INCORPORATING MUSLIM MIGRANTS IN THE WEST: THE FRENCH MODEL OF INTEGRATION (Integracja emigrantów muzulmanskich ze spoleczenstwem przyjmujacym na przykladzie Francji)

• Authors: Stankiewicz Wojciech
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Muslim emigration to France is connected with many social, religious and political problems. The worshippers of Islam were admitted to settle, but not to integrate with French society and the national economy. Although, according to the French scheme of integration, all people are equal before the law and it is unlawful to emphasize differences, life in France does not reflect the Republican idea any more, and instead of creating the French nation as one community, a multicultural society unable to assimilate newcomers is being born. There are numerous stereotypes in French society that push aside Algerians and Moroccans, especially those living in the suburbs, and put them in conflict with the French legal system. This approach should change and the French must cease perceiving Muslims as strangers and realise they are lawful citizens, an inseparable part of their everyday life. The successive generations of Muslim immigrants should no longer be pushed to the margins of social life because of their ethnic origin, name, religion, and culture. The violent riots in France in 2005 and 2007, however, were caused not only by cultural conflict but also by the recession of the French economy. The main problem in the French suburbs is the high level of unemployment (40%) caused by the numerous meanders of the immigration policy. Instead of facilitating employment for immigrants, the government demands special professional training even for jobs which do not require such qualifications.

Keywords

EN

ASSIMILATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; MUSLIMS IN FRANCE; SUBURBS

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Sprawy Narodowościowe
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 36
• Pages: 127-145
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Stankiewicz Wojciech

• Wojciech Stankiewicz, Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, ul. Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA085019