In Nanterre, an Ivorian young whose minority is disputed given to the street – Liberation

« Tema! Tema!  » A college student points the grid to his group of friends. Behind, squatting teachers. They overlook long capricious posters lying on the ground and kept wind by bird huts and flower pots. We tag there with the paint bomb and insist the marker: « Student to the street, pupil your budget », « Support for Alassane ». Student whispers are heard:

– Askip a Malian … Uh Ivorian.

– Ah yes, the big one? « 

Since March 27, Alassane, pupil of third at the André Doucet college in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) has no longer been supported by childhood assistance (ASE) and therefore had to leave the home that hosted him. This Thursday, April 3, several dozen people came to demonstrate their support for this boy in front of the school. Arrived from Côte d’Ivoire in 2023, suffering from a severe chronic disease, the teenager claims to be 15 and a half, but his minority is disputed. He was thus revoked the status of isolated minor.

Homeless, it is now suspended from precarious solutions. Nights on the right, left, boarding school, college, hotel. Of the D system and plans B. In an emergency, a kitty was launched by the parents of students. « Kids came to put their part of 2 euros », Sébastien salutes, teacher in college. Also contribute the teachers and the principal. Around a calendar, they organized bearings to take care of Alassane. Preparation of Rep