The drop that spilled the cup<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nThere was, of course, the Zemmour case<\/a>. But in January 2021, the story of 18-year-old Laye Fod\u00e9 Traor\u00e9 from Besan\u00e7on sparked a debate that civil society, wide public and intellectuals took quite seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2019, he had been learning the profession of baker thanks to an apprenticeship contract with St\u00e9phane Ravacley. But on November 25, 2020, when he had just turned 18, Laye received an OQTF. \u201cWhen he became 18, the gendarmes arrived because they saw on their computer that he was an adult. But they don't know that he works well and that he is a good guy. This is a policy of short duration that I do not understand\u201d, - confided his boss to Liberation newspaper.<\/a>S. Ravacley was able to gain media attention by going on a hunger strike on January 5. To prevent his apprentice from being expelled, he continued his strike even after finding himself into the emergency room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00ab Je demande donc \u00e0 tous les jeunes \u00e9trangers venus mineurs et d\u00e9j\u00e0 install\u00e9s en France de venir aider. N’oubliez pas ! Ici, les gens ont besoin de motivation, de soutien, d’optimisme et d’id\u00e9es constructives. Ils ont attendu les r\u00e9ponses des institutions pendant des mois, parfois des ann\u00e9es. Savez-vous combien il est difficile d’attendre ? Surtout quand on est mineur ou jeune ? \u00bb.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAnd then, a statement by Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor<\/a>, Employment and Vocational Training. On January 8, 2021, she was questioned about Traor\u00e9's situation. \"In principle, it should not happen like that\", she estimated. \"When we welcome unaccompanied minors who engage in training, after two years, if everything went well, then they can continue to work in France. But this is a special case. There is a dispute over his situation, (\u2026) the judicial authorities will have to decide \".<\/p>\n\n\n\nA special case?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nApparently, the case of Traor\u00e9 was not a special one and dozens of associations in the basin of Nancy, not very far from Besan\u00e7on, gathered their datas. Two weeks after E. Borne's statement, they issued a press release. \u201c\u2026 R\u00e9seau Education Sans Fronti\u00e8re ( RESF) was able to observe in the Nancy basin that currently more than 70 unaccompanied minors, enrolled in a vocational training diploma by apprenticeship (CFA) in fields in deficit of labor (baker, catering agent, room service, masonry, mechanic, car bodybuilder, ...) who see their apprenticeship contract stopped on the day of their 18 years. This has happened due to the contestation of their identity, or even simply because of administrative slowness or unexpected changes in the procedures for submitting regularization demands at the prefecture\u2026\", -says the press release signed by<\/a> RESF and Etats Generaux de Migrations together with the associations and unions like A Toit Pour Les Migrants, FSU, CGT, LDH, MAN, SAF, SOLIDAIRES, SUD Education, Amnesty International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n70 cases in the Nancy basin alone, which has 62 municipalities. There is no estimate for the whole of Metropolitan France and we can only calculate approximate figures for its 34,839 municipalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the public reopening of a long-standing debate, Traore's story ended well: the 18-year-old boy, thanks to his boss's hunger strike and a petition signed by 200,000 people, had a residence permit. But others are not so lucky. The media are full of these sad stories of young people - children just some days ago - who did their best to obtain the right to stay in France: rapid learning of the language, excellent behavior and very good grades at school, volunteer work, employers who are ready to hire them - and who are nevertheless obliged to return to their country of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Things are moving up in Meurthe-et-Moselle<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIn a few weeks, 120 young people joined ACTION LES JEUNES 54! with regularly clarified objectives. \u201cFirst, to help each other. Then, educate the public because there is a lot of misunderstanding on our issue. And for this, we prepare and distribute flyers and information to raise awareness in Meurthe-et-Moselle, with perseverance and calm. In addition, we have been exerting positive pressure for weeks now to meet with the prefect. We believe that when he will see and hear us, he will be more open-minded about us. We will explain to him the long path of integration we have succeed in France, our desire to contribute to the country that welcomed us when we were children. It was the people, the French, who helped us, even when the institutions took us out, as in my case.\u201d. \nThe one who says these words is Moussa, a 20-year-old from Guinea, with a rich French, who has been regularized in France two years ago. He will now pass the pass the baccalaureate in the social field. He is late because it took a long time for the French institutions to recognize him as a minor, so that he could enroll him in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026 More than 70 young unaccompanied minors enrolled in vocational training leading to an apprenticeship (CFA) in fields with a shortage of manpower (baker, catering agent, waiter, mason, mechanic, bodybuilder, etc.) see their apprenticeship contract stopped on their 18th birthday ... <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nA long and painful story<\/a>, at the end of which Moussa did not retain any resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the contrary. He became even stronger and aware that everything gets better if people can sit down at the table and listen to each other. And that the pursuit of human rights begins with those who are suffering. \"I found myself at the head of this team, even though I am already legalized and can study and work in peace. But I can never forget how difficult it was and how much I was helped by the others, firstly by the French. I therefore ask all youth foreigners who have come as Unaccompanied Minors (MNA) and lave legally settled in France, to come and help. Don't forget! People here need motivation, support, optimism and constructive ideas. They have been waiting for answers of the institutions for months, sometimes for years. Do you know how difficult it is to wait? Especially when one is minor or young? \".