According to the first immigration survey conducted by the national statistics agency INSEE in ten years, a tenth of the population in France in 2021 will be foreign-born.
It stated that nearly seven million people, or 10.3 percent of all French citizens that year, were immigrants, which is defined as “born a foreigner in a foreign country.”
In 1968, it was noted, only 6.5% of French citizens were foreign-born.
According to the report, more than one-third of foreigners living in France in 2021 had become citizens.
The research revealed that immigrants and their descendants had largely assimilated into society, with many having children born in France.
Nine out of ten people had only one or two ancestors who had emigrated to France by the third generation.
According to Sylvie Le Minez of the statistics office, migration had a part to play in the country’s diversity.
“A third of France’s population has a link to immigration over three generations,” she said.
While most emigrants came from southern Europe fifty years ago, Le Minez said that in 2021, many came from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.
According to the survey, more than 13% of immigrants that year were born in Algeria, another 13% in Morocco, and 4% were born in Tunisia.
According to the report, more than 8% of respondents were from Portugal, 4% were from Italy, more than 3% were from Turkey, and 3% were from Spain.
Women made up slightly more than half of all emigrants.
The majority of them had flocked to big towns like the capital, where up to a fifth of the populace was foreign-born.
Le Minez claimed that despite a rise in immigration in recent years, France ranked behind Germany and Spain in terms of average immigration levels across Europe.
