Inadmissible entry orders for convicted foreigners are on the rise. The number of measures banning French territory issued by the courts has tripled in ten years, indicates the Minister of Justice in response to a written question from a senator.
Unlike Obligations to Leave French Territory (OQTF), French Territory Bans (ITF) are not administrative measures but penalties pronounced by the criminal judge. The scope of crimes and misdemeanors punishable by an additional penalty of exclusion from French territory expanded in 2018 with the first law on immigration.