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The 2023 update of this report was written by Laurent Delbos, and Sébastien Charre at Forum réfugiés and edited by ECRE.
Forum réfugiés wishes to thank all those individuals and organisations who have shared their expertise to contribute to or check the information gathered during the research. Particular thanks are owed to many Forum réfugiés colleagues who have shared their practical experience on the right of asylum in France – which have been key to feed concrete reality-checks and observations into this report; to the two lawyers who have taken the time to share their views on the French system; to the staff of France terre d’asile, the Anafé and the UNHCR Paris office for their expert and constructive feedback provided for the initial report and finally to ECRE for its support throughout the drafting process. Forum réfugiés would also like to thank the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for co-financing its awareness-raising missions which allowed us to provide additional time to research and draft this report.
The findings presented in this report stem from background desk research, interviews with field practitioners and lawyers, as well as feedback from French NGOs and finally statistics shared by the French authorities.
Caveat: In France, asylum policies – including reception procedures – are largely under prefectural execution. This review of practice is mostly based on observations in some departments. However, the conclusions presented in this report on the concrete implementation of asylum policies have been cross-checked and triangulated with observations of these practices in other regions and are supported by findings presented in other reports – be they official or drafted by civil society organisations.
Overseas France: In France, legislation sometimes contains specific rules about the asylum system in some French overseas territories. Practices can also be substantially different from that in mainland France. While comprehensive reporting about asylum in all overseas territories does not come under the scope of this report, legislation and practices about overseas France will be showcase throughout the report in boxes such as this one, to better highlight these specificities.
The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2023, unless otherwise stated.