InfoMigrants By Leslie Carretero Published on : 2021/01/29
Ever since Laye Traoré, a young apprentice baker from Guinea, was saved from deportation after his boss staged a hunger strike, the demands to help other young migrant workers stay in France have multiplied. Laye has become a symbol for the struggles many unaccompanied minors in France face after turning 18. When I saw that Laye had been granted residency, I was like: Why can’t we do that? So we launched an online petition to help our apprentice Mamadou get the papers he needs, says Nejla Boukortt, who together with her husband runs a bakery in the south-eastern town of Fontaine.