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Paris
THE INFORMATION GUIDE
FOR PEOPLE IN EXILE
OCTOBER 2020
ENEmergency numbers (free) TABLE OF CONTENTS
Useful addresses Practical advice
15 SAMU
If you have serious coronavirus symptoms and difficulty breathing.
Arriving in Paris
Unaccompanied minors
page 6
page 8 Free WIFI page 23
Free legal aid page 10
18 FIREMEN
Report a dangerous situation: accidents, fire, sick person...
Domiciliation page 12
Telephone
Drinking water
page 23
page 23
Find a family member page 12
17 POLICE
Call to get help in case of assault
French classes
Food
page 12
page 14
If you get arrested page 24
Online information page 26
Showers
115 SAMU SOCIAL
page 15
Transportation page 28
Day shelters page 16
Emergency accommodation for one or more nights.
Libraries page 17 Open a bank account page 28
Open 24/7 but you may have a call wait time of 2 hours or more. You may
have to call several times. Ask for an interpreter for your own language. Healthcare page 18
HOW TO USE THE GUIDE Your social rights Procedures
Financial and housing
Postal address Asylum and residency permit,
benefits page 30 what is that? page 38
PINK squares indicate Email address First reception page 39
addresses and information Healthcare page 33 Seeking asylum in France page 40
for unaccompanied minors Hours of operation
OFPRA file and interview page 44
(under 18) Telephone number Employment page 34 Appealing the decision (CNDA) page 48
Applying for reconsideration
Metro (réexamen) page 52
Enrolling children in school page 35
THE NEXT PAGE If you have been granted
refugee status page 54
shows you how use the guide Going back to university page 35 Applying for a residency
page 56
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Domiciliation page 36
Paris metro map page 585
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You are an unaccompanied minor, you are under 18.
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Arriving in Paris for
PINK squares indicate addresses and information for
unaccompanied minors
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unaccompanied minors (under 18)
You have just arrived in Paris and wish to stay in France Arriving in Paris page 6
Arriving in Paris Legal aid Procedures
page 6 page 10 page 38
Unaccompanied minors page 8
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You are seeking asylum
Legal aid Housing & Claiming Appealing the Free legal aid page 10
page 10 Financial benefits asylum decision
page 30 page 38 page 48
You are in Dublin procedure Domiciliation page 12
Legal aid If you get arrested Dublin procedure
page 10 page 43
page 24
Find a family member page 12
You have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection
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French classes page 12
Legal aid Access to réfugié
employment Refugee status
page 10 page 54
page 34
You don't have papers and wish to remain in France Food page 14
Legal aid If you get arrested titre de séjour
Residency permit
page 10 page 24 page 56 Showers page 15
You are sick
Healthcare Access to free
health support
titre de séjour Residency permit
for healthcare
Day shelters page 16
page 18
page 33 page 56
You wish to work or go back to University Libraries page 17
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Access to Going back to
employment University
page 34 page 35 Healthcare page 186 7
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ASYLUM CLAIM Call the Ofii number to get an appointment :
Access to accommodation will vary
Your
01 42 500 900 depending on your family makeup and the documents
Monday to Friday : 9am-3:30pm Take screenshots of calls timing of the asylum procedure.
When you call, wait for the language options, you made to the Ofii number with
they offer many language options. your phone. If you haven’t yet asked for asylum, it will
Warning, this phone number is not free. be difficult for you to get housing. Call the Keep a copy of all your
It costs the price of a local call. A lot of This will help you prove you tried calling Ofii number (see blue box to the left) to
people are trying to call at the same time : several times but that you never managed ask for accommodation during your asylum documents
there is a very long waiting list and your call to get an appointment to start your procedure.
will automatically be interrupted after 45 asylum procedure.
minutes. Try calling several times. The Bastille-Henri 4 day centre is It is very important to keep
specialised for helping families, couples and photographs and copies of all
Housing Single men
single women who have only just arrived in
Paris.
documents and letters in your name
that may be given to you while you’re
During your first appointment at the If you have started your asylum procedure, staying in France.
Prefecture (see page 40), the OFII should go to a specialised day centre (see day ACCUEIL DE JOUR BASTILLE/HENRI 4 Keep those copies in different places (at
offer you housing. centres below) in order to go to a CAES and Families, couples and single women. a friend’s place or at an organisation)
However, the waiting time can be very long. get housing. For newcomers only.
You have other solutions to get housing and online (in your emails...)
If you haven’t yet asked for asylum, you 3 rue des Lesdiguières 75004 Paris
before starting your procedure. These will be able to get an appointment with the 1 5 8 Bastille
solutions will be different whether you prefecture when you get to a CAES (without Remember to do that as soon
Monday to Sunday as from 8:30am
are a single man, a woman, a family or a having to call the Ofii number). Get there very early.
as you arrive and sort your
couple. If you have already had housing with the documents by year.
What is a CAES ? Ofii or if you no longer have the right to Once you have started your asylum
accommodation, you are likely to be denied procedure: ● They can be useful for your asylum
new housing. procedure or in case of arrest to prove
«Centre d’Accueil et d’Examen des - Families and pregnant women (over 3 your presence on French territory and allow
Situations» PARIS DAY CENTER 1 Men months) who have been registered in Paris organisations to better understand your
1 boulevard du Palais 75004 Paris will be housed in a CAFDA. Ask the CAFDA situation.
A CAES is a transit centre for single men. 4 Cité for accommodation.
Monday to Friday : 9am - 4pm ● Those proofs of presence in France will
There are 6 CAES in Ile-de-France: Paris be mandatory if you request a resident
(75), Ris-Orangis (91), Nanterre (92), Come early to register to a transit - Couples and single women will be
Cergy (95) and Vaux-le-Pénil (77). centre (CAES) housed in a SPADA (reception centre for permit.
asylum seekers). Ask the SPADA and the
If you haven’t yet asked for asylum or if local Ofii for accommodation. Exemples : your income declarations
you have only just started your asylum PARIS DAY CENTER SUD AUSTERLITZ
Men (taxes), medical prescriptions, social security
procedure, you will be transferred from
You can get help there to call OFII certificate, phone and electricity bills, Pass
the CAES to housing (which will usually be
outside of Paris). number. Navigo, proof of domiciliation, payrolls,
24 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris French classes inscriptions and diplomas,
If you refuse that accommodation, you
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6 Quai de la Gare various letters...
risk losing your right to accommodation 5 10 Gare d'Austerlitz
as well as you financial help (ADA). Monday to Friday : 9am - 4pm
You cannot directly go to a CAES by Come early to register to a transit The CAMSCANNER app can help you
yourself. centre (CAES) scan your documents.8 9
UNACCOMPANIED
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1. Obtain care from Child 3. Evaluation Interview 4. In case of refusal 5. Asylum Application for
Welfare Services: l’Aide minors
Sociale à l’Enfance (ASE) To prove you are minor (under 18 years of You can request a 2nd evaluation
age) you will need to go to an evaluation from a juvenile judge with the help
of organisations (Adjie) or lawyers Asking to be recognized as a minor and
The French State is legally obliged to protect centre. To do this, you can go to the police
and to take charge of children under 18 in who will take you to an evaluation centre, (Antenne des Mineurs) : see below taken in by social services (ASE) does not
French territoy without a legal guardian or go there directly yourself. prevent you from seeking asylum.
