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Children of immigrants struggle to find their place

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A report published on Wednesday by the French national statistics office INSEE has cast light on the difficulties of children of immigrants in France. Nine out of ten members of this second generation say they do feel French. Yet the report showed that they also have a much tougher time finding work than people whose parents were born in France.

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