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Concern over French transposition of EU asylum measures into national law

12 December 2014

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France is currently transposing the EU Asylum package in national law. Migrants' rights organisations that are part of the National Coalition on Asylum (CFDA – Coordination Française pour le Droit d'Asile) have expressed concern over the following issues:
  • the proposed law does not transpose the asylum seekers' right of access to thorough information;
  • the proposed law does not provide asylum-seekers with the right to work although this is stated in the EU's Reception Directive;
  • deep concern as the fast track procedure will develop with the judicial review of one judge instead of two, as is currently the case;
  • deep concern as regards the compulsory lodging of asylum-seekers in reception centres which, organisations fear, will facilitate the tracking of rejected asylum-seekers to ensure their removal;
  • no change in the current legislation that allows the detention of asylum-seekers pending their return to another EU country when the Dublin III procedure applies.
The National Consultative Commission on Human Rights has unanimously adopted a statement and expressed grave concern over the transposition of the measures in their current form.

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