(through the Child Welfare Services) You should get your 1st interview quickly
First, the State has to acknowledge your and and you will possibly be provided It is the same procedure as for adults.
minor status. The recognition procedure accommodation while you wait for your ANTENNE DES MINEURS (FREE) You have to be represented by an ad hoc
takes time and there are several steps 2nd interview. Lawyers for unaccompanied minors who administrator (AAH) to help you with your
involved in confirming your age. received a refusal of minority recognition
request. This administrator will represent
Your 2nd interview will take longer and 29-45 Avenue de la Porte de Clichy
2. When you arrive in you will be asked about your identity, 75017 Paris you and help you with the procedure.
Paris, go to one of these 3 country, family, story, education and about 13 Porte de Clichy
01 42 36 34 87 WARNING : The AAH doesn’t necessarily
your journey to France.
evaluation centres : Monday to Friday 2pm-5pm and have good knowledge of asylum procedures:
No need to make an appointment : contact You will receive an answer a few days Tuesday and Friday 9:30am-12:30 you have to ask help from specialized
organisations and distribution spots who after the 2nd interview. If they refuse your organizations.
help unaccompanied foreign minors (Paris minor status, they must give you a refusal ADJIE
d’Exil, MSF, les Midi du Mie ) attestation indicating the reasons for said Legal assistance for unaccompanied
refusal. minors
49 ter avenue de Flandre 75019 Paris Important : Children under 18 can’t get the
DEMIE 7 Riquet allocation for asylum seekers (ADA).
In Paris It is very important to keep Only the social services (ASE) can host
contact@adjie.fr
5 Rue du Moulin Joly 75011 Paris that document for the next Monday 6pm and Saturday 10am foreign children under 18, so you can’t
2 Couronnes 01 58 30 14 50 procedure! Arrive 2 hours before opening time to put be housed in accommodation centers for
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm your name on the list
Get there very early. adults.
PEMIE During the legal appeal procedure, you
In Bobigny won’t be taken care of by the State : it
1-15 rue Benoît Frachon 93000 Bobigny will be difficult finding accommodation.
Libération 01 82 46 81 42 Keep close to organisations and
Monday to Friday 9am-12:30 and distribution spots who help
1:30pm-5pm. Closed Thursday afternoons unaccompanied foreign minors.
PEOMIE Doctors Without Borders (Médecins
In Créteil (Val-de-Marne) Sans Frontières, MSF) provide a daycare
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6 rue Albert Einstein 94000 Créteil centre reserved for minors. It offers
8 Créteil-l’Echat 01 42 07 09 02 orientation, psychological follow-up, and
Monday to Friday 9:30am -5:30pm long-term shelters (see page 16).
Get there very early.10 ●● PERMANENCE POUR LES
●● ● CLINIQUE JURIDIQUE 11
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( ADDE, ATMF, Dom’asile, ELENA, Information and advice on asylum claim your story (récit). Help for CNDA appeal
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GISTI, La Cimade ) Espace solidarité Ramey - Secours
OQTF appeal, CNDA appeal, Dublin appeal, 218 rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin populaire : 6 passage Ramey 75018 Paris
75010 Paris
FREE LEGAL CMA appeal, information on prefecture 4 12 Marcadet Poissonniers
7 Louis Blanc
appointments . Saturday 3rd and 17th, 31st October
HELP
4 5 7 Gare de l’Est
In French, English, Arabic, Pashto and Dari 10am-11am With appointment only.
10 rue Affre 75018 Paris Monday to Friday 9:30am-12:30
To make an appointment online :
2 La Chapelle
01 76 62 12 47
lekiosque@emmaus.asso.fr www.bit.ly/2uH2mJS
With appointment : 09 80 80 90 76
Help and advice for your procedures
depending on your situation :
Call on Wednesday and Friday from 2pm to
4pm to make an appointment ●● CEDRE ● ASSOCIATION ASILE
Help for your Ofpra interview and
23 boulevard de la Commanderie
● ASYLUM PROCEDURE ●●● BUS DE LA SOLIDARITÉ
75019 Paris 7 Porte de la Villette
writing your story (récit), help for
CNDA appeal, allocation and social
● DUBLIN PROCEDURE For asylum procedure and foreigners'
rights
Individual information on your rights
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from
security problems. No Dublin appeal or
“réexamen”
● REFUGEES 9am to 11am Call or write for an appointment :
5 avenue de la Porte d'Aubervilliers
Monday to Friday 10am-5pm
75018 Paris Information on asylum procedures first
● OTHER RESIDENCIAL PERMITS
07 67 04 43 83
Porte d'Aubervilliers steps contact@asile-en-france.org
On Friday 16th, 23rd and 30th of October Monday and Tuesday at 9am
See page 37 for more information
from 2pm to 5pm
Group information on Dublin procedure ●58FASTI
about procedures.
●● ACAT
Asylum claim and family reunification
Thursday at 9am rue des Amandiers 75020 Paris
Ménilmontant
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UNACCOMPAGNIED MINORS
Call to make an appointment on these
days:
●● LDH 18/19 - AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL MONTMARTRE
Monday and Thursday 2pm-5pm
See pages 8-9 to get free legal help for Monday and Thursday 10am - 5pm Centre social et culturel Rosa Parks
unaccompagnied minors. 01 40 40 74 08 219 Boulevard Macdonald 75019 Paris
asile@acatfrance.fr E Rosa Parks
Tuesday 2pm-6pm, with appointment
LGBT+
(Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders)
BAAM only : 07 51 51 29 25
●●● CIMADE BATIGNOLLES
8 rue Duchefdelaville 75013 Paris
6 Chevaleret
permanence18@ouvaton.org ● BAAM PERMANENCE LGBT
Help for your Ofpra interview and
46 boulevard des Batignolles 75017 Paris
2 Rome
14 Bibliothèque François Mitterrand ● CAPI writing your story (récit), help for CNDA
Call to make an appointment :
01 40 08 05 34
●● Information and legal advice about
asylum and Dublin procedure
FRANCE TERRE D’ASILE (FAMI)
Café des réfugiés : information, orientation,
appeal. No Dublin appeal or “réexamen”
8 rue Duchefdelaville 75013 Paris
6 Chevaleret
civil and social rights.
