French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless people (OFPRA), Doctrine modification in the granting of the subsidiary protection status (July, 2008)

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Šalis: France

Section:

Female Genital Mutilation

Temos:

Health, Violence

Types of GBV:

Female Genital Mutilation

The information was last updated in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. It makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member of the European Union and was published before the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on the 31 January 2020.

Subsidiary protection (1 year, renewable)

Asylum Provisions

Definition of 'refugee' in asylum law

This act introduces a sub-category among asylum seekers. A subsidiary protection can be granted to those who do not meet the criteria stated in FR_01_LEG3, later FR_05_LEG3, notably if they are threatened to be executed or at risk of suffering inhuman or degrading treatments.

Definition of 'particular social group' and type(s) of persecution addressed

Establishes 3 sub-categories: parents with children at risk of FGM recently arrived in France (status granted) / parent of a child born in France with another parent with documentation (status denied) / parent of a child born in France, with an unknown or undocumented parent (status granted to the child only). The medical certificate confirming that no FGM was performed on demander's children, upon which the subsidiary protection can be granted to parents, has to be renewed each year to renew this status.

Number of asylum cases granted on the ground of FGM

179 (21% of subsidiary protection granted to female asylum seekers). This data is only for adult demanders. Besides, 266 medical certificates were produced for children in 2009 to renew subsidiary protection on the ground of FGM risk.