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Article L531-26 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may, on its own initiative, rule under an accelerated procedure in the following cases:
1° The applicant has presented false identity or travel documents, provided false information or concealed information or documents concerning their identity, nationality or the arrangements for their entry into France in order to mislead the Office, or has submitted several asylum applications under different identities ;
2° The applicant has only raised questions in support of his application that are irrelevant to the asylum application he is making;
3° The applicant has made manifestly inconsistent and contradictory, manifestly false or implausible statements to the Office that contradict verified information relating to the country of origin.

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Article L531-26


L’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides peut, de sa propre initiative, statuer en procédure accélérée dans les cas suivants :
1° Le demandeur a présenté de faux documents d’identité ou de voyage, fourni de fausses indications ou dissimulé des informations ou des documents concernant son identité, sa nationalité ou les modalités de son entrée en France afin de l’induire en erreur ou a présenté plusieurs demandes d’asile sous des identités différentes ;
2° Le demandeur n’a soulevé à l’appui de sa demande que des questions sans pertinence au regard de la demande d’asile qu’il formule ;
3° Le demandeur a fait à l’office des déclarations manifestement incohérentes et contradictoires, manifestement fausses ou peu plausibles qui contredisent des informations vérifiées relatives au pays d’origine.

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