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Article: France Finds Bitter Taste at Bottom of Its Melting Pot.(problems of immigrants in France)(Brief Article)
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- Insight on the News
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- February 8, 1999
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As in the U.S., where millions of immigrants from latin America and Asia are altering American society, so too in-France, where Muslim immigrants from North Africa are changing the culture.
Just a few blocks from the quaint cafes and bakeries nestled at the foot of Montmartre in Paris, the streets are thronged with men and women chattering in Arabic. The scent of espresso and baked croissants gives way to the spicy aroma of tagine stew and couscous.
More than 2 million Muslim immigrants from North Africa have settled in France, a sizable number in a country of 60 million, most of whom are white and Roman Catholic. Mohammed Ben Saleh, 23, has an advanced ...