“They transform minors into majors ”

French aid organisations have expressed deep concern with the rise in number of unaccompanied foreign minors living in the cold French streets. This is mainly because the French Child Welfare office refuses to admit everybody, contesting the age of these

A Legal Immigrant’s Struggle To Reunite With His Son

Osmane (name changed for security reasons) is a 43-year-old Mauritanian. He came in France for the first time in 1991 and it was only after a thirteen year struggle that he obtained a resident permit after he married a naturalized

Abandoned yet confident: A Bangladeshi minor’s roller-coaster life in Paris

The number of foreign minors abandoned has raised in recent months in the streets across France, especially Paris. The French organisation in charge of taking care of these children claims that many lie of their age and situation. In a

France’s new wave of foreign students: Chinese and Indians

« L’auberge espagnole », a film by France’s Cédric Klapisch, was about Erasmus exchange students. European students often hop across the old continent to gauge more cultural and educational experience but today Europe is attracting more students from other regions,