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Article L531-8 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The collection by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons of information necessary for the examination of an asylum application must not have the effect of revealing to the alleged perpetrators of persecution or serious harm the existence of this asylum application or information concerning it.
Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 532-9, information placed in the applicant’s file or relating to their sources, the disclosure of which would undermine the security of the natural or legal persons who provided the information or that of the persons to whom it relates or would be prejudicial to the gathering of information necessary for the examination of an asylum application, may not be communicated by the Office.

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Article L531-8


La collecte par l’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides d’informations nécessaires à l’examen d’une demande d’asile ne doit pas avoir pour effet de révéler aux auteurs présumés de persécutions ou d’atteintes graves l’existence de cette demande d’asile ou d’informations la concernant.
Sans préjudice des dispositions de l’article L. 532-9, ne sont pas communicables par l’office les informations versées au dossier du demandeur ou relatives à leurs sources dont la divulgation porterait atteinte à la sécurité des personnes physiques ou morales ayant fourni ces informations ou à celle des personnes auxquelles elles se rapportent ou serait préjudiciable à la collecte d’informations nécessaires à l’examen d’une demande d’asile.

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