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JRS France - www.jrsfrance.org

Political Developments

Asylum figures for 2006 (published in late 2007) show that France received 39,300 applicants, compared with 50,000 in 2005. There was a sharp fall in the number of asylum seekers arriving from Haiti. The new fast-track asylum processing procedure screened 11,000 applications while round 2,600 asylum requests were received at Roissy airport.

The French government set the target of expelling 25,000 illegally staying third country nationals in 2007. This target was not met. Consequently, this policy made the asylum procedures more complex and had a serious effect on the way asylum seekers and migrants were treated.

In November 2007, a new law tightened conditions for family reunification and set standards for the expulsion of illegally staying third country nationals. New procedures were put in place to process asylum applications at the French borders.

Following the debate in the European Union on the Return Directive, various associations initiated action targeted at the proposed 18 month minimum detention period and the 5 year re-entry ban.
 

 

JRS Activities

JRS France was fully established as a country office in 2007. A part-time Country Director was appointed with support from a part-time worker and a number of volunteers.

JRS France, in association with other NGOs, conducted research into destitution in France. This was included in the JRS Europe report on destitute forced migrants. The report was widely distributed by JRS France.

French schools in Reims, Marseilles and Bordeaux participated in the Pedro Arrupe Award and around 10 volunteers visited detention centres and assisted with an integration project in Paris. JRS France initiated its own refugee integration project in Chambéry. The JRS France website was officially launched in 2007 with the support of a recently established information team.

 


Contact Details
 
Country office:
Fr Jean-Marie SJ, JRS Co-ordinator
14, rue d'Assas F-75006 Paris
Tel: +33 1 44 39 48 19 (Tuesday pm, Wednesday, Thursday) - Mobile: +33 6 25 45 38 81
jeanmarie.carriere(a)jrs.net
Contact for policy issues:
Fr Michel Guery SJ
michel.guery@jrs.net


www.jrsfrance.org



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Tel: + 32 2 250 32 20 - Fax: + 32 2 250 32 29 - Email: europe(a)jrs.net