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Article R744-6 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Administrative detention centres meet the following standards:1° A minimum usable surface area of ten square metres per detainee, including rooms and areas freely accessible during working hours;2° Non-mixed collective rooms, containing a maximum of six people;3° Sanitary facilities, including washbasins, showers and toilets, freely accessible and in sufficient number, i.e. one sanitary block for every ten detainees ;4° A freely accessible telephone for every fifty detainees;5° Premises and equipment required…

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Article R744-9 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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…

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Article R744-11 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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…

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Article R744-12 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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…

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Article R744-14 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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…

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