Bissau-Guineans in France
Bissau-Guineans in France consist of migrants from Guinea-Bissau and their descendants living and working in France.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10.000 (estimated) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis | |
| Languages | |
| French, Portuguese, Fula | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Black people in France, Afro-French |
History
The first Bissau-Guineans immigrants came in the early 20th century. There were Manjacks navigators who works for French companies. They came via Senegal to ports like Marseille, and go to Paris. There was family reunification with wives of the navigators who came in France in the 1950s and 1960s. There was also another wave of Bissau-Guinean immigration, mostly composed of economic migrants.<ref>"Report of co-development" (PDF). www.grdr.org. Retrieved 2020-10-24.</ref
Origins
Most of the Bissau-Guineans in France are Manjack people, from the north-west of Bissau-Guinea.
References
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