Monday from 2:30pm to 5:30pm Wednesday 5pm-8pm, without 69-71 rue Archereau 75019 Paris 14 Bibliothèque François
Wednesday from 9:30am to 12:30 appointment 7 Crimée E Rosa Parks Mitterrand
●●● CIMADE LUXEMBOURG ●● OFPRA file, CNDA hearing
preparation, reconsideration (réexamen)
01 53 06 67 22
Monday to Thursday 9am-12
Tuesday 6pm-8pm
baam.lgbt@gmail.com
11 rue Jean Bart 75006 Paris
4 Saint-Sulpice
B Luxembourg
12 Rennes
Friday only with appointment :
07 66 32 59 30 ●●KÂLÎ ● ARDHIS
Assocation for the recognition of the
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Call to make an appointment : For undocumented people and resident Only for women and their children immigration and residencial rights for
01 42 22 75 77 permits with or without appointment : 57 rue Etienne Marcel 93100 Montreuil LGBT+. Legal advice by email or leave a
9 Robespierre
Tuesday to Thursday from 10am to 3pm Sunday from 4pm to 6pm voice message:
07 66 77 90 29 association.kali@gmail.com contact@ardhis.org
baam.sejour@gmail.com Thursdays 6:30pm-8pm 09 72 47 19 5512 13
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FRENCH
DOMICILIATION CLASSES
The process of 'domiciliation' is when you
are provided a mailing address. You will be
able to pick up your administrative mail at Without registration
this location, but it is not a place to live.
For more information see page 36.
STALINGRAD CLASS
Associative Place de la Rotonde 75019 Paris
domiciliation On the stairs, next to the fountain
2 Stalingrad
For people who can not be registered by Monday to Sunday 6:30pm-7:30pm
SPADA (see page 36) or by the Ville de Paris
(see above)
SAINT-BERNARD CHURCH
CEDRE 6 rue Saint-Luc 75018 Paris
2 4 Barbès-Rochechouart
For people with refugee status and
undocumented people (sans-papiers). Beginners and A2
Saturday and Sunday at 10am and
23 boulevard de la commanderie
11:45am
75019 Paris 7 Porte de la Villette
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from
9am
MÉDIATHÈQUE FRANÇOISE SAGAN
8 rue Léon Schwartzenberg 75010 Paris
4 5 7 Gare de l’Est
Tuesday and Thursday : 10am-12
BPI - BIBLIOTHÈQUE PUBLIQUE
RESTORING D’INFORMATION
Centre Pompidou, entrance rue
FAMILY LINKS Beaubourg , On the second floor of the
library 11 Rambuteau 11 1 Hôtel de Ville
LA CROIX ROUGE - FAMILY LINKS Space for self-study in French :
For those who need help finding a lost Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday :
family member due to conflict, a natural 12-10pm
disaster, or migration. Saturday, Sunday and holidays : 11am-10pm
07 77 46 62 40
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rlf.dt75@croix-rouge.fr Conversation workshops :
https://bit.ly/2RUwEWc Free and without registration, arrive 20
minutes before.
This is a free service. All personal details Friday 2pm, 4pm and 6pm
will be kept confidential.14 15
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FOOD RESTOS DU COEUR / L’UN EST
L’AUTRE / LA CHORBA
Accessible to disabled people
18 rue de Meaux 75019 Paris
2 Colonel Fabien
15 avenue Porte de la Villette 75019 Paris FREE
Breakfast 7 Porte de la Villette
Individual shower cubicles
Monday to Saturday : 7:30am-1pm
Sunday 8am-12
Monday to Sunday 6pm-8pm Bring your own towel and soap Closed on Wednesday
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
SOLIDARITÉ MIGRANTS WILSON
LES MIDIS DU M.I.E Porte d'Aubervilliers 75019 Paris BAINS-DOUCHES DES HAIES
In front of the DEMIE : Porte d’Aubervilliers LA MAISON DU PARTAGE 27 rue des Haies 75020 Paris
5 rue du Moulin Joly 75011 Paris Tuesday 8pm Come the day before to make an 9 Buzenval
2 Couronnes appointment. Tuesday to Saturday 7:30am-12:30
Monday to Friday at 10am-12 LE GANG DE LA POPOTE Soap, shampoo, towels, and razors Sunday 8am-12:30
Place Pajol 75018 Paris provided. Breakfast included.
