Posts Tagged: immigrants

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

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

Drawing of Samira Antari's office (Bouleis)

A French jurist’s challenges to help immigrants

“I encounter difficulties with my five-year-old daughter,” complains an illegal immigrant to Samira Antari  “What kind of difficulties?” Antari asks. “We don’t have any documents,” the woman responds. Samira Antari is a jurist in her thirties, “and it shouldn’t be

Drawing of Samira Antari's office (Bouleis)

A French jurist’s challenges to help immigrants

“I encounter difficulties with my five-year-old daughter,” complains an illegal immigrant to Samira Antari  “What kind of difficulties?” Antari asks. “We don’t have any documents,” the woman responds. Samira Antari is a jurist in her thirties, “and it shouldn’t be

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“Linguistic training should be a public service”

Fluency in the French language has become an obligation for immigrants to work and live in France. The AEFTI (Association for Teaching and Training to Immigrants Workers) is a reference organisation in linguistic training. It was created in 1971 by CGT activists

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“Linguistic training should be a public service”

Fluency in the French language has become an obligation for immigrants to work and live in France. The AEFTI (Association for Teaching and Training to Immigrants Workers) is a reference organisation in linguistic training. It was created in 1971 by CGT activists