French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum
In forceA police or gendarmerie service that has evidence to suggest that a foreign national who is a victim of one of the offences constituting trafficking in human beings or pimping provided for and punishable under articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the Criminal Code, is likely to lodge a complaint against the perpetrators of this offence or to give evidence in criminal proceedings against a person prosecuted for an identical offence, shall inform him or her:
1° Of the possibility of admission to residency and of the right to exercise a professional activity open to them under article L. 425-1;
2° The reception, accommodation and protection measures provided for in articles R. 425-4 and R. 425-7 to R. 425-10;
3° The rights mentioned in article 53-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in particular the possibility of obtaining legal aid to assert their rights.
The police or gendarmerie service also informs the foreign national that he or she may benefit from a thirty-day reflection period, under the conditions set out in article R. 425-2, to choose whether or not to benefit from the possibility of admission to the residence permit referred to in 1°.
This information is given in a language that the foreign national understands and in conditions of confidentiality that enable him or her to feel confident and ensure his or her protection.
This information may be provided, supplemented or developed to interested persons by non-profit-making private-law organisations specialising in support for prostitutes or victims of human trafficking, in assistance for migrants or in social action, designated for this purpose by the minister responsible for social action.
Article R425-1
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Updated 7 Nov 2023