P’TIT DEJ’ SOLIDAIRES 2 B La Chapelle 32 rue Bouret 75019 Paris BAINS-DOUCHES OBERKAMPF
7 BIS Bolivar 2 5 7 BIS Jaurès
Eole Garden 75019 Paris Wednesday 7:45pm Accessible to disabled people
Entrance at the intersection of rue Monday to Friday 9am-12:30 42 rue Oberkampf 75011 Paris
d’Aubervilliers and rue du Département LA MARAUDE Also on Sunday 11th and 25th of October 5 Oberkampf
2 5 Stalingrad Monday to Saturday 7:30am-12:30
Cap 18 - 189 Rue d'Aubervilliers 75018
Monday to Sunday around 8:30am Paris BAINS-DOUCHES PYRÉNÉES Sunday 8am-12
E Rosa Parks 296 rue des Pyrénées 75020 Paris Closed on Thursday
3 Gambetta
L'ARMÉE DU SALUT Porte d’Aubervilliers
Rue Bréchet on the corner of Avenue de Sunday 8pm Monday to Saturday 7:30am-12:30 BAINS-DOUCHES LES DEUX PONTS
la Porte de Saint-Ouen 75017 Paris Sunday 8am-12 8 rue des deux ponts 75004 Paris
13 Porte de Saint-Ouen UNE CHORBA POUR TOUS Closed on Wednesday 7 Pont-Marie
Porte de Saint-Ouen Exit of Jaurès metro station Tuesday to Saturday 12 -5pm
Monday to Sunday from 9:30 am 2 5 Jaurès BAINS-DOUCHES LES AMIRAUX
Monday to Friday 5pm 6 rue Hermann-Lachapelle 75018 Paris BAINS-DOUCHES CHARENTON
4 Simplon
188 rue de Charenton 75012 Paris
RESTOS DU COEUR Tuesday to Saturday 12 -6pm 8 Montgallet
Lunch ● Rosa Parks BAINS-DOUCHES ROUVET
Tuesday to Sunday 7:30am-12:30
UNACCOMPAGNIED MINORS Cap 18 - 189 rue d'Aubervilliers 1 rue Rouvet 75019 Paris
75018 Paris 7 Corentin Cariou
LES MIDIS DU M.I.E E Rosa Parks Tuesday to Sunday 7:30am -12:30
Jardin 38 rue Pali-Kao 75020 Paris 12 Porte de la Chapelle
2 Couronnes
Porte d’Aubervilliers BAINS-DOUCHES PETITOT
Football and ping-pong Tuesday to Friday 7pm
Thursday to Sunday at 12 1 rue Petitot 75019 Paris
11 Place des Fêtes
● Gare de l’Est Tuesday to Saturday 12 -6pm
1 avenue de Verdun 75010 Paris
RESTOS DU COEUR / L’UN EST 4 5 7 Gare de l’Est
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L’AUTRE Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8pm
15 avenue Porte de la Villette 75019 Paris Sunday 7:30pm
7 Porte de la Villette
Monday to Sunday at 11am16 17
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Monday to Friday 9am-12:30 and 2pm-
DAY CENTRES 4:30pm
Also on Sunday 11th and 25th of October LIBRARIES
FREE
Places to rest and access different types of ADSF
support, depending on the centre, such as: Women's health shelter
hot drinks, phone charging, wifi, advice, 18 rue Bernard Dimey 75018 Paris BIBLIOTHÈQUE VACLAV HAVEL
etc.
13 Porte de Saint Ouen
FREE 26 esplanade Nathalie Sarraute
Monday to Friday 9:30am-5:30pm Access to books, computers, internet, 75018 Paris
12 Marx Dormoy
WIFI, electric plugs to charge your
SHOWER phone...
2 La Chapelle
HALTE FEMMES There may also be access to help with Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1pm-7pm
Spots limited Wednesday 10am-7pm
Women only legal paperwork or French classes.
Saturday 10am-6pm
16-18 passage Raguinot 75012 Paris
LAUNDRY 1 14 Gare de Lyon
To wash your clothes Monday to Sunday 9am-4pm
MÉDIATHÈQUE FRANCOISE SAGAN
Closed on Saturday BIBLIOTHÈQUE GOUTTE D’OR
8 rue Léon Schwartzenberg 75010 Paris
2 rue Fleury 75018 Paris
PARIS DAY CENTER 1 Men 4 Barbès-Rochechouart
4 5 7 Gare de l’Est
1 boulevard du Palais 75004 Paris Tuesday to Friday 1pm-7pm
Tuesday to Friday 2pm-7pm
4 Cité ESI GEORGETTE AGUTTE Saturday 11am-6pm
Saturday 10am-6pm
Monday to Friday : 9am - 4pm Women only
Come early to register to a transit centre 9-11 rue Georgette Agutte 75018 Paris
(CAES) 13 Guy Moquet MÉDIATHÈQUE DON QUICHOTTE
BIBLIOTHÈQUE CLAUDE LÉVI-
Tuesday to Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm 120 avenue du président Wilson 93210
PARIS SUD AUSTERLITZ Men Closed on Thursday morning STRAUSS
Saint-Denis
You can call the OFII number there. Closed on the 22nd of October 41 avenue de Flandres 75019 Paris 12 Front Populaire
24 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris 7 Riquet
Tuesday 3pm-8pm
6 Quai de la Gare Tuesday to Friday 1pm-7pm
MAISON DANS LA RUE Wednesday and Friday 1pm-6pm
5 10 Gare d'Austerlitz Saturday 10am-6pm
18 rue Picpus 75012 Paris Thursday 3pm-6pm
Monday to Friday : 9am - 4pm Saturday 10am-6pm
1 2 6 9 Nation
Come early to register to a transit centre
(CAES) 01 40 02 09 88 BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES SCIENCES ET
Monday to Friday 8am-12 and 2pm-5pm DE L’INDUSTRIE
Closed on Wednesday morning Cité des sciences et de l’industrie
BIBLIOTHÈQUE HERGÉ
2 rue du Département 75019 Paris
ESI BICHAT 30 avenue Corentin-Cariou 75019 Paris 2 5 7 Stalingrad
35 rue Bichat 75010 Paris 7 Porte de la Villette
11 Goncourt CENTRE D’ACCUEIL DE JOUR POUR Tuesday to Sunday 12-6:45pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1pm-6:30pm
MINEURS (MSF) Wednesday 2pm-6pm
Monday to Friday 7am-12 and 1pm-4pm Saturday 10am-6pm
Saturday 9am-12 and 1pm-5pm Only for minors with refusal notification
Closed on Wednesday afternoon from an evaluation centre. Come early
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101 bis avenue Jean Lolive 93500 Pantin
5 Église de Pantin / Hoche
ESI AGORA Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2pm-
32 rue des Bourdonnais 75001 Paris 5pm.
1 4 7 11 14 / B Châtelet
Closed on Wednesday afternoon
Monday to Friday 9am-1218 LE BUS SOCIAL DENTAIRE 19
PASS (hospitals)
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(passport, ID card, resident card, HÔPITAL SAINT-ANTOINE
récépissé) Free medical consultation and social No appointment necessary - starting at 16
services. No health insurance needed,
Medical 06 80 00 94 21
www.busdentaire.fr arrive very early.
years of age.
