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Children born in France are not immigrants, so the expression "second-generation immigrants" could be considered a misnomer. According to anti-racist associations such as SOS Racisme , this reflects the ambiguity of the administration, who consider these people to be both French and foreign at the same time [ citation needed ] .
A sensitive urban zone (French: Zone urbaine sensible, ZUS) is an urban area in France defined by the authorities to be a high-priority target for city policy, taking into consideration local circumstances related to the problems of its residents. [1] On the 26th of December 1996, 750 ZUS were founded by the décret n°96-1156.
Tuesday’s killing was the third fatal shooting during traffic stops in France so far in 2023. Last year there were a record 13 such shootings, a spokesperson for the national police said.
Organized crime in France is primarily based in major cities like Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, and Lyon. It is often referred to as grand banditisme in France. [1] [2] From the 1900s to the late 1930s, le milieu primarily engaged in prostitution, bookmaking, fencing, and hijacking.
The zone rouge (English: red zone) is a chain of non-contiguous areas throughout northeastern France that the French government isolated after the First World War. The land, which originally covered more than 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles), was deemed too physically and environmentally damaged by conflict for human habitation.
Anti-French sentiment was strong in the wake of France's refusal to support US proposals in the UN Security Council for military action to invade Iraq. While other nations also opposed the US proposals (notably Russia; China; [7] and traditional US allies, such as Germany, Canada, and Belgium), France received particularly ferocious criticism ...
Though France's homicide rate fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 2020 - 2024 period ending at 6.96 cases per 100,000 population in 2020 and 6.9 cases per 100,000 in 2021 and 6.62 cases per 100,000 in 2022 and 6.5 cases per 100,000 in 2023 and 6.31 cases per 100,000 in 2024 [1]
12. Miami Beach. Location: Miami As one of the most popular beaches in the country, many people don’t realize just how dangerous Miami Beach is — and it’s not because of high crime rates.