Section 3: Examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

The applicant is heard by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down by articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16 and R. 531-28.However, if necessary and notwithstanding article R. 531-15, the personal interview may not be recorded. In this case, the transcript will be commented on. If the applicant refuses to confirm that the content of the transcript correctly reflects…

When the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons decides, pursuant to Article L. 754-7, not to rule under the accelerated procedure, it shall send its decision to the authority holding the asylum applications in the place of detention, as well as to the Prefect who ordered the person to remain in detention.The Prefect shall immediately end the detention and communicate his decision to the authority holding…

When the foreign national has been held in detention and the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons makes a decision under the accelerated procedure, it will make its decision within the time limit stipulated in the second paragraph of article R. 531-23.It will immediately send its decision to reject the application to the person in charge of the place of detention where the foreign national is…

The decision to grant asylum protection is transmitted to the place of detention by secure electronic means.It is notified to the person concerned through administrative channels by the authority holding the asylum applications in the place of detention.On the basis of this decision, the detention is immediately terminated.

The decision of inadmissibility taken pursuant to Article L. 754-1 is transmitted and notified to the person concerned through administrative channels by the authority holding the asylum applications in the place of detention.

Documents provided by the applicant will be returned with the decision.

The authority in charge of asylum applications in the place of detention informs the prefect who decided to keep the person in detention of the meaning of the decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons. .