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Article L351-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Unaccompanied minors may only be placed and held in the waiting area for the time strictly necessary to determine whether their asylum application is inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, in exceptional circumstances and only in the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 531-24, at 1° of article L. 531-26 and 5° of article L. 531-27.

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Article L351-2


Le placement et le maintien en zone d’attente d’un mineur non accompagné, le temps strictement nécessaire à l’examen tendant à déterminer si sa demande d’asile n’est pas irrecevable ou manifestement infondée, ne sont possibles que de manière exceptionnelle et seulement dans les cas prévus aux 1° et 2° de l’article L. 531-24, au 1° de l’article L. 531-26 et au 5° de l’article L. 531-27.

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