Immigration portugaise en france au 20eme siècle

1. Portuguese immigration in
France in the 20th century

2. I - Portuguese immigration to France (1960-1970)
A) Reasons for immigration
 Salazar
Economical difficulties in Portugal
Economical opportunities in France
B) Their trip to France
 their journey
the smugglers
C) Their arrival in slums
insalubrity
Potuguese workers
II- Testimonies: the question of assimilation and
integration.

3. I – PortugueseI – Portuguese
Immigration in FranceImmigration in France
(1960-1970)(1960-1970)

4. Graph of Portuguese immigrationGraph 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.

5. A) Reasons for immigrationA) Reasons for immigration
Antonio Oliveira de Salazar

6. Economical reasonsEconomical reasons
 Economical difficulties in Portugal (high
unemployment rate)
 Economical opportunities in France: hope of a
better life

7. B) Their trip to FranceB) Their trip to France
Human smuggling of Portuguese
immigrants across the Pyrenees – March
1965

8. 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 slumsC) Their arrival in slums

9. Slum in
Champigny-
sur-Marne -
1960
 In the 1960s this Slum
counted more than
10 000 portuguese
immigrants

10. Slum in Aubervilliers - 1967Slum in Aubervilliers - 1967

11. Young portugueses in a slum inYoung portugueses in a slum in
Aubervilliers - 1965Aubervilliers - 1965

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

13. 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.

14. Construction of the tourConstruction of the tour
Montparnasse in Paris -Montparnasse in Paris -
19711971
Potuguese workers inPotuguese workers in
the Paris region –the Paris region –
19651965

15. Inaugurated since 1917Inaugurated since 1917

16. II- Testimonies: theII- Testimonies: the
question of integrationquestion of integration
and assimilationand assimilation