Thread by @CompositeGuy_

1/ A French think tank has estimated that the significantly lower employment rate of immigrants compared to French nationals results in an economic cost equivalent to approximately 3.4% of France’s GDP

In this thread, I will present further insights on immigration in France

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2/ France has experienced something of its own Boriswave.

After COVID, the number of European migrants dropped precipitously, while the numbers of African and Asian migrants have increased

3/ African foreign nationals are 2-8 times overrepresented for a multiple of crime categories.

4/ 54% of non-European migrants who arrived in the last five years are unemployed.

One of the highest in the EU.

5/ Less than 1 in 3 immigrants who arrived in France in 2023 had a job in early 2024.

Broken down by region:

Sub-Saharan Africans: 1 in 4
Maghreb: 1 in 3
Europeans: 1 in 2

6/ Over half of working-age non-European migrants in the PACA region are unemployed.

The region with the lowest unemployment rate is Paris, where 36% of this group are listed as unemployed.

7/ 43% of Turks and 39% of Algerians in France are not employed, studying, or retired.

Compared to French nationals (which includes non-native populations):

Turks: 3.6 times
Algerians: 3.3 times
Moroccans: 3.3 times
Tunisians: 3.1 times
Sub-Saharan Africans: 2.9 times

8/ 65% of Turkish women in France are not employed, studying, or retired.

9/ The descendants of immigrants are five times more likely to live in 'priority neighbourhoods.'

The vast majority of households in priority neighbourhoods are social housing, and over half of private tenants receive housing benefit from the state.

10/ Among migrant groups in France, the likelihood of living in social housing:

• 57% of migrants from the Sahel region (including countries like Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania) reside in social housing.

• 52% of migrants from Central Africa (such as Cameroon and Congo)

• 49% of Algerian migrants

• 44% of migrants from Morocco and Tunisia

11/ On average, immigrants receive twice as many social benefits as people without migrant ancestry.

For those from Africa, it is 2.6 times higher.

12/ Algerians are 6 times more likely to immigrate to France for family reunification than for work reasons.

13/ In France, 41% of non-European migrants suffer from long-term health problems, the highest proportion recorded in Western Europe

14/ Immigrants in France are:

• 15x times more likely to have tuberculosis

• Sub-Saharan Africans are 40x more likely to have hepatitis B

• 4x more likely to have HIV/AIDS

• 8x more likely to be treated with PTSD

15/ A quarter of asylum seekers cite health as the reason for their migration into France.

The number of beneficiaries of state medical assistance reversed for illegal immigrants has increased 3-fold in 20 years.

16/ 96% of those rejected for asylum remain in the country.

These sorts of statistics are repeated across Europe. Immigration, on the whole, has been a disaster across the continent.