French Court Reinstates Two-Year Reentry Ban for Moroccan After Three Refusals to Board Flights to Morocco
A 22-year-old Moroccan refused three times to board flights to Morocco after being stopped at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport. A French court has reinstated his two-year ban on returning to France, which a lower court had overturned a few months earlier.
The case dates back to April 22, 2026. Arriving at Roissy from Casablanca, the young Moroccan had no valid travel document. Border police refused him entry into France and placed him in a waiting area.
The authorities arranged for his return to Morocco, but he refused to board three times, on April 24, 27 and 29. On May 1, the police prefect ordered him to leave France (OQTF) without a voluntary departure period, and imposed a 24-month reentry ban.
The Moroccan challenged these measures before the Paris Administrative Court. On May 12, the judges overturned the two-year reentry ban. The OQTF remained in force. The police prefect appealed to have the ban reinstated.
In its ruling of November 4, 2026, the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal ultimately ruled in favor of the authorities.
The judges cited the three refusals to board flights to Morocco, the very short time the man had spent in France, and his family circumstances. The young man is single and has no children, and has provided no evidence of personal or family ties in France.
The court also upheld the refusal to grant him a voluntary departure period, citing in particular his lack of valid identity documents and stable residence in France. It overturned the May 12 ruling on the reentry ban, thereby reinstating the two-year measure imposed by the police prefect.
