Subsection 4: Suspension by the court of the order to leave French territory

The president of the administrative court or the designated magistrate, seised pursuant to articles L. 752-6 or L. 752-7, shall grant the foreign national’s application where the foreign national presents serious evidence of such a nature as to justify, on the basis of his or her asylum application, his or her remaining in the territory while his or her appeal is being examined by the Cour nationale du droit d’asile.

The administrative judge’s decision to suspend enforcement of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory puts an end to the foreign national’s house arrest or administrative detention, except where the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons has issued a rejection decision and the asylum seeker’s presence in France constitutes a serious threat to public order, public security or State security, as referred to in…