France

DEMOGRAPHICS

Arrivals

•9.7% of the total population represents immigrants - including refugees.

*Data source: The French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED); European Council of Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

DIVERSITY CONTRIBUTION

*Data sources: Macrotrends: France; Asylum Europe Org; France 24

Languages spoken

Dari
Pashto
Croatian
Russian
Bengali

88%

Speak Host Country's Language

*Data source: BBC European Languages

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS

Top 3 Fields of Labor*

*Shown as a % of immigrants in the field of labor.

**Data sources: France Labor Statistics, Statista

67%

Immigrants in Working Population

SOCIO-FAMILIAL CONTRIBUTION

Unaccompanied Children Released to Sponsors by State

*Data sources: Medcins Sans Frontiers, France Factsheet Migration, Unicef 2019 statistics

Family Reunifications

21,354
Family Reunification Permits Granted

*Data source: Family Reunification - France 2016

COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION

78.7

% of Secondary Achieving Proficiency in Math

79.1

% of Secondary Achieving Proficiency in Reading

*Data source: Unicef 2019 Progress Report France

Large Ali 2016 — Though he walked on an old, second-hand prosthetic leg after losing his left leg in an explosion a few years earlier, Ali decided to undertake the long journey out of his country to save his life. Along the way, he encouraged and protected two mothers traveling without their husbands, sometimes carrying their children. They traveled together by bus, on foot, and in smugglers’ cars.

February 21, 2022

Uniquely Meeting the Needs of Children

After seven months of visiting and delivering food, sharing meals with these wonderful people, I began to notice all of the children playing outside, late into the evening. I knew that I wanted to do something special for them, give them something fun to do. I was inspired to start a clown class!

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Partners

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Volunteers

Georgette Lalaus

Community Programs Coordinator, France

I grew up in the tender, hot, sweet, organic French West Indies (La Guadeloupe) and arrived to study at the age of 19 in the cold, hard, place called France. I was shocked by the culture so different from mine. Now I can say definitively that Paris is THE most beautiful city in the world! I welcome people from all places and backgrounds as my friends. My mother taught me: we always share what we have and what we do not have. I love learning, traveling, meditation, silence, inviting people to eat, helping, action and acting. I am a doer and a peacemaker.

Coordinatrice des programmes communautaires

Je suis née et j’ai grandi en Guadeloupe. À 19 ans, j’ai déménagé en France pour étudier. Le contraste fût saisissant ! D’un côté un endroit chaleureux, haut en couleurs, et de l’autre, un endroit froid et austère. Ce fut un choc. Mais les années ont passé… et maintenant je pense que Paris est la plus belle ville du monde ! Ma mère m’a enseignée à partager avec autrui. J’aime accueillir et devenir amie avec des gens de partout. J’aime apprendre, voyager, méditer, le silence, et inviter les gens à manger. J’aime agir et je suis une artisane de paix.