The administrative authority competent to issue or withdraw the approval referred to in Article R. 744-23 is the Minister responsible for asylum.
The delegate from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or his authorised representatives shall have access to each place of detention on presentation of their name card and subject to the requirements of public order and transport safety.The practical arrangements for this access, in particular the frequency of visits, shall be agreed between the Minister responsible for asylum and the delegate from the Office of the…
The delegate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or his authorised representatives may speak with the person in charge of the place of detention and, when they are present, with the agents of the French Office for Immigration and Integration responsible for humanitarian assistance.They may also speak confidentially with persons held in detention who have applied for asylum.
Humanitarian associations shall have access, under the conditions set out in this sub-section, to places of detention.This access must not hinder the operation of the place of detention or the activities carried out there by the State services and legal entities mentioned in articles R. 744-20 and R. 744-21.
Any association duly registered for at least five years, whose purpose is the defence of foreign nationals, the defence of human rights, medical and social assistance or assistance to persons deprived of their liberty, may apply to be authorised to propose representatives with a view to gaining access to places of detention.The Minister responsible for immigration shall draw up a list of associations authorised to propose representatives with a view…
Each authorised association may submit to the Minister responsible for immigration a list of no more than five persons entitled to access all places of detention.Each authorised association may submit to the territorially competent prefect or, in Paris, to the police prefect, for each place of detention, a list of no more than five persons entitled to access it.The competent authority may, by reasoned decision, object to the access of…
When the representatives of an association intend to exercise their right of access to a detention centre, they shall inform the head of the centre at least twenty-four hours in advance.When the representatives of an association intend to exercise their right of access to a detention centre, they shall inform the head of the centre at least twelve hours in advance.The head of the centre shall inform the head of…
An annual meeting on the operation of detention facilities is organised on the initiative of the Minister for Immigration, with the authorised associations and the relevant government departments. The minutes of this meeting, drawn up jointly, are made public.The territorially competent Prefect or, in Paris, the Police Prefect organises meetings at regular intervals on the operation of detention facilities with associations with representatives authorised to access detention facilities in the…
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