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Comorians 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

Comorians in France consist of migrants from Comoros and their descendants living and working in France.

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

Comorian 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]

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References

  1. ^ "Étrangers par nationalité détaillée − Étrangers et immigrés en 2019 | Insee".
  2. ^ "Marseille, la plus grande ville comorienne". Slate Afrique. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  3. ^ Legeard, Luc (2012). "L'immigration clandestine à Mayotte". Outre-Terre. n° 33-34 (3): 635–649. doi:10.3917/oute.033.0635. ISSN 1636-3671.
  4. ^ Février, Renaud (7 March 2018). "<<Crise sociale à Mayotte : 4 questions pour tout comprendre>>". L'Obs. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Un Comorien sur quatre vit en France". LINFO. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
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