Book III: ENTRY TO FRANCE

When a foreign national who presents himself at the border applies for asylum, he shall be informed without delay, in a language he understands or may reasonably be expected to understand, of the asylum application procedure and how it is conducted, of his rights and obligations during this procedure, of the possible consequences of failing to comply with his obligations or refusing to cooperate with the authorities and of the…

Any person working in the waiting area may inform the person in charge of the waiting area or his/her representative of any situation of vulnerability of an asylum seeker that he/she has observed, or that the asylum seeker has reported.The person in charge of the waiting area or his/her representative shall determine, where appropriate, the special arrangements for keeping an asylum seeker in the waiting area, taking account of the…

Unless the examination of the asylum application falls within the jurisdiction of another State, the foreign national will be interviewed by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16. However, if necessary and by way of derogation from article R. 531-15, the personal interview may not be recorded. In this case, the transcript…

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall forward the opinion referred to in Article R. 351-3 to the Minister responsible for immigration within two working days of the application for asylum being recorded in the official report. .

The foreign national is informed, in a language he or she understands or can reasonably be expected to understand, of the positive or negative nature of the decision taken by the Minister responsible for immigration pursuant to Article L. 352-1.When the Minister takes a decision to refuse entry on the grounds of asylum, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons sends the foreign national, in a…

When, following the personal interview with the applicant, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons considers, pursuant to article L. 351-3, that the foreign national requires special procedural guarantees that are not compatible with his or her presence in the waiting area, it shall immediately forward its decision to the authority that placed the foreign national in the waiting area and to the Minister responsible for…