Paris Appeals Court Overturns Deportation Order for Moroccan Worker Who Cares for an Elderly Woman

Born in Morocco in 1983, the man has shown that he has lived continuously in France since May 2014. Yet on February 21, 2025, the police prefect ordered him to leave the country immediately, designated his country of destination and barred him from returning to France for one year, according to the ruling issued on September 22 by the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal.

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The Paris Administrative Court rejected his appeal on September 30, 2025. The Moroccan man appealed and presented evidence to the court establishing his professional and personal integration in France.

Since July 2023, he has worked under a permanent contract as a cleaner. Initially part-time, his contract became full-time in March 2024. His pay slips show that he earns more than the minimum wage, and he declares his income to the tax authorities.

Three weeks after the deportation order, his employer also applied for a work permit so he could keep him on. The employer highlighted his diligence and experience, as well as the difficulty of recruiting competent and motivated workers in the sector.

His help allows an elderly person to remain at home

Since December 2019, the Moroccan man has provided daily assistance to an elderly person, including with shopping and housework. Testimony from a doctor and a nurse was submitted to the case file. The person concerned says this help allows them to continue living at home.

The court did not overlook the factors weighing against him. The man was convicted of assault in 2016, but there have been no further offenses since. He divorced in July 2024 and still has ties to Morocco, where his former wife and child live.

The judges noted, however, that he had applied for exceptional leave to remain as early as October 2024. His application had still not been reviewed when the prefect issued the deportation order four months later.

In the court’s view, his ten years in France, stable employment, level of pay, his employer’s support and his role in assisting the elderly person made the removal measure manifestly disproportionate. The prefect therefore committed a manifest error of assessment.

The first-instance ruling was overturned, along with the immediate deportation order, the designation of Morocco as his country of destination and the 12-month re-entry ban. The prefecture must reconsider his situation within three months, but the court did not order it to issue him a residence permit.

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In the meantime, the authorities must provide him with a provisional residence permit allowing him to work. The state must also pay him 1,200 euros toward his legal costs.