A Moroccan woman asked the courts to order the prefecture to rule on the renewal of her residence permit, convinced that her application was still being processed. The court told her that a refusal had in fact legally taken effect as early as March 2025, despite the certificates issued afterward.
Two Moroccans had been waiting for more than four years for the Essonne prefecture to grant them an appointment to submit their applications for regularization. On September 2, the same judge ruled in favor of both men and ordered the state to pay each of them 800 euros.
Settled in France since 1979, according to his statements, a 57-year-old Moroccan man is still subject to removal proceedings. Placed under house arrest in Gironde for 45 days, he has just failed to have the restrictions imposed by the prefecture overturned.
Arriving in France in March 2002 at just two years old, a Moroccan man lived there for more than 24 years. After several criminal convictions, he was deported to Morocco on July 3. The Toulouse Administrative Court of Appeal has just rejected his request to suspend the measure.
The Var prefecture refused to renew a 60-year-old Moroccan man’s residence permit and ordered him to leave France. It cited a conviction for drunk driving and malicious calls that had not resulted in a conviction. The judge suspends all of these decisions.
Suspected of having participated in the importation of more than 500 kg of cannabis resin, Yassin A. was arrested in Morocco and then extradited. After a year in detention, an incorrect document sent by the court registry enabled him to leave prison.
A 19-year-old Moroccan woman had already obtained the annulment of the tacit refusal of her residence permit. After the court refused to reimburse her legal defense costs, she appealed solely on that point and secured a second victory.
Air Corsica will reinstate Casablanca in its schedule from Bastia. After an interruption in 2025, the Corsican airline will once again offer direct flights to Morocco’s economic capital for four weeks in the autumn.
Moroccans obtained more first residence permits and acquired French nationality more often than any other nationality in 2025. The new figures from the French Interior Ministry place them at the top of both rankings, ahead of Algerians and Tunisians.
A Moroccan woman had been waiting for nearly eleven months for the renewal of her residence permit. The prefecture responded neither to her request nor in court. The judge has now ordered it to provisionally issue the permit, subject to a penalty, and to pay €1,100.
Morocco will take over the Carreau du Temple’s grand hall in Paris from September 18 to 20. Across 1,800 m², Moroccan cuisine, crafts, photography and music will share the spotlight for three days.
After arriving in France with a volunteer visa, a young Moroccan woman subsequently landed a permanent contract as a head of socioeducational services. The Rhône prefecture nevertheless refused her employee residence permit and ordered her to leave France.