Section 2: Access to the waiting area

Any ad hoc administrator appointed under the provisions of Article L. 343-2 must visit the minor he or she is assisting while he or she is being held in the waiting area. .

Members of Parliament and senators as well as representatives to the European Parliament elected in France are authorised to visit waiting areas at any time.They may be accompanied by one or more journalists holding the professional identity card mentioned in article L. 7111-6 du code du travail.

The delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or its representatives, and humanitarian associations or associations whose purpose is to help foreign nationals exercise their rights may have access to the waiting areas. The delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or its representatives, and humanitarian associations or associations whose purpose is to help foreign nationals exercise their rights may…

Provided they do not violate the dignity of persons and the requirements of security and the smooth running of the waiting area, journalists holding the professional identity card mentioned in article L. 7111-6 du code du travail may be authorised to access waiting areas.The taking of images and sound of foreign nationals, staff and people working in waiting areas, as well as their distribution, are only authorised with their prior…

The conditions of access to waiting areas for the delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or its representatives, humanitarian associations or associations whose purpose is to help foreign nationals exercise their rights, and journalists holding the professional identity card mentioned in article L. 7111-6 du code du travail are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. .