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Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for French Citizens Abroad
Auteur(s)
Lafleur, Jean-Michel
Maison d'édition
Cham: Springer
Date de parution
2020
In
Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond
No
2
De la page
193
A la page
206
Résumé
While predominantly a country of immigration, France also counts with a sizeable population of citizens abroad of around three million individuals (4% of the domestic population). This chapter provides a general overview of France’s diaspora institutions, consular policies and social protection policies for citizens abroad. It describes in detail expatriates’ conditions of eligibility and access to welfare in the areas of unemployment, health care, pensions, family benefits and economic hardship. It shows that France, by European standards, has a comparatively strong level of engagement with its expatriates, particularly in the areas of electoral rights, culture and social protection. This must be understood in the light of France’s colonial history, its continued ambition to be a global actor, and its well-developed domestic welfare state that has increasingly become de-territorialised.
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Autre version
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-51245-3_11
Type de publication
book part
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