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History Immigration Through 1945 1945–1973 1974–1980 1980–1985 1986–1988 1989–1992 1993–1994 1996 1997–2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Social Security Social Welfare in Europe: An Historical Overview Taxation History of Taxation in France First century BC until 756 AD Church tithes Eleventh century until The French Revolution 1790–1914 Republican Tax from 1799 to 1945 from 1948 to 1976 from 1982 to 1999 from 2000 to 2006 Bibliography History of the OECD Model Tax Convention France began attracting immigrants at the end of the nineteenth century. END OF NINETEENTH CENTURY, BEGINNING OF TWENTIETH CENTURY: FRANCE OPENED TO IMMIGRATION From 1850 to 1900, while the rest of Europe’s population nearly tripled, France’s remained stable. This is the first explanation for the migratory flow at the beginning of the twentieth century: the whole country, both in the countryside and in the city, was short-handed; neighboring countries provided the main supply of manpower (mainly Italy, Belgium, Spain and Switzerland, with the north of France recruiting miners from Poland). 1901–1918 Through 1917 – All a foreigner needed to do to reside and work in France was to make a simply declaration to their local city hall. 2 April 1917 – A decree established the first requirement of a residence permit for foreigners over the age of 15 residing in France. During World War I, France recruited workers from North Africa, Indochina and China through the Ministry of Armaments and War Manufacturing. 1918–1939 Immigration exploded; it was much more varied (extending to Polish, Czechoslovakians) and an immigration policy emerged (concerning Russians, Armenians, Germans, Italians, and Spanish). 1924 – The Société générale d’immigration (General Immigration Society), which was made up of specialized employer agencies, was founded to organize the recruitment of foreigners. 1927 – A law was adopted that allowed foreigners to be extradited. 1931 – The international economic crisis hit France and measures were taken to slow the entry of foreign workers. 10 August 1932 – A new law gave French workers priority in industry by establishing quotas of foreign workers to be applied in firms. April 1933 – The Armbruster Act limited the practice of medicine to French holders of a medical doctorate. June 1934 – Attorneys, who were well represented in Parliament, got a law passed that forbade naturalized French from being admitted to the bar for a period of 10 years. A voluntary repatriation aid scheme was adopted for workers. 1935 – Forced returns were organized, particularly for Polish nationals. 1937 to 1939 – There was a combination of both restrictive and liberal policies: a simple ruling or decision from the Labour Inspectorate was enough for a firm to be exempt from meeting the quotas of foreign workers, and naturalizations were encouraged as the war approached. 1939–1945 Under Vichy, policies related to foreigners became clearly anti-Semitic. Following the anti-Jewish statute prohibiting Jews from holding public office, on 4 October 1940 a law regarding “foreign nationals of Jewish race” allowed the internment of foreign Jews in special camps by decision of the local Prefect. A law adopted on 27 September 1940 sealed the fate of non-Jewish “surplus foreigners to the national economy”: foreigners were subject to strict surveillance, could no longer freely travel in France, and were not covered by French labour laws. |
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