The restaurant in question was able to serve meals despite the orders of the police, October 30, 2020 -

E. Martin / ANP / 20 Minutes

The Ivorian undocumented employee of Poppies, a restaurant in Nice whose owner had defied the ban to open at the end of January, "is no longer under an Obligation to leave French territory [OQTF]", announced this Wednesday at

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his lawyers, entered into a mediation process with the services of the State.

According to them, the decree establishing this measure "has been repealed", paving the way for a regularization of Moussa Nieng, 35 years old.

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, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes confirms that a "file is under investigation".

A hearing was to be held this Wednesday morning before the Nice Administrative Court to challenge this measure.

"A letter from the prefecture sent to the court confirms the abrogation of the OQTF," details Me Zia Oloumi.

The parties have therefore decided to give mediation a chance and stop the litigation procedure.

The hierarchical appeal remains in progress.

"Moussa Niang is" optimistic ", according to the lawyer," in view of the solidity of his case at the bottom ".

He had seen his asylum application refused in 2011

By organizing an exceptional opening of his brewery, despite the instructions in force in France since October 30, manager Christophe Wilson drew the attention of the police who discovered that his employee was working illegally.

Placed in a detention center, the Ivorian national was released but remained under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) within a month.

Moussa Nieng had notably obtained the support of the CGT "intervened at the national level to ask the ministry to cancel this OQTF", the local branch of the union had indicated.

Arrived on French territory in 2011, he had seen his asylum request refused.

Unionized, he was part of the collective of undocumented workers.

In 2016, he benefited from a full-time CDI in another restaurant without succeeding in being regularized.

He had been working at the Poppies dive since September, on a part-time permanent contract.

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