Immigration flows by reasons for admission
Reason for admission | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Family | 97 883 | 95 034 | 99 862 | 107 861 | 109 859 | 110 683 | 106 920 | 107 405 |
% | 53,1 | 53,5 | 55,5 | 56,1 | 55,0 | 52,7 | 49,0 | 45,2 |
Education | 47 672 | 44 763 | 42 757 | 46 108 | 47 546 | 53 069 | 56 507 | 63 809 |
% | 25,8 | 25,2 | 23,8 | 24,0 | 23,8 | 25,3 | 25,9 | 26,8 |
Humanitarian | 17 219 | 16 793 | 17 379 | 17 060 | 19 742 | 21 402 | 27 758 | 36 164 |
% | 9,3 | 9,4 | 9,7 | 8,9 | 9,9 | 10,2 | 12,7 | 15,2 |
Work | 13 874 | 13 558 | 11 831 | 12 938 | 14 304 | 16 132 | 17 726 | 20 967 |
% | 7,5 | 7,6 | 6,6 | 6,7 | 7,2 | 7,7 | 8,1% | 8,8 |
Various and unknown | 7 781 | 7 521 | 8 181 | 8 431 | 8 434 | 8 754 | 9 443 | 9 397 |
% | 4,2 | 4,2 | 4,5 | 4,4 | 4,2 | 4,2 | 4,3 | 4,0 |
Total | 184 429 | 177 669 | 180 010 | 192 398 | 199 885 | 210 040 | 218 354 | 237 742 |
Residence permits issued to foreign citizens of third countries (non member states of the European Economic area and Switzerland)
Source: Authors’ compilation on the basis of data records from AGDREF, D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, H. d’Albis et M. Mazuy : Recent demographic trends in France: A European outlier?, Population-E, 74 (4), 2019, p. 409-498.
Note on methodology
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