Between 1999 and 2007 there was a rise in the number of immigrants in Ile-de-France. The proportion of foreign people born abroad, living in Ile-de-France went up from 14.7% to 17.1% of the total population.
This increase also took place within Paris [18.2% in 1999, 20.1% in 2007] and in Seine-Saint-Denis [21.8% in 1999, 26.8% in 2007] where the immigrant population was already strongly established. The rise mainly involved immigrants who had acquired French nationality.
Even if the situation for the immigrant population has improved, access to employment and housing remains more difficult for them than for non immigrants. On top of this, 29% of immigrants or children of immigrants claim to have been victims of discrimination during the past 5 years. They cite their nationality or origins as the first reason for the discrimination they experience and the colour of their skin as the second.
The feminisation and ageing of the immigrant population continues. In Paris, women have become the majority [52% in 2007 as against 45% in 1982]. Ageing mainly concerns immigrants with European origins who came to France a long time ago but also includes people born in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. In 2007, 28% of the immigrants with European Union origins and 26% of those coming from North Africa were 60 years old or more, compared with 19% of the whole of the Parisian immigrant population
Study carried out in partnership with INSEE Ile-de-France
Ile-de-France à la page, n °376, November 2011