L6: Flashcards
Main departure areas
Africa, South America, Middle East, SEA
Main arrival areas
NA, Western Europe, South Africa, Oceana
Names for immigrants born in Algeria
Harkis
Pieds-Noirs
Difference regarding immigrants in France
Only an immigrant if living permanently, not visiting
What % of France are immigrants, and where do they come from
11% (7.4m)
Algeria, Morocco, Protugal
How did immigration change in the beginning 19th century?
Boomed due to New Worlds: Colonization, Commerce and Religious Missions
How did immigration in France change under Napolean
No long welcome. Immigrants brought back to the border
Right of Soil
French nationality given to every child born in French territory
What caused mass immigration to France at the end of the 19th Century?
Industrial Revolution
Many Belgians sought French nationality after antibelgian attacks
What caused the rise of banlieues populaires?
Mass immigration following WWII, when France needed workers to come rebuild the country
First protests by foreign workers
1973/6, Arab workers with poor working conditions
Why doesn’t assimilation always work in France
Physical characteristics cannot be erased. The otherness is often visible.
Also, ghettoization of minorities leave then seperated