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A6 WORLD NEWS
Monday 18 July 2022
Studies: France is a melting pot but discrimination lurks

By JADE LE DELEY ed, the survey notes.
Associated Press It found that 66% of peo-
PARIS (AP) — Two landmark ple with at least one immi-
new studies in France are grant parent are married
bursting myths about im- to people without recent
migration at a time when immigrant heritage, while
xenophobic far-right dis- nine out of 10 people of
course has gained ground. France’s third generation
They show that the children of immigrant families have
of immigrants are increas- only one or two immigrant
ingly melting into French so- grandparents.
ciety but some with African French immigration cov-
and Asian backgrounds ers a wide range of origins,
face persistent discrimina- partly reflecting the coun-
tion. try’s colonial history. Young
Karima Simmou, a 20-year- generations with immigrant
old French-Moroccan stu- backgrounds tend to have
dent at the prestigious Paris North African or sub-Saha-
university Sciences Po, em- ran roots while older ones
bodies the phenomenon. tend to have European
She comes from a working- roots. The survey said 83% of
class family of eight chil- people under 18 in France
dren, with a mother who who have at least one im-
raised the family and a fa- A woman dressed up as Marianne, a woman symbol of the French republic since the 1789 migrant parent trace their
ther who worked as a miner revolution, holds a French flag during a May Day demonstration in Marseille, southern France, origins to countries outside
May 1, 2022.
in western France. She was Associated Press Europe, especially Africa.
pushed by her family to go In contrast, more than 90%
to the elite school. ies, Ined, provide national France’s population has an The report brushed aside of second-generation im-
“As a child of immigrants data and statistics about immigrant ancestor — an the “great replacement,” migrants over age 60 have
my parents, from their ex- the path of immigrants to estimated 32% of people a false claim propagated Italian, Spanish, Polish, Bel-
perience, told me that I France, their children and under 60 — and that chil- by some extreme-right fig- gian, German or other Eu-
needed to do more than — for the first time — their dren and grandchildren of ures that the white popula- ropean parents.
others to succeed,” Sim- grandchildren. It’s an up- immigrants are increasingly tions of France and other The children and grand-
mou told The Associated dated and more extensive integrated into French soci- Western countries are be- children of immigrants from
Press. version of a similar survey ety. ing overrun by non-white Africa and Asia are well in-
Advocates who fight dis- made 10 years ago. It in- Nonetheless, immigration immigrants. tegrated in the French edu-
crimination welcomed the cludes a representative isn’t evenly spread across “Population with immigrant cational system compared
new data published this sample of more than 27,000 France. Patrick Simon, backgrounds share a pro- with their elders, accord-
month that gives a rare in- people drawn from the na- one of the Ined research- found bond with the popu- ing to another report. Data
sight because France fol- tional census who respond- ers, said that about 70% of lation who have no direct show they have increas-
lows a universalist vision ed to extensive questions France’s population aged immigrant parentage. In ingly higher education
that doesn’t differentiate about topics such as fam- under 60 has no immigrant every family, people have levels than their parents,
citizens by ethnic groups. ily life, income and religion heritage over the past a less or more direct link though many struggle to
The surveys published by from July 2019 to Novem- three generations and that with immigration,” Simon attain comparable edu-
the state statistics agency ber 2020. ethnic diversity depends told The AP. cational levels to French
and the French state Insti- One of the reports found heavily on where in France Over the generations, the people without immigrant
tute for Demographic Stud- that a large swath of people live. immigrant heritage is dilut- heritage.q

Extradition process begins for Mexico

drug lord wanted in U.S.

end that a process to ex- Enrique “Kiki” Camarena the United States. Attorney
tradite him to the United in 1985, of the accusations General Merrick Garland
States for crimes including against him. He is being said Friday that “immedi-
the murder of a DEA agent held in a high-security pris- ate extradition” would be
in 1985 has begun. on 50 miles (80 kilometers) sought.
A Mexican federal official west of the capital. Now the U.S. government
who requested anonymity Caro Quintero was one of has 60 days to file a for-
because he was not autho- the FBI’s most wanted fugi- mal extradition request
rized to make statements tives since he was released and provide evidence to
In this government handout photo provided by Mexico’s confirmed Sunday to The from a Mexican jail in 2013 support it. Then the judge
Secretariat of the Navy, agents escort drug trafficker Rafael Associated Press that the on a technicality after be- handling the case will de-
Caro Quintero, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, Friday, July 15, 2022, notification was made Sat- ing imprisoned for nearly termine whether or not it
captured deep in the mountains of his home state. urday and took place vir- three decades for the mur- proceeds.
Associated Press tually. A judge based in a der of Camarena and a During this period, Caro
Mexico City informed Caro Mexican pilot. Quintero’s lawyers will
By MARÍA VERZA lord Rafael Caro Quintero, Quintero, wanted in the Saturday’s notification was probably file appeals to
Associated Press captured by Mexican forc- United States for the torture the first step in the legal try to delay the extradition
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug es, was notified this week- and killing of DEA agent process to extradite him to process.q