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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
Languages spoken
  • Dari
  • Pashto
  • Croatian
  • Russian
  • Bengali
88%
Speak Host Country's Language
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
Family Reunifications
  • 21,354
    Family Reunification Permits Granted
COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION
78.7
% of Secondary Achieving Proficiency in Math
79.1
% of Secondary Achieving Proficiency in Reading
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

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!

Volunteers
Georgette Lalaus solo
Community Programs Coordinator, France
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