Comorians in France

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{One source|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Comorians in France | image = | caption = | population = '''119,300''' (Oficial Source)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4510549}}</ref> | popplace = Marseille, Paris, Mayotte | langs = [[Comorian language|Shikomor]], [[French language|French]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] | rels = [[Sunni Islam]] | related = [[Black people in France]], [[Afro-French]] }}

'''Comorians in France''' consist of migrants from [[Comoros]] and their descendants living and working in France.

Outside of [[Mayotte]], where Comorians are an important proportion of the local population, a great Comorian community is settled in [[Metropolitan France]], mostly in [[Marseille]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slateafrique.com/92217/marseille-capitale-comorienne |title=Marseille, la plus grande ville comorienne |publisher=Slate Afrique |date= 4 August 2012|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref>

== Notable people == * [[Soprano (rapper)|Soprano]], rapper * [[Alonzo (rapper)|Alonzo]], rapper * [[Rohff]], rapper * [[Sultan (rapper)|Sultan]], rapper

== Significance == Comorian immigrants make up a significant part of Mayotte's population. In 2011, the number of migrants was estimated at around 40 to 50 thousand people out of a total population of 250,000,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Legeard|first=Luc|date=2012|title=L'immigration clandestine à Mayotte|journal=Outre-Terre|issue=3–4 |pages=635–649|doi=10.3917/oute.033.0635 |doi-access=free |issn=1636-3671}}</ref> and in 2018 this number had risen to at least 130,000 (45% of the island's population).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/social/20180307.OBS3237/crise-sociale-a-mayotte-4-questions-pour-tout-comprendre.html|title=Crise sociale à Mayotte: 4 questions pour tout comprendre |last=Février|first=Renaud|date=7 March 2018|website=L'Obs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307185725/https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/social/20180307.OBS3237/crise-sociale-a-mayotte-4-questions-pour-tout-comprendre.html |archive-date=7 March 2018 }}</ref> This rate of immigration, caused by the close geographical proximity of the two nations and an [[Economy of the Comoros|unstable economy]], poses sociopolitical issues for the territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/migrants/mayotte-pourquoi-l-immigration-est-un-sujet-explosif-sur-l-ile_3669187.html|title=Mayotte: pourquoi l'immigration est un sujet explosif sur l'archipel|last=Lambert|first=Elise|date=23 October 2019|website=France Info|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010531/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/migrants/mayotte-pourquoi-l-immigration-est-un-sujet-explosif-sur-l-ile_3669187.html |archive-date=23 October 2019 }}</ref>

The Comorian diaspora in mainland France is equally significant, most notably in Marseille, which has been described by the ex-president of the Comoros [[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]] as "...the fifth island of the Comoros". Other areas with high Comorian populations are [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/les-comores/689758-un-comorien-sur-quatre-vit-en-france|title=Un Comorien sur quatre vit en France|last=|first=|date=24 March 2016|website=LINFO|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325181606/http://www.linfo.re:80/ocean-indien/les-comores/689758-un-comorien-sur-quatre-vit-en-france |archive-date=25 March 2016 }}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* Abdou Katibo, 'Les migrations comoriennes en France', ''Recherches internationales'', no. 90, pg. 135-152 [https://www.recherches-internationales.fr/RI90/RI90-Katibou.pdf (read online)] * Sophie Blanchy, 'Les Comoriens, une immigration méconnue', ''Hommes & Migrations'', no. 1215, 1998, pg. 5-20 [https://www.persee.fr/doc/homig_1142-852x_1998_num_1215_1_3216 (read online)]

== See also ==

* [[Murder of Ibrahim Ali]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:African diaspora in France]] [[Category:Society of France]] [[Category:French people of Comorian descent| ]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in France]]