Civil & Administrative

#2018-33Decree No. 2018-33 of January 22, 2018 Establishing an Interministerial Delegate for Refugee Reception and Integration

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French law establishes an interministerial delegate responsible for the reception and integration of refugees. The delegate's role includes coordinating policies and actions across multiple ministries to ensure comprehensive support for refugees, including access to rights, language learning, health care, professional training, and housing. The law impacts refugees in France and the government departments involved in their integration.

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Key Changes

  • Establishment of an interministerial delegate for refugee integration
  • Coordination of refugee support across government ministries
  • Provision of comprehensive services for refugees such as housing and language learning

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Establish an interministerial delegate positioned under the minister responsible for asylum and foreign arrivals

French government (Ministry of Interior)
operational
high

Define and implement a national policy for reception and integration of recognized refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Interministerial delegate and coordinating ministries
operational
high

Coordinate cross-ministry actions in the following domains: access to rights, French language mastery, healthcare and social services, professional training, employment access, and housing

Interministerial delegate in liaison with General Directorate of Foreigners in France
operational
high

Evaluate and report on the implementation of refugee reception and integration policies to the Prime Minister and the minister responsible for asylum and foreign arrivals

Interministerial delegate
reporting
high

Coordinate reception in France of protection beneficiaries arriving under the European resettlement program by mobilizing all relevant state services and involving local authorities, NGOs, and civil society representatives

Interministerial delegate
operational

Affected Parties

Refugees in FranceGovernment ministries involved in refugee integration

Tags

refugees,integration,government coordination