One in 10 people in France an immigrant, says national statistics agency
France's national statistics agency INSEE said that France stood well within the European average for immigration, behind Germany and Spain.
A tenth of people living in France in 2021 were born foreigners, national statistics agency INSEE said on Thursday, March 30, in its first study on immigration in a decade.
Almost seven million people, or 10.3% of all people in France that year were immigrants, meaning "born a foreigner in a foreign country," it said. In comparison, 6.5% of French residents hailed from abroad in 1968, it added.
More than a third of immigrants in France in 2021 had acquired French citizenship, it said.
Immigration rose in France in 2022, driven by labor needs and foreign students
Immigrants and their descendants had largely blended into society, many having children born in France, the study showed. By the third generation, nine out of ten only had one or two grandparents who had immigrated to France.
Migration had contributed to the country's diverse makeup, the statistics agency's Sylvie Le Minez said. "A third of France's population has a link to immigration over three generations," she said.
While immigrants half a century ago largely hailed from southern Europe, in 2021 many had come from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, Le Minez said.
France, a land of immigration since the 19th century
More than 12% of immigrants that year were born in Algeria, another 12% in Morocco, and 4% from Tunisia, the study said.
More than 8% hailed from Portugal, 4% from Italy, more than 3% from Turkey and some 3% from Spain, it added. A little more than half of all immigrants were women.
Most had flocked to large cities including the capital, where up to a fifth of the population hailed from abroad. Le Minez said that despite an increase in immigration in recent years, France stood well within the European average, behind Germany and Spain.
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