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Immigration, Integration
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WWI: « native » troops recruited into French army Temporary immigration Algeria major settler colony Land expropriation
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Prior to independence (1962) French nationals Subjects, not citizens 100,000 in 1924 Mining, iron, steel, car manufacture Marseilles, Lyons, St Etienne, Strasbourg, Paris
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Stage 1: temporary, economic support to families WWII: Statute of Algeria (1947): full citizenship for Algerian men Unregulated passage between Algeria and France Français-musulmans d’Algérie
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Stage 2: post-1947 1956: 300,000 Algerians in France Poor living conditions, shanty towns.
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Algerian War of Independence (1954- 62) FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) funded through taxes on Algerians in France. Represssive reaction in France Reinforced support for FLN
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Maurice Papon 1958: organised repression of FLN October 1961: curfew Peaceful demonstrations attacked Over 50 Algerians killed by security forces
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csZNUHNg-VMwww.youtube.com/watch?v=csZNUHNg-VM
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1962: Accord d’Evian – Algerian Independence 1965: 500,000 Algerian nationals in France Restrictions introduced in 1970s – end of Les Trente Glorieuses Algerian presence temporary?
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Public housing restrictions Segregated accommodation « Overseeing » of Algerian community by former colonial police
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1975-85: 2 nd generation Algerians Stereotyping of young males and women Spatial dynamics: public housing estates and banlieues Exhortation to « integrate »
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Ambiguity over nationality Beurs = arabe = a-ra-be = beur Islamic counter-culture Beurgoisie
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Harkis Fled Algeria in 1962 Interned in camps in rural France
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http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/histoire-de-l- immigration/le-filmwww.histoire-immigration.fr/histoire-de-l- immigration/le-film
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Mid 19th Century: 2.5% foreigners (Savoyards) 1901: 4% (80% Italians) Construction, manual work (glove-making) 1921: 7.7% 1931: 18% (national average 7%)
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St Laurent – rue Chenoise - Rue Très Cloître Drop after 1931 1946: 8,2% St Laurent: 90% Italian 82% Manual or skilled workers
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Shift in population: Portugueses, Spanish, North African Progression southwards, Echirolles, Villeneuve Largest English-speaking population outside Paris 2010: 15.6% foreigners (5.8% North Africans)
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http://www.tres-cloitres.org/?page_id=18www.tres-cloitres.org
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No recognition of individuals according to racial criteria Nationals ≠non-nationals Remain foreign, become French
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Filiation = droit du sang No droit du sol French if one parent born in France = double droit du sol Algeria: French if one parent born in Algeria before independence
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Foreign born children can become French if parents naturalized Residency in France for more than 5 years 4 years of marriage
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2011: applicants justify assimilation into French community Test of assimilation, sign charter
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