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Article L754-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The asylum application of a foreign national placed or held in detention is inadmissible if it is made more than five days after the foreign national has been notified of his or her asylum rights under the conditions set out in article L. 744-6. However, this inadmissibility may not be invoked against a foreign national who, in support of his application, invokes facts that occurred after the expiry of this time limit.
The administrative authority may invoke the inadmissibility of the asylum application if this application was submitted by a foreign national, coming from a country considered to be a safe country of origin pursuant to article L. 531-25, beyond the first five days of detention with the sole aim of thwarting the effective and imminent enforcement of the removal decision.

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Article L754-1


La demande d’asile d’un étranger placé ou maintenu en rétention n’est pas recevable si elle est formulée plus de cinq jours après qu’il s’est vu notifier ses droits en matière d’asile dans les conditions prévues à l’article L. 744-6. Toutefois, cette irrecevabilité n’est pas opposable à l’étranger qui invoque, au soutien de sa demande, des faits survenus après l’expiration de ce délai.
L’irrecevabilité de la demande d’asile peut être opposée par l’autorité administrative lorsque cette demande a été présentée par un étranger, en provenance d’un pays considéré comme un pays d’origine sûr en application de l’article L. 531-25, au-delà des cinq premiers jours de rétention dans le seul but de faire échec à l’exécution effective et imminente de la décision d’éloignement.

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