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Article R521-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

When the foreign national applies in person to the French Office for Immigration and Integration, the police or gendarmerie services or the prison administration, with a view to requesting asylum, he/she is directed to the competent authority.
The same applies when the foreign national has lodged his application directly with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, without his application having first been registered by the competent prefect.
These authorities provide the foreign national with useful information with a view to registering his application for asylum and provide their staff with appropriate training for this purpose.

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Article R521-4


Lorsque l’étranger se présente en personne auprès de l’Office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration, des services de police ou de gendarmerie ou de l’administration pénitentiaire, en vue de demander l’asile, il est orienté vers l’autorité compétente.
Il en est de même lorsque l’étranger a introduit directement sa demande auprès de l’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides, sans que sa demande ait été préalablement enregistrée par le préfet compétent.
Ces autorités fournissent à l’étranger les informations utiles en vue de l’enregistrement de sa demande d’asile et dispensent pour cela la formation adéquate à leurs personnels.

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