This French subgroup of Arabs in Europe are concentrated in the Maghrebi communities of Paris.
French people of Arab and Amazigh/North African origin (predominantly from Maghreb but also some from Mashreq areas of the Arab world) in France forms the second largest ethnic group after French people of French origin.
[2] There are no official figures concerning the demographics of French people of Arab/African descent because ethnic statistics are forbidden in France.
[3] Most immigration was in 1960 and 1970, a period of economic growth, but many of them managed to bring their families after 1970.
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