What associations can help a foreigner kept in a transit zone?
Verified 02 September 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Humanitarian organizations can help foreigners whose entry has been refused, for example at Paris - Charles de Gaulle or Lyon - Saint-Exupéry airport.
The associations authorized by the Minister of the Interior to assist foreigners held in transit zones are as follows:
- Amnesty International France
- National Border Assistance Association for foreigners (Anafé)
- Cimade, ecumenical service of mutual assistance
- French Red Cross
- France Land of asylum
- Refugee Forum
- Groupe Accueil et solidarité (GAS)
- Immigrant Information and Support Group (Gisti)