Project presentation
In France, more than 100 waiting zones each year detain foreign nationals who have been refused entry to the territory. These spaces of confinement — often opaque and ill-suited to ensuring dignity — expose women in particular to rights violations and degrading treatment. Since 2019, Association nationale d’assistance aux frontières pour les étrangers (Anafé) has been working to guarantee the protection of and access to rights for women held in these zones, particularly at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (Roissy) and Paris Orly Airport.
The project provides regular legal clinics, tailored individual support, training for frontline professionals, and sustained advocacy grounded in the collection of data and testimonies. Its objective is to ensure the recognition and effective protection of the fundamental rights of foreign women deprived of their liberty in these border facilities.
