The minority kurd in France

a recent immigration for an ethnic group in distress.

1. Presentation

• Origin: Indo-European (6000-5400 B.C.)• Number: 25-37 million• Place: Turkey > Iran > Iraq > Syria (but also

Armenia, Lebanon…)• Language: kurd, indo-european (closer to the

Iranian)• Religion: Islam• No Kurd country, no nationality, no passeport

emigration increases

Kurdistan’s flag and map

2. Kurds in France

• 1960’s: First immigrants• 130 000 kurds in France, 90% come from Turkey• Integration: – Kurd Institut of Paris, Kurd language center…– 3000 kurds business in France – Artists

• Issues: women’s integration, politicy, clothings.

3. My opinion

• Kurdistan = « large prison »Begin a new life in Kurdistan hopeless• Not come in Europe to make money but to have a

normal life• About integration June 19th 2009: law against wearing the full veil

Not a religious debate But about the women freedom Impose by the lay country

Traditionnal clothings and customs