Section 1: House arrest or administrative detention

The administrative authority may assign to residence or place in detention a foreigner applying for asylum who is the subject of a deportation decision, a penalty of ban from French territory pursuant to article 131-30 of the penal code or an administrative ban from French territory for the time strictly necessary for the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons to examine his application for asylum, whether…

The decision to detain may only be issued for overriding reasons of protecting public order or national security established on the basis of an individual assessment of the applicant, if other less coercive measures cannot be effectively applied. It takes into account the vulnerability of the applicant.