From the Flora-Tristan high school in Noisy-le-Grand to the Jean-Jaurès high school in Montreuil via the Arthur-Rimbaud high school in La Courneuve… This Thursday, the collective “Regularize our undocumented students”, bringing together education staff national, organized numerous demonstrations in front of the schools of Seine-Saint-Denis to ask for the regularization of high school students in an irregular situation.
Teachers, parents of students and local elected officials gathered to challenge the prefecture and the rector of the academy of Créteil, Daniel Auverlot, on the subject.
Mandatory residence permit from the age of 18
“When they are minors, foreigners are not required to have a residence permit, but when they become adults, it becomes compulsory. They must regularize their situation within the year of their 18th birthday. However, they cannot do it, because they cannot get an appointment at the prefecture, ”describes a teacher from the Arthur-Rimbaud high school in La Courneuve, who estimates that the 93 has several hundred students in this region. situation.
Before to make an appointment at the prefecture, foreigners had to go there directly. For several years, appointments have been made directly on the Internet. “There is no longer a physical queue in the prefecture, but it still exists virtually. It even complicated things. The students are unable to connect to make an appointment and therefore fail to submit their regularization file to the prefectural agents ”, continues the teacher.
The collective appeals to the prefect
The latter noted a worsening of the situation with the health crisis. “The prefecture services closed during confinement, which further accentuated the difficulties. “
This Thursday, the collective wanted to directly challenge the prefect and the rector of the academy of Créteil to ask them to intervene on this file. According to a teacher, the prefecture – which did not respond to our requests – would have agreed to meet the collective this Thursday evening.
Solicited, the rectorate of Créteil considers that this problem is the responsibility of the prefectural authorities.
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