Paris (Earth Times) - A 19-year-old Moroccan woman who was expelled from France after complaining to police that her brother had beaten her will receive a visa to return to the country, Immigration Minister Eric Besson said Tuesday. Najlae Lhimer was expelled from the country on the grounds that she had no residency permit.
"She has said that she wants it, that she is going to apply for a visa ... and I will therefore grant her one," Besson told LCI television.
Besson's statement came after President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, on the occasion of International Woman's Day, that he would welcome Lhimer back to France if she wanted to return.
Lhimer was jailed and expelled from the country in January after filing a complaint against her brother with police in the city of Chateau-Renard.
She had come to France at the age of 15 to avoid an arranged marriage in Morocco, but she never been granted residency. She was attending secondary school when she was deported.
"She has said that she wants it, that she is going to apply for a visa ... and I will therefore grant her one," Besson told LCI television.
Besson's statement came after President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, on the occasion of International Woman's Day, that he would welcome Lhimer back to France if she wanted to return.
Lhimer was jailed and expelled from the country in January after filing a complaint against her brother with police in the city of Chateau-Renard.
She had come to France at the age of 15 to avoid an arranged marriage in Morocco, but she never been granted residency. She was attending secondary school when she was deported.
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