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Prostitution Exit Programme Temporary Authorisation

French PolynesiaHumanitarian protection

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

A victim of trafficking or procuring offences who has ceased prostitution and is engaged in the statutory exit/insertion pathway may be issued a provisional residence authorisation of at least six months which permits work.

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  • Article L425-4 CESEDA (Haut-Commissariat de la Republique en Polynesie francaise -- te-ture.polynesie-francaise.gouv.fr, consolidated text applicable in French Polynesia)
    L'étranger victime des infractions de traite des êtres humains ou de proxénétisme, visées aux articles 225-4-1 à 225-4-6 et 225-5 à 225-10 du code pénal qui, ayant cessé l'activité de prostitution, est engagé dans le parcours de sortie de la prostitution et d'insertion sociale et professionnelle mentionné à l'article L. 121-9 du code de l'action sociale et des familles, peut se voir délivrer une autorisation provisoire de séjour d'une durée minimale de six mois. La condition prévue à l'article L. 412-1 n'est pas opposable. Cette autorisation provisoire de séjour ouvre droit à l'exercice d'une activité professionnelle. Elle est renouvelée pendant toute la durée du parcours de sortie de la prostitution et d'insertion sociale et professionnelle, sous réserve que les conditions prévues pour sa délivrance continuent d'être satisfaites.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

Covers victims of trafficking-in-human-beings or procuring (proxénétisme) offences (Penal Code arts. 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10) who have ceased prostitution and are engaged in the official exit/insertion pathway.

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Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where and how protection is requested.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the PF CESEDA compilation (L425-4, L425-5, R425-1 to R425-10), the High Commission pages and checklists. The only route-specific text is the L425-4 eligibility sentence, already cited in this route's mechanism/coverage/renewal answers (not reusable); no PF regulatory provision (no R425-9 equivalent) says how enrolment in the exit pathway is certified or where to apply; the generic High Commission filing instruction is used in this route's official-help answer.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

After grant, the provisional residence permit allows work and is renewable for the entire duration of the statutory exit/insertion pathway, provided the issuance conditions continue to be met. The official source does not state registration, family handling, support or rights during the process.

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Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

Residence-title requests in French Polynesia are made to the High Commission services no later than two months after arrival (or before the long-stay visa expires), even when holding a long-stay visa that counts as a residence title.

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Limits of the record
  • No named assistance body for the prostitution-exit pathway in French Polynesia is identified in the captured material.
  • The High Commission page gives the general filing rule, not a provision specific to this authorisation.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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