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prefect<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt is also difficult to wait for the prefect, but they did not sit idly by. They found him where the latter probably did not expect them at all. For the more, they found him together with Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, in a high school in Laxou. \"\u2026 Castex and Blanquer came to the Nancy area, and went to the H\u00e9r\u00e9 high school in Laxou. A young isolated minor was part of the group of students selected to meet the Ministers. He warned the group Actions les Jeunes 54! ... a letter to the Ministers was concocted, with his cooperation. He was thus able to challenge the ministers and discuss with them (and with the Prefect in a second step) about the specific difficulties to young migrants in France, their fears concerning the OQTFs so frequently issued after they become 18 years old. It is not certain that this sequence is reflected in the media, but what is certain\u2026 is that the young people\u2026 have gained in pride and in a feeling of recognition \u201d, - said Johan Chanal of RESF 54, in a communication of May 3 2021. \nBut the young people did not give up meeting the prefect in person. On May 16, they sent him a letter, inviting him again in a meeting. A link here to the video that relates this moment. <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe results of this joint work between migrant youth and civil society are already obvious: they did receive a positive response. \u201cOn June 15, a delegation of 4 members of the group has an appointment with the Prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle\u2026 One of the objectives of this meeting\u2026is to humanize the Prefecture\u2019s point of view regarding them, to humanize their filing process\u201d, - declares RESF 54, which also worked a lot to obtain such a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contacting them?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMotivate and support each other, but also the non-immigrant residents. Part of ACTION LES JEUNES 54!\u2019s work is focused on helping others. Like on this May 8 when many of them, with bags full of food, roamed the streets of Nancy to distribute it to the homeless and talk to them. A common truth, which is far from the \u201ccriminal\u201d image of the MNA often served in the media, without properly analyzing the causes. And that, unfortunately, makes life infinitely difficult for others, for those who work, study, help. And who constitute the majority of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2019, he had been learning the profession of baker thanks to an apprenticeship contract with St\u00e9phane Ravacley. But on November 25, 2020, when he had just turned 18, Laye received an OQTF. \u201cWhen he became 18, the gendarmes arrived because they saw on their computer that he was an adult. But they don't know that he works well and that he is a good guy. This is a policy of short duration that I do not understand\u201d, - confided his boss to Liberation newspaper.<\/a>S. Ravacley was able to gain media attention by going on a hunger strike on January 5. To prevent his apprentice from being expelled, he continued his strike even after finding himself into the emergency room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00ab Je demande donc \u00e0 tous les jeunes \u00e9trangers venus mineurs et d\u00e9j\u00e0 install\u00e9s en France de venir aider. N’oubliez pas ! Ici, les gens ont besoin de motivation, de soutien, d’optimisme et d’id\u00e9es constructives. Ils ont attendu les r\u00e9ponses des institutions pendant des mois, parfois des ann\u00e9es. Savez-vous combien il est difficile d’attendre ? Surtout quand on est mineur ou jeune ? \u00bb.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n And then, a statement by Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor<\/a>, Employment and Vocational Training. On January 8, 2021, she was questioned about Traor\u00e9's situation. \"In principle, it should not happen like that\", she estimated. \"When we welcome unaccompanied minors who engage in training, after two years, if everything went well, then they can continue to work in France. But this is a special case. There is a dispute over his situation, (\u2026) the judicial authorities will have to decide \".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apparently, the case of Traor\u00e9 was not a special one and dozens of associations in the basin of Nancy, not very far from Besan\u00e7on, gathered their datas. Two weeks after E. Borne's statement, they issued a press release. \u201c\u2026 R\u00e9seau Education Sans Fronti\u00e8re ( RESF) was able to observe in the Nancy basin that currently more than 70 unaccompanied minors, enrolled in a vocational training diploma by apprenticeship (CFA) in fields in deficit of labor (baker, catering agent, room service, masonry, mechanic, car bodybuilder, ...) who see their apprenticeship contract stopped on the day of their 18 years. This has happened due to the contestation of their identity, or even simply because of administrative slowness or unexpected changes in the procedures for submitting regularization demands at the prefecture\u2026\", -says the press release signed by<\/a> RESF and Etats Generaux de Migrations together with the associations and unions like A Toit Pour Les Migrants, FSU, CGT, LDH, MAN, SAF, SOLIDAIRES, SUD Education, Amnesty International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 70 cases in the Nancy basin