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Post by futurist on Jul 2, 2016 7:13:51 GMT
What if France would have allowed large-scale Christian immigration in the 19th century--perhaps starting from 1848--in an attempt to deal with its relative population stagnation?
Also, to clarify--this Christian immigration will primarily be from other European countries but would also include Christians from other parts of the world, such as from the Middle East.
Indeed, how many additional Christians will immigrate to France in this scenario? Also, how will the additional number of immigrants have affected French culture, politics, society, cuisine, et cetera in this scenario?
Any thoughts on all of this?
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Post by futurist on Jul 2, 2016 7:14:46 GMT
Also, to elaborate on this, I am talking about France adopting a U.S.-style open immigration policy for Christians (regardless of the race, ethnicity, or denomination of these Christians) starting from the 19th century in this scenario.
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Post by futurist on Jul 2, 2016 22:06:58 GMT
Anyone? Also, for the record, the available room/space for question titles here is too little.  |
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Post by cornelis on Jul 22, 2016 14:28:56 GMT
French leaders at the time were concerned by the growth of population, not its diminution. Nonetheless, there was no barrier to immigration at the time, and many people in the north, for example, descend from Belgian immigrants while in Provence the Italian immigration was met at times with violent xenophobia. Before 1870, german immigrants were also common. The controlled immigration - ie open, but not to african "natives" - was a 1920' policy, with mainly Italian, Polish and Spanish immigrants.
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Post by futurist on Aug 3, 2016 6:53:40 GMT
French leaders at the time were concerned by the growth of population, not its diminution. Nonetheless, there was no barrier to immigration at the time, and many people in the north, for example, descend from Belgian immigrants while in Provence the Italian immigration was met at times with violent xenophobia. Before 1870, german immigrants were also common. The controlled immigration - ie open, but not to african "natives" - was a 1920' policy, with mainly Italian, Polish and Spanish immigrants. Wasn't France's population growing at an extremely slow rate in the late 19th century, though? |
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Post by stevep on Aug 3, 2016 19:06:51 GMT
French leaders at the time were concerned by the growth of population, not its diminution. Nonetheless, there was no barrier to immigration at the time, and many people in the north, for example, descend from Belgian immigrants while in Provence the Italian immigration was met at times with violent xenophobia. Before 1870, german immigrants were also common. The controlled immigration - ie open, but not to african "natives" - was a 1920' policy, with mainly Italian, Polish and Spanish immigrants. Wasn't France's population growing at an extremely slow rate in the late 19th century, though? Yes it was, especially in comparison to Germany. Hence the willingness of the French government, although as Cornelis points out not always the general population, to welcomeimmigrants from suitable [i.e. European] areas. |
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Post by futurist on Aug 3, 2016 19:12:04 GMT
Wasn't France's population growing at an extremely slow rate in the late 19th century, though? Yes it was, especially in comparison to Germany. Hence the willingness of the French government, although as Cornelis points out not always the general population, to welcome immigrants from suitable [i.e. European] areas. Why exactly did Cornelis say that population growth was the major worry for France during this time, though? |
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Post by stevep on Aug 3, 2016 19:43:40 GMT
Yes it was, especially in comparison to Germany. Hence the willingness of the French government, although as Cornelis points out not always the general population, to welcome immigrants from suitable [i.e. European] areas. Why exactly did Cornelis say that population growth was the major worry for France during this time, though? As far as I'm aware their worry was about the lack of growth, i.e. its very slow rate, especially compared to Germany and Britain. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_France#1800_to_20th_century |
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