Ask for "Polyclinique Baudelaire"
organisations Samu Social, 35 avenue Courteline 75012
● It can help to be accompanied by a
French speaker 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine 75012
Paris 1 Saint-Mandé Paris
COMEDE ●The translation website Traducmed 8 Faidherbe - Chaligny
Monday to Wednesday 9am and 1pm
Accessible to everyone, regardless of legal (39 languages) may be very useful for 2 Nation
status. Medical and follow-up consultations, Médecins du Monde, 8/10 rue des Blés medical appointments : Monday to Friday : 9:30am-4pm
gynecological visits, educational therapy, 93210 La Plaine St Denis www.traducmed.fr Go there early
vaccinations, socio-judicial, mental health 12 Front Populaire 01 49 28 29 50
services, and ostheopathic consultations. Thursday 9am HÔTEL-DIEU
● Access to an interpreter
● First meeting without appointment No appointment necessary
MÉDECINS DU MONDE (CAOA)
Orientation and help centre
1 place du Parvis Notre-Dame CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE SAINT-
Medical-psycho-social consultation 15 bd de Picpus 75012 Paris 75004 Paris DENIS
for unaccompanied minors without 6 Bel Air 4 / B Saint Michel or Cité General medical and dental consultations
appointment. 01 43 14 81 81 Monday to Friday. Come at 7am 2 rue du Dr Pierre Delafontaine 93200
Medical-psycho-social consultation with If you don't have social security (PUMA) Saint-Denis
Hôpital Bicêtre - 78 avenue du Général appointment only. Go to the hospital social service 13 Basilique de Saint-Denis
Leclerc 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Call to make an appointment on these Social services : 01 42 35 60 00 (Medical consultation)
7 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
days : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and 01 42 34 88 98 - 01 42 34 80 77 01 42 35 61 21 - 01 42 35 60 25 (Social
Access: Second floor, Room 60, Brown section Friday from 9:30 am to 12:30 Service)
Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:30pm. Emergencies : 24/7 - Everyday at all
Thursday 1pm-5:30pm HÔPITAL BICHAT - CLAUDE-
BERNARD time
Monday to Friday 8:30am-4pm
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES
For minors declined after minority
Telephone Emergencies only - Without
appointment
evaluation. Only with refusal notification help line 46 rue Henri-Huchard 75018 Paris
13 Porte de Saint-Ouen
Unaccompanied
Medical orientation and psychological help
101 bis avenue Jean Lolive 93500 Pantin
5 Eglise de Pantin or Hoche
MÉDECINS DU MONDE
Call to talk about health problems to a
01 40 25 80 80 minors (under 18)
24/7- Make an appointment if needed
Monday to Friday 9am-12 and 2pm-5pm. doctor and ask about the health insurance and with doctor’s advice.
Closed on Wednesday afternoon (AME, PUMA, CSS). Translation available. HÔPITAL ROBERT-DEBRÉ
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Medical consultations for minors and
HEALTH WATCH 9:30 to 12:30 HÔPITAL SAINT-LOUIS pregnant women
MÉDECINS DU MONDE 01 43 14 81 81 General medical and dermatology No appointment needed
Doctors with Arabic, Pachto and Dari consultation for adults. Entrance by green area (point vert)
interpreters for homeless people. CIMADE - COMEDE No appointment needed. Come at 48 boulevard Sérurier 75019 Paris
Place de l'Ecluse (under the bridge) Assistance and expertise concerning 6:30am 7 Pré Saint-Gervais
BIS
13 Saint-Denis Porte de Paris residency rights based on medical reasons. 1 avenue Claude-Vellefaux 75010 Paris 01 40 03 24 94
Access to health care services and to social
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2 Colonel Fabien
Monday and Wednesday 1:30pm-5pm Monday to Friday 9am -12 and 2pm-
benefits for foreigners living in Ile-de- It's possible to call to make an
Jardin Anaïs-Nin 75019 Paris France. 4pm
appointment : 01 42 49 91 30 Closed on Tuesday morning and
E Rosa Parks / Porte d’Aubervilliers 01 43 52 69 55
Friday 1:30pm-5pm Wednesday 9:30am-12:30 and Wednesday afternoon
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What is the Coronavirus? How does a person catch
the Coronavirus?
The coronavirus is a virus. It has produced
a new illness called Covid-19. This virus can be found in spit, saliva,
on hands and objects touched by
+ 38° people who have the coronavirus.
Most of the time, this illness causes:
a cough, fever, difficulty breathing. A person can catch it quite easily when
they are near an infected person who is
speaking or coughing, or when they touch
Anglais
objects that have come into contact
Santé publique France - 23 mars 2020 - Réf. W-1000-001-2003
More often than not, this illness is not very with saliva.
serious and people get better quite easily.
Attention: a person can have the
coronavirus without showing any
But sometimes, it can be serious. Especially symptoms. However, a person can still
for elderly people over the age of 70 years transmit the virus. That is the reason
old and those who are already suffering from why everyone needs to stay far away
an illness. For example: diabetes, respiratory from other people, even if they feel fine.
problems, kidney disease, cancer, HIV, etc.
Do you have questions about the Coronavirus?
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gouvernement.fr/info-coronavirus 0 800 130 000
(toll-free)
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ADVICE Where to buy a
You can access free wifi for up to 2 hours in
most public places in Paris. Here is how:
1. Choose the network named PARIS_WI-
phone
FI_
You can buy a mobile phone for 10€ in big
(usually followed by a number) shops like FNAC or in shops next to the
subway station La Chapelle.
Free WIFI page 23
2. Open your browser; a form will appear
that you have to fill in
Charging your
You can renew the process to benefit for two phone
Telephone page 23 more hours.
● Every bus stop in Paris has a USB plug,
on the side of the light panels, where the
maps are.
Fast food restaurants usually have free ● Train stations have free access plugs.
Drinking Water page 23 wifi that you can access from the outside. ● You can also go to a day shelter or a
(McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King...). library to charge your phone
If you are arrested page 24 BE CAREFUL !
DRINKING
@
In Train Station (especially Gare de l’Est
and Gare du Nord) there is a heavy police
presence. Identity checks are frequent.
WATER
Online information page 26 Always have your documentation with you.
You can find FREE drinking water in
different places in Paris :
Transportation page 28
● Taps behind and inside all public toilets.
● “Wallace” fountains. They are dark
green fountains that look like statues
Opening a bank account page 28
€ Non-drinking water will be indicated by a
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IF YOU ARE These could help you be released or prevent
a transfer to a detention centre:
to your country of origin, to the country
reponsible for your asylum application
If you didn’t provide your passport during
the identity check and you refuse to see
ARRESTED ● Ask for an interpreter in your native
language (the more difficult the language
(Dublin procedure) or to the country that
granted you protection (remise Schengen)
the consular authorities from your country,
it will be more difficult for the French state
the better). Make sure to ask for the exact As soon as you arrive in the CRA, to obtain a transfer pass, complicating your
If you are a victim or witness of any
police abuse : Contact the number dialect you wish to speak in. Ex : Sundanese IMMEDIATELY contact the organisation expulsion.
