When, due to particular circumstances, in particular time or place, foreign nationals detained pursuant to this Title cannot be placed immediately in an administrative detention centre, the Prefect may place them in premises adapted for this purpose, known as “administrative detention premises” governed by this sub-section. .
Aforeign nationals may not be held in an administrative detention facility after the liberty and custody judge has extended their detention pursuant to article L. 742-3.However, in the event of an appeal against the extension order, the foreign national may be held there until the president of the court of appeal has ruled if there is no administrative detention centre within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal. Similarly, in…
The holding facilities referred to in article R. 744-8 are created, on a permanent basis or for a fixed period, by prefectoral order specifying whether the facility is likely to accommodate families.A copy of this order is sent without delay to the public prosecutor and to the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté.
Administrative detention facilities must have the following facilities:1° Non-mixed group rooms, accommodating a maximum of six people;2° Sanitary facilities with free access including washbasins, showers and toilets;3° A telephone with free access;4° A room for receiving visits: consular authorities, families, doctors, members of associations;5° The room referred to in article L. 744-5, reserved for lawyers;6° An emergency pharmacy.Administrative detention facilities likely to accommodate families also have separate, specially equipped accommodation…
In each place of detention, internal regulations, the models of which are set, for detention centres and premises, by joint order of the Minister for Immigration and the Minister for the Interior, organise daily life, in conditions consistent with the dignity and safety of its occupants. In particular, it sets out the rights and duties of foreign nationals held in detention, as well as the practical arrangements for them to…
The information mentioned in Article R. 8252-2 of the Labour Code is displayed in the common areas of the administrative detention facility. It is available in French and translated into the foreign languages designated by the minister responsible for immigration.
Under the conditions set out in articles R. 744-6 and R. 744-11, suitable premises and equipment will enable health staff to give consultations and provide care in detention centres and premises.The conditions under which health establishments intervene on behalf of detainees, pursuant to article L. 6111-1-2 of the Public Health Code, are specified by means of an agreement signed between the territorially competent Prefect and one of these establishments in…
The room reserved for lawyers, referred to in article L. 744-5, is accessible, under the conditions provided for in the same article, on simple request by the lawyer to the department responsible for receiving detained foreign nationals and with the agreement of the person concerned.
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…
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