Arriving in France at the age of two, this Moroccan man was deported to Morocco after 24 years

Born on September 5, 1999, in Beni Ansar, the Moroccan national grew up in France and benefited for years from regularly renewed residence permits. In particular, he was issued a multi-year residence card valid until December 28, 2022, according to the decision handed down on September 2 by the Toulouse Administrative Court of Appeal.

His administrative situation subsequently deteriorated because of his criminal record. In June 2023, the Hérault prefecture refused to renew his multi-year card because of the convictions listed in his criminal record, but nevertheless issued him a temporary “private and family life” residence card, valid until June 7, 2024.

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The Moroccan man applied to renew his residence permit on October 10, 2024. On May 22, 2026, the Hérault prefect ultimately refused to grant him residence, ordered him to leave France without delay and banned him from returning to France for four years. The Montpellier Administrative Court upheld these decisions on June 18.

The court noted in particular that he was single, had no dependent children and had not established that he lacked family ties in Morocco. Above all, the court referred to “numerous convictions” whose seriousness was not seriously disputed. Before the Court of Appeal, the prefecture mentioned several drug-related offenses, some of them committed while he was a repeat offender.

The deportation had already taken place

The Moroccan man disputes this assessment. He argues that he spent most of his life in France, including approximately twenty years in a regular situation, and considers that his removal constitutes an excessive interference with his private and family life. In another recent case, a Moroccan man who had lived in France since childhood had instead managed to have his OQTF overturned despite a drug conviction.

But when it examined his application on September 2, the Toulouse court noted a decisive fact: the OQTF had already been enforced. The Moroccan national had been removed to Morocco on July 3, 2026, less than two weeks after the judgment at first instance.

His request to suspend the removal therefore became moot. As for the rest, the judge considered that none of the arguments put forward appeared, at this stage, sufficiently serious to justify suspending the judgment of the Montpellier Administrative Court.

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However, the decision of September 2 does not constitute a new deportation order: the deportation had already been carried out two months earlier. It concerns the Moroccan man’s request for a stay of execution against the judgment that upheld the refusal of residence, the OQTF and the four-year entry ban.