Female Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in France

The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of the situation of female asylum-seekers and refugees in France, in order to furnish a base of information which might guide future UNHCR policies and actions in this area, and which may serve to make recommendations to French government and institutions. The study provides both statistical data (where available) – on the numbers, national origin, age, personal and familial situation of women coming to France to seek asylum, of those granted protection and of those finally rejected – and qualitative data concerning the implications and impacts of gender at all stages of the asylum determination process, and in the integration of women recognised as refugees.