France

DEMOGRAPHICS

Arrivals

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

*Data source: The French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED)

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*

Laborers - Maintenance

15.3%

Craftsmen - Workers

13.5%

Retail Employees

10.9%

*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 24, 2021

A Hunger to Help

"By December 2019 the need in Paris was so overwhelming and had been for a long time. I couldn’t look away. In fact, deep down I felt a call to help." A story of ingenuity, boldness, and partnership helped meet the needs of hungry displaced people in France.