Article L751-9 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum
The administrative authority may detain, for a period of forty-eight hours, a foreign national who is the subject of a request to be taken into care or taken back into care in order to prevent a non-negligible risk of absconding as defined in article L. 751-10, insofar as the detention is proportionate and if the provisions of article L. 751-2 cannot be effectively applied.The foreign national who is the subject…