held in the waiting area at Orly since October 19. On arrival, he had his French passport taken away” issued in 2020 in Dakar, explained to AFP Me Both Djemaoun.

The lawyer denounces a “ubiquitous” situation. The emergency judge recognized that the authorities had irregularly notified of the refusal of issuing the certificate of nationality, he underlined, while “his father, his big sister and his brothers had obtained a certificate of nationality which was never called into question”.

An illegal practice

In his order obtained by AFP, the judge concluded: “While it is not disputed by the Minister of the Interior that the applicant's father would still have French nationality, as would his sisters, the refusal of entry into the territory which was opposed (to the child) carries a serious and manifestly illegal infringement to his freedom to come and go.

The little girl was able to return home to the Paris region. According to the lawyer, she was detained in “a children's area of ​​3 m2with a TV, a few toys, separated by a screen from that of the adults.

He particularly stressed that children held in the waiting area “are taken from their hotel room at 6 a.m. and do not return until 9 p.m., without the possibility of getting some fresh air.

“Every year, hundreds of children are locked up at French borders, violation of international conventions » said in September the National Association for Border Assistance for Foreigners (Anafé) in a press release demanding an end to this confinement of minors in waiting zones

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