Chapter III: ANNUAL REPORT ON GUIDELINES FOR POLICY ON ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION

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Article L123-1

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force

Updated 8 Nov 2023

Each year before 1 October, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the multi-annual guidelines for asylum, immigration and integration policy.
This report indicates and comments on the quantitative data relating to the previous calendar year, namely:
1° The number of different residence permits granted and the number of applications rejected and renewals refused;
2° The number of foreign nationals admitted for family reunification;
3° The number of foreign nationals granted refugee status, subsidiary protection or stateless status, and the number of applications rejected;
4° The number of reception certificates presented for validation and the number of validated reception certificates;
5° The number of foreign nationals who have been the subject of effective removal measures compared to the number of decisions handed down;
6° The resources and number of procedures, as well as their cost, implemented to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals;
7° The resources implemented and results obtained in the area of combating trafficking in foreign labour;
8° Actions taken with countries of origin to implement an immigration policy based on co-development and partnership;
9° The number of republican integration contracts signed pursuant to Article L. 413-2 as well as the actions undertaken at national level to promote the integration of legally resident foreign nationals, in particular by facilitating their access to employment, housing and culture;
10° The number of persons acquiring French nationality;
11° The number of persons who have been placed under house arrest, the number of persons placed in detention and the average overall length of the detention;
12° A qualitative assessment of compliance with the guidelines set by the national reception plan for asylum seekers. This report also contains assessments, for the current year, of the quantitative data listed in 1° to 12° of this article, as well as projections relating to these same data for the following year.
The quantitative data listed in this article shall be presented separately for metropolitan France and for each of the local authorities mentioned in Article 72-3 of the Constitution.
The Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides, the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration and the délégué interministériel chargé de l'accueil et de l'intégration des réfugiés attach their observations to the report.

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