Sometimes Séverine Breit relaxes, dares a few jokes. “Like a gypsy, I always have my suitcase open at the bottom of my bed. I live in transit, ”she says, blond hair and clear look, this evening when we meet her near Metz station (Moselle). This 43 -year -old woman was born a few kilometers from the German border where her path crossed one evening in a nightclub that of her former German companion, Jan (The first name has been changed).
Their love story only lasted a few years. Séverine is “condemned to stay living here”, up to the 18 years of her son Raphaël, that Germany refuses to see leaving. “Since 2017, my life has been blocked on the border. I feel like I am serving a prison sentence, ”she said.