06 17 85 68 83 (text message and Arabic, Kurdish Sorani... working in the retention centre : ASSFAM, Warning: if you refuse to meet with the
whatsapp) to send photos and videos ● Ask to see a doctor Cimade, Forum Réfugiés, France Terre consular authorities you could be sentenced
of evacuations, police controls to Ligue ● Ask to see your lawyer or a government d’Asile, Ordre de Malte, Groupe SOS. to a short prison sentence (1 to 4 months)
des droits de l'Homme and Solidarité appointed lawyer (free).
Migrants Wilson ● Ask to phone a friend or an organisation They will help you file an appeal against If you get sentenced for a short prison
sentence and sent to prison you risk being
Documents and you trust to inform them of your arrest and
where you are being held. This will make it
detention and the expulsion decision and
keep you informed about progress of your returned to a CRA when you get out of
information to have easier for them to get you help. legal proceedings while you're detained. prison.
with you at all times: The maximum 90 day detention will start
Do not sign any documents you don’t over.
If there is no organisation present
understand. Ask for an interpreter!
● The documents regarding your (weekends, public holidays, etc.), contact
procedure (récépissé, request for a another outside organisation (p.10-11)
You can be detained at the police station
resident permit...)
for a maximum of 24 hours depending on Your rights in a detention
● Proof of domiciliation or housing the motive of your arrest (identity check or
How long can you be detained?
centre
offence)
● The documents regarding your health The maximum length of retention is 90
situation and your doctor's contact ● You can make calls from the center's
information If you're released days. You can file two appeals to demand public phone booths or with your own
If you're in an irregular situation you might your release: mobile phone. Mobile phones with
● Any document related to your family have been issued with an order to leave cameras will be confiscated at the
situation in France (ex: your child’s French territory (OQTF). You often have only 1- Appealing against the retention in a beginning of your detention.
school registration certificate, marriage 48 hours to appeal these decisions starting CRA: the Judge of Liberties and Detention
certificate...) (JLD) hears appeals and decides after 48 ● You have the right to receive visits
from the moment you signed the documents
hours whether to extend your retention from friends, relatives or members of
and that they were handed to you. organisations.
● A phone card and/or a phone without a 2- Appealing against the expulsion
camera. As soon as you get realeased contact an decisions: the Administrative Tribunal Your visitors must be in good legal standing
organisation very quickly to get help. (p.10- hears appeals to cancel the expulsion and provide ID before entering. They can
● The phone number of someone decision. ( only if the decision was made bring you clothes, non-perishable food like
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you trust : a friend, a member of an recently, less than 48 hours). biscuits and soda, or items like documents
organisation or a lawyer to be notified and money.
IMMEDIATELY if you are arrested or If you have been insulted or mistreated
by the police, you can file a complaint. Depending on the judge's decision you
detained.
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If you have been physically assaulted may be released or your detention could
be extended.
Keep copies of your documents in you can go see a doctor to get a medical
multiple spots (a friend's house, at an certificate proving the police physically
organization) and online (email, etc) mistreated you.
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Translation for medical appointments in 39 advice
Symboles languages. Accessible through the app or
directly on the website: You can ask for any type of help and
Facebook page WhatsApp www.traducmed.fr information by contacting people,
organizations or collectives by Facebook or
email. HOSTING IN PARIS FOR OFPRA AND
Information on TARJIMLY
Allows you to directly contact a volunteer Be careful, legal information on CNDA
Facebook group helping find housing for
Facebook is not always reliable.
asylum claim translator through the app
Messenger (written and vocal messages or Get advice from free legal aid centres (see the night before the OFPRA interview or the
pages 10-11) CNDA hearing.
videos) Paris and Ile-de-France
Tarjimly > Subscribe to the Facebook group to have
Translated information for the asylum PLATEFORME D’AIDE AUX EXILES EN
FRANCE - HELP FOR EXILED PEOPLE access to the information.
claim procedure, verified by lawyers.
Always go to legal aid centres to get help IN FRANCE. Hosting in Paris for OFPRA and CNDA
for your own personal situation (see pages Facebook group where anyone can offer
10-11) CAMSCANNER and ask for : accommodation, food,
This app enables you to digitalise your clothing, procedure information.
paper documents and then email them or Everywhere in France
GISTI WhatsApp them to keep a copy in case of > Subscribe to the Facebook group to have
Section Asylum Claim in France loss or theft. access to the information.
Languages : French, English, Arabic, Dari, Plateforme d’aide aux exilés en France
Pachto, Urdu, Tigrinya, Oromo SOLIGUIDE
www.bit.ly/2XYKTw6 Online guide of places you can find practical SOUTIEN AUX EXILES DE GDE ET
help, each location geolocated on a map. STALINGRAD - SUPPORT GROUP
DOM’ASILE INFO Also includes practical information like
Languages : French, English, Arabic, Urdu,
TO EXILED PEOPLE OF GDE AND
address, hours of operation, and people
Bengali, Russian involved.
STALINGRAD
www.domasile.info Facebook group where you can get help
Be careful, some addresses and schedules
and information
are not up to date.
Paris and Ile-de-France
REFUGIES INFO Languages : French, English, Spanish, Arabic
> Subscribe to the Facebook group to have
Information for people who have been Paris, Bordeaux, Nantes
granted refugee status and subsidiary www.soliguide.fr access to the information.
protection. Soutien aux exilés de GdE et Stalingrad
Languages : French, English, Arabic, INFOMIGRANTS
Pashto, Tigrinya, Russian Information on asylum in Europe
https://www.refugies.info Languages : French, English, Arabic, Dari,
Pachto
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RIGHTS
You can open a « livret A » (a savings benefiting from the CSS (ex-CMU-C) (see
account) at « La Banque Postale » page 33) can ask for a discount for their
Pass Navigo: forfait Solidarité transport up
What you need: to 75% (17,50€ per month instead of 70€).
● An attestation of asylum application
● A domiciliation attestation 1. Ask for a Pass Navigo at a RATP office. If
● 2 € (the minimum opening deposit). you ask, they have to deliver a pass for free.
If they refuse, try another office.
The withdrawal card that allows you
to take money from your account only 2. Make on the online subscription
works with the cash dispensers of « La online:
Banque Postale » (www.solidaritetransport.fr/first-request/ Financial and
online/home). You will need the number accommodation benefits page 30
written on your pass Navigo and your CSS
GETTING AROUND certificate.
