Why are there so few Somalis in France?

[RoyalSomali]

I'm taken but thanks...

I will take you to our beuatiful homes in Southern Mogadishu aka Medina

 

[DeMoN]

Have you seen Sarkozy? he has earned his title as the french midget and you can't take it from him
On va se battre toi et moi!!

oui oui


J'aime le thé

 

[Bielsa]

@Thatsomaligirl a lot of people spend a week on their uncle Cismaan's faraash and think they know that country inside out.

Abdi Johnson probably flew over French territory once and claims he's been there

 

[Thatsomaligirl]

oui oui


J'aime le thé

Hon hon hon

( I blame parisians for this stereorype)

 

[Thatsomaligirl]

@Thatsomaligirl a lot of people spend a week on their uncle Cismaan's faraash and think they know that country inside out.

Abdi Johnson probably flew over French territory once and claims he's been there

So true and if I didn't love banter so much I would have stopped responding but proving people wrong is just too much fun

 

[Abdalla]

It's not only Somalis, all refugees skip France. A lot of Syrian refugees entered Scandinavian countries and The Netherlands through Germany, while France borders Germany. I think they don't give out asylum that easy. Germany used to be like that until Marwo Merkel arrived.

I think France doesn't allow you to have your own identity, you have to assimilate and take their culture. Immigrants live segregated in the Banlieue (french ghettos). The immigrants are heavily marginalized there.

 

[Abdalla]

These fuckers even passed a law that prohibits girls to wear hijab in school.

 

[AceofSom]

Its a Dumb, my friend went their, he said its one big ghetto- besides the rich parts.

 

[Inactive]

I think there are few Somalis in France because of no colonial influence other than Djibouti. Djibouti Somalis are a tiny population and they all settled in Canada anyway

 

[AceofSom]

I think there are few Somalis in France because of no colonial influence other than Djibouti. Djibouti Somalis are a tiny population and they all settled in Canada anyway

You should go their, they have a number of poofters their

 

[Inactive]

You should go their, they have a number of poofters their

What's a poofter?

 

[Inactive]

You should go their, they have a number of poofters their

Oh a gay joke.nvm

 

[AceofSom]

What's a poofter?

.....

 

[Franc CFA]

There is a makeshift refugee camp in the French town of Calais full of Afghans, Pakistanis, Eritreans, Sudanese who refuse to claim asylum in France and want to illegally hop on lorries heading for the eurotunnel to the UK. This is super weird to me. What makes France so unappealing to these people?

Late answer sorry, it's a well documented issue in social sciences in France (if you can read French). There are basically 3 points:
1. In the UK (just like in the US) you don't have an ID card system (carte d'identité) with police randomly controlling you to check if you're illegal or not. The UK and North America are harder to get in but once you're in it, your chance to get deported will be pretty low. These migrants know that if they stay in continental Europe it may be hard for them to stay.
2. Illegal work: the "pragmatic" Brit government and economy are less controlling about illegal employment than in France. These guys will then be able to make money faster.
3. The diaspora and connections: most of the migrants in Calais come from Somali/Sudan/Afghanistan and they already have relatives/contacts in England that will help them for housing and working (look documentaries about the topic, these guys have sometimes 2/3 phones to keep in touch with the UK). They have nobody in France…

France actually used to be more generous about asylum policies for decades but I guess they don't care since their goal is to join their network in England. It's probably the same reasons why Turks want to go to Germany/Netherlands, and Africans/Arabs go to France.

 

[Inactive]

@Franc CFA what ethnicity are you?

 

[Coolorte]

Most of these immigrants in Europe are in those specific countries because of historic colonial ties. Based on that its surprising how few Somalis live in Italy compared to Britain, Holland & Scandinavia. Maybe if Somalia had Italian as the official de facto language, we'd see a huge Somali community in Italy. Also it doesn't help that Italy is a shit laangaab country with a terrible economy and aren't open to qaxotis.

Imagine Somalis in Mafioso country? Glad we ditched them colonial bastards.

 

[Coolorte]

I think there are few Somalis in France because of no colonial influence other than Djibouti. Djibouti Somalis are a tiny population and they all settled in Canada anyway

And very wise decision. I would choose Canada over France anyday even though Canada has its own Somali violence problem.