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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article R754-19 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Any person working in a place of detention may report to the head of the detention centre or his/her representative, or to the person in charge of the detention facility, any situation of vulnerability of an asylum seeker that he/she has observed, or that the asylum seeker has reported.The head of the detention centre or his representative, or the person in charge of the detention facility, shall determine, where appropriate,…

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Article R760-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

By way of derogation from article R. 732-2, the administrative authority competent to assign a foreign national to residence is the Minister of the Interior when, at the time the decision is made:1° The foreign national is in a department of mainland France and the chosen place of assignment is located in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ;2° The foreign national is in Guadeloupe,…

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Article R761-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Reunion: 1° References to the departmental prefect are replaced by references to the State representative; 2° Article R. 711-1 reads as follows: “Art. R. 711-1.-The decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory is deemed to have been executed on the date on which the administration’s stamp has been affixed to the travel documents of the foreign national…

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Article R*761-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The competent administrative authority in the cases provided for in 1° of article R.* 732-3 is the State representative.However, the competent administrative authority in these cases is the Minister of the Interior when, at the time the house arrest is issued, the foreign national is in a department of mainland France, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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