Home | French Legislation Articles | French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum | Regulatory part | Book VII: ENFORCEMENT OF REMOVAL DECISIONS | Title IV: ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION | Chapter IV: DETENTION ARRANGEMENTS | Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention
The administration provides an interpreter for foreign nationals held in an administrative detention centre or facility who do not understand French, solely in the context of deportation proceedings against them and asylum applications. In other cases, the foreign national is responsible for paying the service provider.When the assistance of an interpreter is provided by telephone or other means of telecommunication, the name and contact details of the interpreter, as well…
For the duration of their stay in administrative detention, foreign nationals are provided with free accommodation and food.They are given free medical care. If they so request, they are examined by a doctor from the administrative detention centre’s medical unit, which provides medical care during administrative detention if necessary.
Foreign nationals placed or held in an administrative detention centre benefit from reception, information, moral and psychological support and assistance in preparing the material conditions of their departure, which relate in particular to the recovery of the luggage of detained persons, the completion of administrative formalities, the purchase of everyday goods and, where appropriate, links with the country of origin, particularly the family.To carry out these actions, the State has…
To enable foreign nationals held in an administrative detention centre to exercise their rights effectively, the minister responsible for immigration will enter into an agreement with one or more legal entities whose mission is to inform foreign nationals and help them exercise their rights. To this end, the legal entity will provide information services in each centre in which it is responsible for intervening, by organising duty offices and making…
To enable them to exercise their rights effectively, foreign nationals held in a detention facility may benefit from the assistance of a legal entity, at their request or at the latter’s initiative, under conditions defined by an agreement concluded by the Prefect or, in Paris, by the Police Prefect.In each detention facility, this assistance is provided by a single legal entity.
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