3. Solidarité Transport will send you a Free Healthcare page 33
letter within three weeks after you made
the online request to inform you that you
can charge your Navigo pass in one of the
● You must wear a protective mask in the terminals in the front of the station. Employment page 34
streets of Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-
de-Seine and Val-de-Marne and in public
transport (bus, metro, train...). 4. If you don’t receive a letter you can call
●You cannot gather with more than 10 0 800 948 999 (free call, from Monday to
persons in the public space. Friday from 9am to 6pm)
abc Enrolling children in school page 35
You risk a 135€ fine if you don't respect
these rules
● If you do not benefit from the CSS
City Mapper is a free phone app (ex CMU-C), you can buy a PASS Navigo Going back to university page 35
that can help you move in Paris and the Découverte for 5 € in the metro counters.
suburbs, and calculates your itinerary. Remember to stick a photo on it and reload
it.
The subway (metro)
Indicated by a - works only within Paris Domiciliation page 36
and the close suburbs.
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can take you both inside Paris and in the
suburbs.
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status or subsidiary protection, you are
What are the material reception
conditions (CMA) ? ADA Accommodation no longer considered an asylum
seeker : you don’t have the same right to
As an asylum seeker, when you go Financial benefits accommodation.
through the "single central reception
desk" (GUDA - see page 40), the OFII benefits ● For asylum seekers It is very important to obtain help from
should offer you aid which includes : The ADA card is a payment card that allows a social worker to find housing adapted
● a monthly allowance (ADA) you to receive your allowance every month.
As an asylum seeker - and if you
to your situation and to help you ask for
● the right to accommodation for asylum The card is not contactless. social housing.
Some shops may offer cash back services. agreed to the material reception conditions
seekers > Get help from the organisation where
offered by the OFII at the "single central
You should receive your ADA allowance at you receive your letters (SPADA) or from
This aid is called "offer of care" in the beginning of each month while your
reception desk" (see page 48) - you should
accordance with the national reception your town’s CCAS. Otherwise, go to a day
asylum claim is being processed. have a space in a housing centre for asylum
plan (In French : "l’offre de prise en centre (page 6)
The amount of your allowance will depend seekers (CADA, CAO, HUDA, PRAHDA...)
charge au titre du dispositif national
on your personal situation (couple,
d’accueil").
family, alone...) and whether you have You cannot choose the region nor
● If you are not an asylum
To benefit from it, you need to sign accommodation or not. seeker and you no longer
the form given to you by the OFII at the town in which you will be placed.
have the right to accommodation
the GUDA, agreeing to the material If you asked for asylum in Paris or Ile-de-
reception conditions ("Conditions France, then it is very probable you will be
matérielles d’accueil" or CMA) The best solution is to try calling the 115
sent to another region in France. If you
(free emergency line) early every morning,
refuse the OFII’s offer of accommodation,
The Upcohesiona app allows you to check and to ask for shelter for the night.
how much money you have left on your you will lose your right to accommodation
WARNING
ADA card. Download it on your phone from and to the ADA allowance.
You can call at any time of the day or
• It’s a “package” deal : You can either Google Play or the Apple App Store.
night,but the line is very busy and you
benefit from housing AND financial For more information about downloading Note that in France, not every asylum
allowance, or have neither. and using the application : might have to wait 2 hours or more for
seeker will benefit from accommodation
www.watizat.org/carte-ada someone to answer. The more often you
because of a lack of housing.
• Only people seeking asylum can call, the more chance you will have to get a
benefit from these material conditions spot.
of reception. If you are not an asylum
If you have any problems To get help : go to the organisation
seeker, other solutions exist (including for where you receive your letters (SPADA)
accommodation) If ever you lose your ADA card or it is The 115 will give you free and
or in a legal aid centre (see pages 10-11)
stolen, call this number to block your card unconditional accommodation : You will
• The OFII can refuse to give you or (so it cannot be used anymore) : not need to provide proof of residential
cancel your right to material conditions of 05 32 09 10 10 legal status in France to benefit from this
reception for various reasons: If you are seeking asylum in Paris and shelter.
For example: If you haven’t received your ADA or you have never benefitted from any
- If you refuse to go to the accommodation you have stopped receiving it, make an accommodation, go to a DAY CENTRE for
offered by the OFII,
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appointment with the SPADA or with a legal men or for women, families and couples
- If you move out of your accommodation, aid service (pages 10-11).
- If you don’t go to your Prefecture (see page 7)
appointments, You can also directly go to the OFII
- If you are in Dublin procedure and you are department as the OFII is in charge of your
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the refusal or informal appeal ("recours gracieux") letter
to the OFII within 15 days. HEALTCARE
papers
withdrawal of CMA The AME covers 100% of any medical care
for which it has given approval.
Your appeal should state your identity and ● Emergency care
give reasons for contesting the decision. While waiting to be granted the health
Send it as a registered letter ("lettre protection given to all asylum seekers, you Conditions to fill in order to get the
You may be refused your rights recommandée") to the OFII headquarters : AME :
can use the Free Medical Access Points
to material reception conditions
(Permanences d’Accès aux Soins de Santé
(CMA) : • Having no legal residency papers nor
-PASS) found in certain hospitals (see page
any documents as proof of resident
● If you are applying for reconsideration of
44 rue Bargue 75732 18). You will be taken care of by doctors
status (no valid residency permit, asylum
your asylum application, Paris Cedex 15 and have access to free medication and any
application receipt, nor documents
necessary treatments.
showing that you are in the process of
● If you didn't apply for asylum within applying for a valid residency permit) OR
90 days of your arrival in France, with no If the OFII doesn't change its decision, that ● The Universal Health Protection • Having lived in France for at least 3
justifiable reason, letter will be very useful for you lawyer (PUMA - formerly called CMU) uninterrupted months
during the administrative appeal. > For people with residency permit • Having a limited source of income that
● In case of fraud, if you gave false If you are an asylum seeker that has been doesn’t go over a given threshold
information or you concealed information, If you don’t receive the document from in France for 3 or more months, you can
the OFII indicating an intention to refuse benefit from health insurance through The application needs to be deposited
● If you refuse the accommodation or the or withdraw your CMA you have 15 days Universal Health Protection (PUMA) and or sent to the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance
region to which the OFII has sent you. to contest the decision by writing a complementary Health Coverage (CSS) by Maladie (CPAM) of your place of
mandatory preliminary administrative presenting the asylum application that is residence.
appeal (RAPO) to contest this. given to you at the single central reception You can get help in assembling the file from
Send your appeal as a registered letter desk (GUDA), together with a “declaration one of these institutions :
Your CMA rights may also be to the OFII headquarters or to this email of domiciliation” (see First Step page 24) - Communal social action centres (CCAS) of
withdrawn : address : This will allow you to access free your place of residence
contentieux.cma@ofii.fr healthcare and hospitalisation for you, - Day centres (page 6)
● If you refuse or move out of the If the OFII doesn't change it’s decision, your spouse and your children. You may - Hospital social service (pages 18)
accommodation or the region to which the your lawyer will then be able to file an have to pay medical fees upfront and be - Organisations (pages 10-11)
OFII sent you, administrative appeal. reimbursed after.
