Departments alert on the issue of unaccompanied foreign minors. Undocumented migrants who know their rights well are helped by certain associations.
For example, an unaccompanied minor must be taken care of and cannot be deported. In Mayenne, Olivier Richefou, also overwhelmed, had no choice but to take out the checkbook. “I had to add 1 million euros more to the 2024 budget,” reported the president of the departmental council of the Mayenne. The Territoire de Belfort was the first French department to vote, last September, to refuse to take care of unaccompaniedforeign minors.