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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONTENT OF PROTECTION

Article L561-16

While awaiting the final determination of their civil status by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, refugees or beneficiaries of subsidiary protection may apply for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: CONDITIONS OF RECEPTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L554-1

Access to the labour market may be granted to the asylum seeker where the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, for reasons not attributable to the applicant, has not mad…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-11

When a foreign national is sentenced at first instance to a deportation order as a principal penalty with provisional enforcement and the deportation takes place before the date of the appeal hearing,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: DETENTION ARRANGEMENTS

Article L744-14

Representatives of humanitarian associations may be authorised to visit places of administrative detention.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: DETENTION ARRANGEMENTS

Article L744-17

…nistrative authority may, throughout the duration of the detention, decide to move a foreign national from one place of detention to another, subject to informing the competent public prosecutors of t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: CONTENTIOUS PROCEEDINGS

Article L614-14

If the foreign national is detained, he/she shall be informed in a language he/she understands, as soon as the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory is notified, that he/she may, e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-10

An appeal against a decision handed down by the criminal court may be lodged by the foreign national placed or kept in detention by means of a declaration to the person in charge of the place of deten…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: FOREIGN ENFORCEMENT

Article L711-1

The foreign national shall execute the removal decision against him/her without delay or, where he/she has been granted a period of voluntary departure to comply with a decision requiring him/her to l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: CONTENTIOUS PROCEEDINGS

Article L614-15

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VII: ENFORCEMENT OF REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article L740-1

The administrative authority may, in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Title, detain a foreign national in order to enforce the deportation decision against him or her.

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