Title VIII: OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

The entry and residence in France of foreign nationals belonging to a specific group of persons benefiting from temporary protection instituted pursuant to Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof are governed by…

The temporary protection scheme is open to foreign nationals in accordance with the procedures determined by the decision of the Council of the European Union referred to in Article 5 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, defining the specific groups of persons to whom temporary protection applies, setting the date on which temporary protection will enter into force and containing in particular the information communicated by the Member…

The foreign national belonging to a specific group of people covered by the Council decision mentioned in article L. 581-2 will benefit from temporary protection from the date mentioned in this decision. They will be issued with a temporary residence document and, where applicable, a temporary work permit. This temporary residence document is renewed until the temporary protection is terminated.Temporary protection is granted for a period of one year, renewable…

A foreign national may be excluded from temporary protection in the following cases:1° There is serious or concordant evidence making it likely that he or she may have committed a crime against peace, a war crime, a crime against humanity or a serious non-political crime committed outside French territory, before being admitted as a beneficiary of temporary protection, or that he or she has been guilty of acts contrary to…

If they are required to hold a residence permit, members of the family of a foreign national enjoying temporary protection who have obtained the right to join him/her on the basis of the provisions of Article 15 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 shall automatically receive a temporary residence document of the same type as that held by the person they have come to join, unless their presence…

Under the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, additional categories of displaced persons who are not referred to in the Council Decision provided for in Article 5 of the same Directive may benefit from temporary protection, where they are displaced for the same reasons and from the same country or region of origin. The provisions of Articles L. 581-3 to L. 581-6…

A foreign national excluded from the benefit of temporary protection or who, having benefited from this protection, ceases to be entitled to it, and who cannot be authorised to remain in the territory on another basis, must leave French territory, on pain of being subject to a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory.

Foreign nationals benefiting from temporary protection may receive the allowance mentioned in article L. 553-1 for a fixed period if they meet age and means tests.