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FRANCE: La Cimade press release: With closed counters: foreigners kept at a distance by prefectures

18 March 2016

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"Foreigners are increasingly finding the doors shut when they try to apply for or renew their residence permits in the prefecture [office of the government envoy in charge of security, among other competences] offices: this is what La Cimade criticises in the report À guichets fermés [With closed counters], which was published today. Contravening the principle of equality before public services, access to the prefecture office results from successfully negotiating a course which is laden with obstacles. For foreigners, the difficulties which they encounter to undergo the necessary administrative procedures are as serious as the important restrictions which exist in the criteria for granting residence permits. An important concern involves the cuts in resources which simultaneously deteriorate working conditions for civil service employees and access to rights for its users, particularly those who are most vulnerable."

See: With closed counters: foreigners kept at a distance by prefectures (pdf)

Full report: À guichets fermés (La Cimade, link)

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