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.
The delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or his representatives shall have access to detention facilities under conditions that guarantee their effective access to asylum seekers.This access must not hinder the operation of the detention facility and the activities carried out there by State services and the legal entities mentioned in articles R. 744-20 and R. 744-21.It shall be exercised with respect for the…
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.
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