Pending the renewal of her residence permit, a young Algerian woman was fired from her job in France. This is the story of Melissa, 26, an Algerian engineer who works in a company in Marseille.
Not benefiting from a renewal of her residence permit within the deadlines which correspond to the end of her permanent contract, Melissa lost her job on Friday.
His employer was forced to terminate the contract that linked the two parties following this delay that the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture caused.
The French media, France Bleu Provenance, relayed the misadventure of the young Algerian by evoking “the echo of thousands of foreign workers in France. writes the media.
According to the same source, the young Algerian woman submitted her employee residence permit renewal file 2 months ago. A period that did not prove to be sufficient for the services of the BAAS, Office of Reception and Admission to Stay, to process his file in time.
Dismissal of a young Algerian in Marseille: when the prefecture tries to explain its delay
With the hardening of the allocation of residence permits that the French government has begun, the cases of dismissals of foreigners are increasing more and more.
After welcoming the testimony of the young Algerian engineer, Melissa, the French media, France Bleu Provence, pushed its action by contacting the services of the prefecture of the district of Bouches-du-Rhône to have a start of response to her dismissal. .
“The agents respond to dozens of requests every day via the mailbox” explains the prefecture first before adding, “Special vigilance is paid to files of an urgent nature (employment obviously being one of them). )” indicate the services of the Reception and Admissions Office.
However, the young Algerian had started these steps about two months before the deadline for her residence permit. Believing to have an answer before this date, engineer Melissa was surprised by the termination of her permanent contract, a delay that the administration explains, “About two months for the receipt to be sent to the user. It fluctuates depending on the workload and the staff to process it,” adds the prefecture.
Continuing to explain this delay, the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône indicates that “Marseille is in the national average” reads on the site of France Bleu Provence.
Finally, the Reception and Admission to Residence Office explained that, “The BAAS issues around 25,000 residence permits each year”.
