Disabled Student Wins Legal Battle to Stay in France for Medical Treatment

Amine finally wins his case. The administrative court ordered the prefecture of Gironde to issue him a residence permit as a sick foreigner, reports Sud Ouest. Arrived in France in 2013 at the age of 13, he suffers from a pathology (an affection of the central nervous system) that forces him to move around in an electric wheelchair and whose treatment is available in the country.

Last February, the prefecture of Gironde had refused to grant him a residence permit. With the decision of the administrative court, the young Moroccan currently in his final year of high school, at the adapted high school for physically disabled students in Eysines, can continue his schooling and receive treatment in Bordeaux.