Man saved from deportation after pollution plea in French legal 'first'

Court says man would face worsening of his respiratory pathology due to air pollution' in country of origin

A Bangladeshi man with asthma has avoided deportation from France after his lawyer argued that he risked a severe deterioration in his condition, and possibly premature death, due to the dangerous levels of pollution in his homeland.

In a ruling believed to be the first of its kind in France, the appeals court in Bordeaux overturned an expulsion order against the 40-year-old man because he would face a worsening of his respiratory pathology due to air pollution" in his country of origin.