Abstract
Eric Besson, the French minister of Immigration, triggered a debate recently centering on the question of the national identity. This debate is supposed to give a definition of the meaning of being French. This debate highlights the lack of integration that some minorities living in the French territory are confronting with. Among them, there are children of Algerian immigrants.
In this essay, we will try to access the occupational integration of the children of immigrants in France, who are referred to as the so-called "second generation". Our essay will only focus on the second generation of Algerian immigrants. Both sets of parents of these children were born and were raised in Algeria for a long time. Also, Algeria is interesting to study because of the strong link that colonization had created between these two countries. During this period, a wide number of Algerian immigrants were allowed to enter the French territory if they could work. Hence, we will try to see if the integration of the second generation of Algerian immigrants existed or not.
