A migrant from Mali - now being called a hero - will receive French citizenship. He shot to internet fame after climbing four storeys to rescue a child dangling from a balcony in Paris. CGTN's Elena Casas has more on this real-life Spiderman.

This is the video that went viral in France over the weekend Mamadou Gassama scaling a four storey building with his bare hands in a matter of seconds to save a child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony. Gassama is 22 and arrived in France in September from Mali, with no papers By Monday morning, he was being received by Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace as a hero. He told reporters that when he saw the child, he didn't think twice.

MAMADOU GASSAMA SOON-TO-BE FRENCH CITIZEN "I am happy now, I'm very happy."

DIABY GASSAMA BROTHER OF MAMADOU "He's very happy about what he did. He was eating at a restaurant with his girlfriend, he wanted to watch the Champions League, when he heard people honking and yelling, so he went outside, looked up and saw the child. What did he think, he immediately thought about saving the child."

He was greeted by cheering crowds on Monday afternoon in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil, where he's been living in a hostel for migrants. More significantly, President Macron announced he'll be rewarded with his legal papers to remain in France - and have a quick path to citizenship, which normally takes at least five years.

EMMANUEL MACRON FRENCH PRESIDENT "I met a young hero this morning, who showed himself this weekend. He told me what he'd achieved, what many of you have seen. So we have decided not just to give him legal status, but to start a naturalization procedure, and offer him a placement with the Paris fire service, so he can show the same heroism every day."

That work will be unpaid civic service until Gassama gets his papers.

ELENA CASAS PARIS "Migrant support groups point out that, while they're glad to see Gassama's bravery being celebrated, it contrasts sharply with government policy, which aims to deport as many as people as possible who, like Gassama, are living in France without papers. Elena Casas, CGTN, Paris."