Moroccan Grandmother Denied Visa for Infant’s Funeral in France

The visa application procedure had been initiated well before the birth of the child, reports L’Est républicain. Erwan Salque and his wife of Moroccan origin, Nadia, had carried out the administrative formalities to obtain the visa for the grandmother of their newborn baby residing in Fez, Morocco, but in vain.

The grandmother was supposed to enter France to take care of the newborn. However, time passed faster than her granddaughter, who died at the children’s hospital in Nancy on October 9, a month and a half after her birth.

The child was buried two days later in the Vandoeuvre cemetery. It was only on the eve of the child’s death that the visa was granted to her. As a result, the grandmother was unable to attend the funeral of her granddaughter.

Faced with this situation, Erwan Salque has the impression that they were collateral victims of the atmosphere of Islamophobia currently prevailing in France. "I cannot accept the way this happened. [...] We feel humiliated, insulted," he was outraged.