ABSTRACT
Mr Kamel Boughanemi was a Tunisian national. He came to France in 1968 at the age of 8 and lived there continuously until his deportation. His parents and his ten brothers and sisters resided in France. He claimed that he lived with a woman of French nationality whose child, born on 19 June 1993, he did not formally recognise until 5 April 1994. The applicant was convicted on a number of occasions for offences of burglary, assault, driving without a licence and without insurance and living on the earnings of prostitution with aggravating circumstances. On 8 March 1988 the Minister of the Interior issued an order for his deportation. The deportation order was executed on 12 November 1988 but the applicant returned to France and lived there illegally. His appeals against the deportation order were dismissed. He complained of violation of his right to respect for his private and family life. Comm found by majority (21-5) V 8.
