Question 7369 — foreigners

Summary

Mr. Frédéric Boccaletti draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, to the significant increase in the cost of legal assistance provided in administrative detention centers, as well as to the consequences of its current mode of organization on the effective execution of removal measures. According to figures from the Court of Auditors, public expenditure devoted to this assistance reached 6.8 million euros in 2023, an increase of 30% since 2019. At the same time, the annual number of foreigners detained has decreased by 20%. This mission, financed by the State, is carried out mainly by four associations (La Cimade, Forum Réfugiés-Cosi, Groupe SOS Solidaires and France Terre d'Asile), some of which adopt openly militant positions against France's migration policy. The report mentions that “the main remedies against OQTFs have more than quadrupled in ten years", contributing to the growing congestion of administrative jurisdictions. Still according to the Court of Auditors, a court decision prevents removal in 70% of cases, due to the absence of a consular pass. This situation questions both the overall effectiveness of the system, the neutrality of the structures involved and the conditions in which the State chooses its partners for such a sensitive mission. Furthermore, recent proposals, notably brought to the Senate, envisage entrusting this legal assistance to a neutral public operator such as the French Office for Immigration and Integration, already involved in the CRAs. In this context, he asks how the Government justifies that the State spends ever more on legal assistance in CRA, even though less foreigners are detained there and the effectiveness of removals continues to decline; if the Government plans to subject the renewal of conventions linking the State to these associations to clear requirements of neutrality and conformity with the objectives of migration policy; if an impact study has been undertaken to assess the advisability of transferring this mission to a public operator such as the OFII, in the interest of transparency, efficiency and budgetary control.

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