Law of August 11, 2025 Facilitating the Continued Detention of Foreigners Convicted of Particularly Serious Offenses and Presenting High Recidivism Risks

This French law, enacted on August 11, 2025, strengthens the administrative detention framework for irregular foreign nationals who have been convicted of particularly serious offenses and are deemed to present a high risk of reoffending. It expands the legal basis and procedural tools available to authorities when placing such individuals in immigration detention (rétention administrative). A key provision allows authorities to systematically collect fingerprints and photographs of foreign nationals upon their placement in administrative detention, strengthening identity verification and security monitoring processes within detention centers. The law also introduces clarifications and modifications to detention extension procedures, making it easier for authorities to prolong the administrative detention of individuals who meet the criteria of serious criminal history and high recidivism risk, likely adjusting timelines or judicial review thresholds. Notably, the law also enables authorities, under certain defined conditions, to place an irregular foreign national in administrative detention even when that person has filed an asylum claim — a significant departure from previous protections that generally shielded asylum seekers from detention pending the review of their application.

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