alone, which has 62 municipalities. There is no estimate for the whole of Metropolitan France and we can only calculate approximate figures for its 34,839 municipalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the public reopening of a long-standing debate, Traore's story ended well: the 18-year-old boy, thanks to his boss's hunger strike and a petition signed by 200,000 people, had a residence permit. But others are not so lucky. The media are full of these sad stories of young people - children just some days ago - who did their best to obtain the right to stay in France: rapid learning of the language, excellent behavior and very good grades at school, volunteer work, employers who are ready to hire them - and who are nevertheless obliged to return to their country of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a few weeks, 120 young people joined ACTION LES JEUNES 54! with regularly clarified objectives. \u201cFirst, to help each other. Then, educate the public because there is a lot of misunderstanding on our issue. And for this, we prepare and distribute flyers and information to raise awareness in Meurthe-et-Moselle, with perseverance and calm. In addition, we have been exerting positive pressure for weeks now to meet with the prefect. We believe that when he will see and hear us, he will be more open-minded about us. We will explain to him the long path of integration we have succeed in France, our desire to contribute to the country that welcomed us when we were children. It was the people, the French, who helped us, even when the institutions took us out, as in my case.\u201d. \nThe one who says these words is Moussa, a 20-year-old from Guinea, with a rich French, who has been regularized in France two years ago. He will now pass the pass the baccalaureate in the social field. He is late because it took a long time for the French institutions to recognize him as a minor, so that he could enroll him in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026 More than 70 young unaccompanied minors enrolled in vocational training leading to an apprenticeship (CFA) in fields with a shortage of manpower (baker, catering agent, waiter, mason, mechanic, bodybuilder, etc.) see their apprenticeship contract stopped on their 18th birthday ... <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n A long and painful story<\/a>, at the end of which Moussa did not retain any resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the contrary. He became even stronger and aware that everything gets better if people can sit down at the table and listen to each other. And that the pursuit of human rights begins with those who are suffering. \"I found myself at the head of this team, even though I am already legalized and can study and work in peace. But I can never forget how difficult it was and how much I was helped by the others, firstly by the French. I therefore ask all youth foreigners who have come as Unaccompanied Minors (MNA) and lave legally settled in France, to come and help. Don't forget! People here need motivation, support, optimism and constructive ideas. They have been waiting for answers of the institutions for months, sometimes for years. Do you know how difficult it is to wait? Especially when one is minor or young? \".<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also difficult to wait for the prefect, but they did not sit idly by. They found him where the latter probably did not expect them at all. For the more, they found him together with Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, in a high school in Laxou. \"\u2026 Castex and Blanquer came to the Nancy area, and went to the H\u00e9r\u00e9 high school in Laxou. A young isolated minor was part of the group of students selected to meet the Ministers. He warned the group Actions les Jeunes 54! ... a letter to the Ministers was concocted, with his cooperation. He was thus able to challenge the ministers and discuss with them (and with the Prefect in a second step) about the specific difficulties to young migrants in France, their fears concerning the OQTFs so frequently issued after they become 18 years old. It is not certain that this sequence is reflected in the media, but what is certain\u2026 is that the young people\u2026 have gained in pride and in a feeling of recognition \u201d, - said Johan Chanal of RESF 54, in a communication of May 3 2021. \nBut the young people did not give up meeting the prefect in person. On May 16, they sent him a letter, inviting him again in a meeting. A link here to the video that relates this moment. <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The results of this joint work between migrant youth and civil society are already obvious: they did receive a positive response. \u201cOn June 15, a delegation of 4 members of the group has an appointment with the Prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle\u2026 One of the objectives of this meeting\u2026is to humanize the Prefecture\u2019s point of view regarding them, to humanize their filing process\u201d, - declares RESF 54, which also worked a lot to obtain such a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Motivate and support each other, but also the non-immigrant residents. Part of ACTION LES JEUNES 54!\u2019s work is focused on helping others. Like on this May 8 when many of them, with bags full of food, roamed the streets of Nancy to distribute it to the homeless and talk to them. A common truth, which is far from the \u201ccriminal\u201d image of the MNA often served in the media, without properly analyzing the causes. And that, unfortunately, makes life infinitely difficult for others, for those who work, study, help. And who constitute the majority of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA special case?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Things are moving up in Meurthe-et-Moselle<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The prefect<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Contacting them?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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