A “Migration Crisis”? The Myths and Realities of France's Immigration Figures

Camille Gourdeau & translated by Oliver Waine — 2022-03-11T06:00:00Z

Is France experiencing a “migration crisis”? Based on a statistical analysis of immigration figures, Camille Gourdeau shows the extent to which immigration in France is stable in terms of numbers, nationalities of origin, and justifications for successful applications.
The expression “refugee crisis” or “migrant crisis,” which has rapidly gained ground in political and media discourse since 2015, has been widely called into question by researchers specialized in the subject: some decry the

- From the Field / immigration policy, immigration, integration, migration crisis, migrants, migration, asylum

The French Republic and the Paris Spring

Gregory Smithsimon — 2016-09-06T05:00:00Z

Has the French Spring arrived yet? Gregory Smithsimon documents La Nuit Debout, a self-named social movement that has taken root in one of Paris's main squares, where demonstrators have gathered since March 31 to protest the rollback of labor rights, repressive national security and refugee policies, political corruption, and indifference to ecological crisis. The main challenge for such movements, he argues, is to bridge the divide between the newly disenfranchised and those who were never

- From the Field / France, public space, ethnicity, intégration, social movement, Paris, protest, race, integration, Occupy

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A “Migration Crisis”? The Myths and Realities of France's Immigration Figures

The French Republic and the Paris Spring