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)