Portuguese immigration in

France in the 20th century

I - Portuguese immigration to France (1960-1970)

A) Reasons for immigration Salazar Economical difficulties in PortugalEconomical opportunities in France

B) Their trip to France their journeythe smugglers

C) Their arrival in slumsinsalubrityPotuguese workers

II- Testimonies: the question of assimilation and integration.

I – Portuguese I – Portuguese Immigration in Immigration in

France (1960-1970)France (1960-1970)

Graph of Portuguese immigration Graph of Portuguese immigration from 1970 to 2006from 1970 to 2006

In 17 years, the number of immigrants passed from 20 000 in 1958 to 750 000 in 1975.

A) Reasons for immigrationA) Reasons for immigration

Antonio Oliveira de Salazar

Economical reasonsEconomical reasons Economical difficulties in Portugal (high

unemployment rate)

Economical opportunities in France: hope of a better life

B) Their trip to FranceB) Their trip to FranceHuman smuggling of Portuguese immigrants across the Pyrenees

– March 1965

Slum in Nanterre -

1971

Portuguese were unwelcomed by French.

Victims of violence and were rejected by French people

They were isolated and many of them ended in big slums

C) Their arrival in C) Their arrival in slumsslums

Slum in Champigny-sur-Marne -

1960

In the 1960s this Slum counted more than 10 000 portuguese immigrants

Slum in Aubervilliers - 1967Slum in Aubervilliers - 1967

Young portugueses in a slum in Young portugueses in a slum in Aubervilliers - 1965Aubervilliers - 1965

Water duty in Abbé Pierre camp inWater duty in Abbé Pierre camp in Noisy le Grand - 1964 Noisy le Grand - 1964

Hiring at daybreak at Citroen in

Paris – 1965

They were frustrated.

They had to accept jobs they didn’t want.

They had to do hard and painful jobs which were badly paid.

Difficulties in finding jobs.

Construction of the Construction of the tour Montparnasse tour Montparnasse

in Paris - 1971in Paris - 1971

Potuguese workers Potuguese workers in the Paris region in the Paris region

– – 19651965

Inaugurated since 1917Inaugurated since 1917

II- Testimonies: the II- Testimonies: the question of question of

integration and integration and assimilationassimilation