France, June 12 -- The Cour des comptes - France's independent auditing body - said the redistribution plan had become an effective tool for tackling a long-standing imbalance between the large number of asylum seekers arriving in the Paris region and the limited accommodation available there.

In 2020, 46 percent of asylum applications in France were registered in the Paris region, while the area accounted for only 19 percent of national accommodation capacity for asylum seekers during the first stage of their applications.

Fewer than half of asylum seekers could therefore be housed, the court said in its report published on Thursday.

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