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The article presents the origins and phases of Algerian presence in the French state in the context of mutual political and economic relations between Algeria and France. The author discusses how the French legislation has changed to different groups of Algerian inhabitants from 1830 (the beginning of French colonization in Algeria), through 1962 (the independence of Algeria) to contemporary times. Trying to answer the question of integration of nowadays Algerian immigrants and French of Algerian descent with the rest of the French society, author points the difficulties caused by the history of the French citizenship policy.