On a rainy March morning, days before the coronavirus pandemic closed it to the public, seven people filed into a courtroom in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. It is an abusive system,” Thieuleux said. She said she is expected to know both family law and asylum law, and yet her full-time work through an interpretation firm earns only about 1,700 euros ($2,010) per month. She felt prepared, but during the hearing she encountered financial terms she did not recognise. “The word refugee, the word asylum: not the same thing. Home France News France welcomes 750 asylum seekers from Greece. The CNDA temporarily suspended hearings for asylum seekers from Azerbaijan. France received nearly 120,000 asylum requests in 2019 – more than any EU country bar Germany. In a sensitive judicial process, the difference can be a matter of life or death. Paris: Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a 2010 conviction of blasphemy, said Monday that she was seeking political asylum from the French government. Although the three-decade civil war between the majority Buddhist Sinhalese and minority Tamil factions ended in 2009, violence, prejudice, and political upheaval continue. French law does not lay down strict time limits for asylum seekers to make an application after entering the country. “There are many people who have worked here for years and years. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites. Iran holds fifth military drill in two weeks amid tension with US, US Senate to take up Biden’s top cabinet selections, Turkey slaps advertising ban on Twitter with new social media law, Billions in aid needed to help Afghan children in 2021: NGO, First Lady Melania Trump releases farewell message, New videos show Wuhan during earliest days of COVID outbreak. “The waiting is exhausting. — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 15, 2020 While previously many of the Afghans coming to France were political refugees from urban areas, the latest migrants arriving are mostly Pashtuns from rural villages along the border with Pakistan, a Taliban stronghold area. “What the client says must be translated faithfully, without modification, without cutting, without anything.”. You always stay in this world.”. The court ordered France to pay fines ranging from 10,000 to 12,400 euros ($11,270 to $13,970) to each of the three people. He requested a Tamil interpreter, even though he speaks Sinhala better than Tamil. (Sophie Stuber/TNH). The asylum-seekers from Russia, Iran and Afghanistan filed a complaint after spending months sleeping rough. Asylum Applications in France increased to 8345 persons in September from 6845 persons in August of 2020. Due to the pandemic, defendants are not allowed inside the court until the hour of their assigned hearing. “The right to interpretation is a fundamental right,” Isabelle Thieuleux, an asylum lawyer, told The New Humanitarian. — Priti Patel (@pritipatel) November 28, 2020 The UK and France plan to continue a close dialogue to reduce migratory pressures at the shared border during the next year, Patel said. The absence of adequate investment in the system makes it hard to attract and retain skilled interpreters. But there are times when she still struggles when interpreting at the CNDA. 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