Audrey from Gabon is being held at ZAPI. Photo: InfoMigrants
No man's land at Paris airport: Where France keeps foreigners who’ve been refused entry
Latest update : 2018/10/26
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Charlotte BoitiauxLatest update : 2018/10/26
Every day, foreigners suspected of trying to enter France illegally are taken to a special area of Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport where they are held at a facility dubbed ZAPI. Located just a stone’s throw away from the airport’s runways, the ultra-secure area is closed to the general public. NGOs say ZAPI is just another name for a prison, where foreigner’s rights are flouted and where expulsions are fast-tracked. InfoMigrants was granted exclusive access to it.