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Comorians in France consist of migrants from Comoros and their descendants living and working in France.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 161.000 (2019) [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Marseille, Paris, Mayotte | |
| Languages | |
| Shikomor, French, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Black people in France, Afro-French |
Outside of Mayotte, where Comorians are an important proportion of the local population, a great Comorian community is settled in Metropolitan France, mostly in Marseille.[2]
Significance
editComorian immigrants make up a significant part of Mayotte's population. In 2011, the number of migrants was estimated at around 40 to 50 thousand people out of a total population of 250,000,[3] and in 2018 this number had risen to at least 130,000 (45% of the island's population).[4] This rate of immigration, caused by the close geographical proximity of the two nations and an unstable economy, poses sociopolitical issues for the territory.[5]
The Comorian diaspora in mainland France is equally significant, most notably in Marseille, which has been described by the ex-president of the Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi as "...the fifth island of the Comoros". Other areas with high Comorian populations are Paris.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Abdou Katibo, 'Les migrations comoriennes en France', Recherches internationales, no. 90, pg. 135-152 (read online)
- Sophie Blanchy, 'Les Comoriens, une immigration méconnue', Hommes & Migrations, no. 1215, 1998, pg. 5-20 (read online)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Étrangers par nationalité détaillée − Étrangers et immigrés en 2019 | Insee".
- ^ "Marseille, la plus grande ville comorienne". Slate Afrique. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Legeard, Luc (2012). "L'immigration clandestine à Mayotte". Outre-Terre (3–4): 635–649. doi:10.3917/oute.033.0635. ISSN 1636-3671.
- ^ Février, Renaud (7 March 2018). "Crise sociale à Mayotte: 4 questions pour tout comprendre". L'Obs. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018.
- ^ Lambert, Elise (23 October 2019). "Mayotte: pourquoi l'immigration est un sujet explosif sur l'archipel". France Info. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Un Comorien sur quatre vit en France". LINFO. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
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