The Role Of Immigrants In France
However, in 1997, the troublesome Pasqua laws were eliminated under the Socialist government of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. The government created a legalization programs for qualified immigrants, and the admission policies were modified, influencing the increase in immigration.
Since the change in government in 2002, the government of Jacques Chirac adopted a more restrictive policy regarding immigration, and family immigration is not as easy as it was before. In the contemporary era, due to industrial development and following the decline of agriculture, France recruited highly skilled immigrants in engineering, medical and service fields, resulting in family immigration being restricted.
From 2004 to 2012, an average of 200,000 immigrants …show more content…
The introduction of multiethnic groups and their cultural practices prompted the debut of ‘multiculturalism,’ which stands for “the coexistence of longstanding minority groups, such as the distinct linguistic communities, due to the migration of people with different cultures, religions, languages, and origins.” This definition of multiculturalism seemed to be similar to ‘salad bowl’ of the United States; however, the French refused to adopt a multiculturalist approach toward immigrants, in other words, to see non-French cultures in the public. While the immigrants in the United States maintain their cultural heritage by establishing China Town or Little Italy, France opposes to the promotion of different ethnicity. In fact, the city planning of both cities can blame two different approaches to immigrants’ cultural assimilation. For example, the checkerboard lay out of New York City allows the immigrants to form their own communities in each district, the ring shaped city of Paris forces their immigrants to integrate into the center of the …show more content…
The public is intolerant of difference. It is not about everyone looking or being the same, but it is about nobody looking different. On one hand, the government physically organizes the assimilationist policy for the newcomers to the country; the Interior Ministry designs immigrant integration programs that manage the process of integration, reception and citizenship. On the other hand, the French society also pressurizes the immigrants by requiring language skills and expecting the immigrants to be embedded in French ideals. However, having maintained the assimilationist policies for decades, France still faces the frustration of both immigrants and the native
Since the change in government in 2002, the government of Jacques Chirac adopted a more restrictive policy regarding immigration, and family immigration is not as easy as it was before. In the contemporary era, due to industrial development and following the decline of agriculture, France recruited highly skilled immigrants in engineering, medical and service fields, resulting in family immigration being restricted.
From 2004 to 2012, an average of 200,000 immigrants …show more content…
The introduction of multiethnic groups and their cultural practices prompted the debut of ‘multiculturalism,’ which stands for “the coexistence of longstanding minority groups, such as the distinct linguistic communities, due to the migration of people with different cultures, religions, languages, and origins.” This definition of multiculturalism seemed to be similar to ‘salad bowl’ of the United States; however, the French refused to adopt a multiculturalist approach toward immigrants, in other words, to see non-French cultures in the public. While the immigrants in the United States maintain their cultural heritage by establishing China Town or Little Italy, France opposes to the promotion of different ethnicity. In fact, the city planning of both cities can blame two different approaches to immigrants’ cultural assimilation. For example, the checkerboard lay out of New York City allows the immigrants to form their own communities in each district, the ring shaped city of Paris forces their immigrants to integrate into the center of the …show more content…
The public is intolerant of difference. It is not about everyone looking or being the same, but it is about nobody looking different. On one hand, the government physically organizes the assimilationist policy for the newcomers to the country; the Interior Ministry designs immigrant integration programs that manage the process of integration, reception and citizenship. On the other hand, the French society also pressurizes the immigrants by requiring language skills and expecting the immigrants to be embedded in French ideals. However, having maintained the assimilationist policies for decades, France still faces the frustration of both immigrants and the native