Diabetic Moroccan Man Faces Deportation as French Court Upholds Residency Denial

The Moroccan national had applied for a temporary residence permit on the grounds that he "cannot benefit in his country" from medical treatment adapted to his condition. He had been refused by the administrative court of Orléans in November 2019, reports actu.fr.

The doctors of the French Office of Immigration and Integration (Ofii) had confirmed that his state of health "requires medical care" the absence of which can lead to "consequences of exceptional gravity", while refraining from supporting the applicant who mentioned his treatment difficulties in his country.

"Given the healthcare offer and the characteristics of the health system, his state of health allows him to travel without risk to this country," the Ofii doctors concluded in their opinion.