● If you are violent or seriously disrespect The CPAM should inform you of its
Due to the Coronavirus crisis and to the decision within a maximum delay of 2
your accommodation rules,
Warning, these documents may fact that CPAMs have been closed for several months; if the application is accepted, you
be difficult to write by yourself and your weeks, health protection that was to expire can obtain your AME card which is valid for
●If you don’t respect the authorities between the 12th March and the 31st
appeal delays depend on your personal 1 year, starting from the beginning of the
requirements (if you refuse to provide July 2020 will be extended for three extra
situation. application procedure.
information, don’t show up to interviews…)
We highly recommend you to go to a legal months from the expiry date.
help centre to be assisted by a lawyer.
Note that : renewal is not automatic and
You can ask for help from the institution
you must fill out and submit a new file 2
The OFII should give you a document hosting you, or the institution in charge of months before the expiry date written on
accompanying you throughout the review
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explaining why your rights to CMA were the AME card.
refused or withdrawn : don’t hesitate to of your asylum application (SPADA). You
ask for it in case they don’t give it to you. can also ask for help from organisations (see
This document may be very useful in an pages 10-11) or from hospital social services
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status or subsidiary protection, you are
allowed to legally work in France, with ENROLLMENT GOING BACK
no conditions.
Contact organisations to get help in FOR CHILDREN TO UNIVERSITY
your search for employment (see
pages 10-11)
● For asylum seekers ● For young people ● From school to high school ● University
As an asylum seeker, from the 1st March Youth service centers called "missions Whatever your situation (asylum seeker,
In France, all children under 16 have the
2019, you will only be allowed to start locales" provide individualized support refugee or granted subsidiary protection),
working 6 months after having started your right to go to school. Whatever your status
to youth aged 16-25, to help with social you can apply to university in France :
asylum procedure, and only if you haven't integration and finding employment: or your parent’s status of residence in
Contact the University you want to go to
yet received an answer from the OFPRA. www.mission-locale.fr/annuaire/agence/ France, school is free : all children have directly or apply on the Parcoursup platform
mission-locale-de-paris access to school and are obliged to go. (for certain selective courses) :
If you get an offer of employment when www.parcoursup.fr
your asylum application attestation You can also complete a 6-12 month long You need to contact the city hall ("mairie")
('récépissé') is still valid, your future civic service (service civique) in a general closest to where you live. If you encounter If you are an asylum seeker, you must
employer must submit the application to interest field, earning 580€ to 690 € each first send a pre-application (DAP) to the
difficulties, you should contact a legal aid
the competent Directorate. month, until the eve of your 26th birthday university.
service (see pages 10-11).
www.service-civique.gouv.fr
Otherwise, when you apply to renew your
expired certificate, you must apply to the The organisation Universités et Réfugié.e.s
prefecture for a work permit. (UniR) can assist you in your academic
integration through personalised support
You will need to give them a valid 3-month and preparation for resuming your studies :
long or longer work contract established on
www.uni-r.org/
a special form, or an offer of employment
(stating your function, the day you start
working and your name) as well as other Be aware that you may need a certification
documents concerning the company. of your level of French to enter certain
universities. Various organisations such as
Be aware that you cannot change UniR offer French classes.
employers as that work permit is only
valid for the job offer submitted to the Refugee students or students with
prefecture. subsidiary protection have the right to
scholarships based on social criteria and to
This authorization will only be valid as university accommodation managed by the
CROUS
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long as your asylum application attestation
('récépissé') is valid. This work permit can
be renewed any time during the period you
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DOMICILIATION your administrative address (domiciliation)
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Having an administrative address in France 6 extra months after having received the
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is a necessary step for you to receive any official decision.
social benefit. A domiciliation is a postal Asylum and residency permit,
You will however be encouraged to quickly
address where you can receive letters
start searching for a new address before
what is that? page 38
from French administrative services. It is
not necessarily the same address as where your domiciliation in the SPADA ends. SPADA
you actually live.
You can go to the social action communal
centre (CCAS) of the town you’ve lived First reception page 39
● For asylum seekers
in for the past 3 months : You will be
GUDA
provided with services from a social worker.
When you start your asylum application
You can also ask for assistance from an
in France, the SPADA assisting you should
help you in establishing an official postal
organisation (see page 10-11). Seeking asylum in France page 40
address, called a "domiciliation".
● For other situations
As soon as you go through the single
central reception desk (GUDA), you will
Whatever your status (refugee, asylum
obtain an appointment to get an address.
seeker...) or if you don’t have any
OFPRA file and interview page 44
This is only possible if you are an asylum
papers in France, or are in a particular
seeker.
situation, you should ask an organisation
for assistance and eventually you will
receive an administrative mailing address Appealing the decision (CNDA) page 48
WARNING : Only an address certified by
(domiciliation).
the Prefecture will be accepted for the
renewal of your asylum seeker certificate
This address will enable you to carry out
(récepissé).
Your domiciliation can be :
your legal process. If the organisation Applying for reconsideration
cannot give you domiciliation, it should
● a SPADA
be able to advise you according to your (réexamen) page 52
● the housing centre you live in
situation and help you find domiciliation
● your own address if you or one of your
through an adapted organisation.
relatives (parent, brother or sister) is a
tenant there. A friend’s housing attestation
will not be accepted!
Warning : Finding an administrative address réfugié If you have been granted
is not easy. refugee status page 54
If the first organization you contact can't
If you don’t have an address, go to your
help you with the domiciliation process,
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region’s OFII to get in contact with the
they will be able to point you to an
SPADA who should be able to help you. titre de séjour
organization that can based on your specific
situation. Applying for a residency permit page 56
Don’t hesitate to visit several organisations.You can also read
