If you are a victim or witness of police abuse: contact 07 67 29 36 66 (SMS or WhatsApp) to send photos and videos of evictions and police checks to the Observatoire des Libertés Publiques and the Ligue des droits de l’Homme.

You can be arrested during an identity check to verify if you have the right to stay in France and/or if you are suspected of breaking the law.

If you are undocumented and get arrested, you risk an Obligation to Leave French Territory (OQTF) and, sometimes, an assignment to residence or detention in an Administrative Detention Center (CRA).

Documents to have with you

Your rights at the police station

If you are released

If you are placed in an administrative detention center (CRA)

Your rights in detention