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The African proportion of both migrants and residents in France is increasing, as by 2022, nearly a majority, 48.2%, of all immigrants living in France come from Africa, 32.3% come from Europe, 13.5% come from Asia and 6% come from the Americas and Oceania. [26] 61.7% of all immigrants living in France come from non-European origins in 2022.
But events in France made the prospect of return to their former way of life uncertain. In November 1791, France passed a law demanding that all noble émigrés return by January 1, 1792. If they chose to disobey, their lands woul be confiscated and sold, and any later attempt to reenter the country would result in execution. [2] [4]
Because of its broader definition than that of INED, the UN figures are higher. In 2019, France had a 10% immigrant population according to the French definition, but a 13% immigrant population according to the UN definition. [1] The latter figure is reached thanks to the census, which records the return of natives from abroad. [4] [1]
The flight of Huguenot refugees from Tours, France drew off most of the workers of its great silk mills which they had built. [citation needed] Some of these immigrants moved to Norwich, which had accommodated an earlier settlement of Walloon weavers. The French added to the existing immigrant population, then comprising about a third of the ...
Although less important in proportion than before, immigration from France remained significant in the second half of the 19th century, particularly during the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) and until the 1890s. 2,718 French immigrants were recorded in 1866 and 1867 (10.2%), [77] then 18,299 between 1878 and 1906 (5.7%). [78]
European emigration is the successive emigration waves from the European continent to other continents. The origins of the various European diasporas [43] can be traced to the people who left the European nation states or stateless ethnic communities on the European continent.
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