{{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox ethnic group |group = Filipinos in France<br />{{lang|ko|Mga pilipino sa france}}<br />{{small|Philippins en France}} |flag = {{flagicon|Philippines}} {{flagicon|France}} |image= |caption=Main building of the embassy of the Philippines in Paris |pop = 50,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefrenchfilipinofamily.com/filipinos-in-france|title=Filipinos in France|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=May 12, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016112358/https://www.thefrenchfilipinofamily.com/filipinos-in-france|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/12/les-miserables-nouveau-the-lives-of-filipina-workers-in-the-playground-of-the-rich |title= Les nouveaux Misérables: the lives of Filipina workers in the playground of the rich |date=October 12, 2020|website=theguardian.com |access-date= September 14, 2021}}</ref> |popplace = [[Paris]], [[French Riviera]] |langs = [[Filipino language|Filipino]], [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]], other [[Philippine languages]] |rels = [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] |related-c = [[Filipinos]], [[Overseas Filipinos]] }}
'''Filipinos in France''' (''[[Filipino language|Filipino]]:'' Mga Pilipino sa Pransiya; ''[[French language|French]]: Philippins en France'') consist of migrants from the [[Philippines]] and their descendants living and working in [[France]]. About 50,000 Filipinos resided in France in 2020, with a large share of the population consisting of those who [[Illegal immigration|arrived illegally]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/12/les-miserables-nouveau-the-lives-of-filipina-workers-in-the-playground-of-the-rich |title= Les nouveaux Misérables: the lives of Filipina workers in the playground of the rich |date=October 12, 2020|website=theguardian.com |access-date= September 14, 2021}}</ref> 80% of Filipinos in France have lived in the nation for less than seven years, and 95% have lived in France for less than 15 years.<ref name="CFMW">{{cite web|url=http://www.philsol.nl/of/country-profiles.htm|title=Filipino Migration to Europe: Country Profiles|date=1995|work=Europe-Philippines in the 1990s: Filipino Migration - The European Experience|publisher=CFMW|access-date=April 7, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110814001222/http://www.philsol.nl/of/country-profiles.htm|archive-date=August 14, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Paris]] is home to a small Filipino community.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Fresnoza-Flot |first=Asuncion |author2=Antoine Pécoud|date=2007|title=Emergence of Entrepreneurship Among Filipino Migrants in Paris|journal=Asian and Pacific Migration Journal|publisher=Scalabrini Migration Center|volume=16|issue=1|pages=1–28|doi=10.1177/011719680701600101 |s2cid=143825440 }}</ref>
==History== During the centennial of the French Revolution in 1889, [[José Rizal]] sought to organize a conference called the Association Internationale des Philippinistes which was to be launched with Ferdinand Blumentritt, the President and Edmond Plauchut, the Vice President. The French also permitted Rizal to live in exile in France where he wrote the books ''[[Noli Me Tangere (novel)|Noli Me Tangere]]'' and ''[[El Filibusterismo]]''.
On June 26, 1947, the Philippines and France signed a Treaty of Amity which established diplomatic relations with the 2 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/58605222!.pdf|title=S. No. 1549|author=Juan Miguel F. Zubiri|date=September 11, 1998|access-date=November 13, 2008}}</ref>
==Filipinos today== Filipinos living in [[France]] work as artists,<ref name="CFMW"/> domestic servants,<ref name="CFMW"/> professionals,<ref name="CFMW"/> students,<ref name="CFMW"/> and writers,<ref name="CFMW"/> or in the health care,<ref name="G1">{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanews.tv/story/88686/More-job-opportunities-await-Filipinos-in-France|title=More job opportunities await Filipinos in France|date=April 10, 2008|publisher=GMA News|access-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philfortune.com/index.php?cat_id=17&news=1997|title=RP freezes deployment of nurses to UAE over court case|date=2008|publisher=PhilFortune|access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> [[information technology]],<ref name="G1"/> and [[electronics]] sectors.<ref name="G1"/> The [[French government]] encouraged Filipinos to work in France, as long as they eventually returned to the [[Philippines]], by instituting new migration laws.<ref name="MST">{{cite news|url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news3_april1_2008|title=Oui! France to accept more Filipino workers |last=Caber|first=Michael|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=Manila Standard Today|access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> [[Brice Hortefeux]], French Minister for Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Development Solidarity, said, "I’ve already put in place, for particularly skilled workers, a specific procedure allowing them a three-year, once-renewable, permit to stay in France. This shows that by encouraging the movement of skilled workers, we are rejecting the brain drain ... We hope it will be useful to both countries."<ref name="MST"/>
10% of Filipinos living in France have married French citizens.<ref name="CFMW"/> By 2000, 5,823 French citizens had been born in the Philippines, including both French nationals and naturalized Filipinos.<ref>{{cite web|format=XLS|url=http://www.ined.fr/fichier/t_telechargement/11100/telechargement_fichier_fr_t.l.chargement.xls|title=Immigrés selon le pays de naissance en 1999|trans-title=Immigrants by country of birth in 1999|language=fr|date=2000|publisher=INED|access-date=April 9, 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Only one school in France, the EFI Langue Institut Linguistique Européen in [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], offers classes about the [[Filipino language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.language-programs.net/lists/filipino_languageschools_france.htm|title=Filipino language schools France|work=language-programs.net|date=2008|access-date=April 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723175317/http://www.language-programs.net/lists/filipino_languageschools_france.htm|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref> 16% of Filipinos in France are between 16 and 25 years of age, 50% are between 26 and 35, 29% are between 36 and 45, and 6% are older than 46.<ref name="CFMW"/>
Every year since 1980, a festival embracing [[Philippine culture]] has been held in Paris, called the Pista sa Paris. The event is sponsored by the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Paris|Philippine embassy in Paris]], and features singers, dancers, and [[Philippine cuisine]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.dfa.gov.ph/news/pr/pr2008/aug/pr510.htm|title=Pista sa Paris 2008|date=August 7, 2008|work=Republish of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs|access-date=April 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210123438/http://www.dfa.gov.ph/news/pr/pr2008/aug/pr510.htm|archive-date=December 10, 2008}}</ref>
==Notable people== {{further information|:Category:French people of Filipino descent}}
==See also== *[[Filipinos in the French military]] *[[France–Philippines relations]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.pinoyinfrance.com/ Filipinos in France LINK BROKEN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513111707/http://pinoyinfrance.com/ |date=May 13, 2012 }}
{{Migration to France from Asia}} {{Overseas Filipinos}} {{Portal bar|France|Philippines}}
[[Category:Asian diaspora in France]] [[Category:Filipino diaspora by country]] [[Category:French people of Filipino descent| ]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in France]]