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La diaspora malagasy en France et dans le monde : une communauté invisible ?

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  • Mireille Razafindrakoto

    (IRD, UMR DIAL, PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine)

  • Nicolas Razafindratsima

    (INED)

  • Nirintsoa Razakamanana

    (IRD, UMR DIAL, PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine)

  • François Roubaud

    (IRD, UMR DIAL, PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine)

Abstract

(english) Based on existing databases at the international and national levels, this study aims to better understand the migrant community from Madagascar: how many are there? What kind of migration is at stake and how do flows evolve over time? Where do migrants live? Who are they? What are their living conditions? How do they fit into their host country? These are the questions we intend to answer. Although exclusively focused on migrants at their point of arrival, the answer to the previous questions shed light on Madagascar's original and ambiguous relationship abroad and in the world. Their profile and their way of integration in the host societies give indirectly to see what they come to look for, possibly highlight characteristic features specific to "Madagascar", and finally inform on the mobilization potential for the development of Madagascar, and eternal sea serpent that could perhaps one day come to fruition. More prosaically, our study should allow the Malagasy diaspora to count itself, to get to know oneself better and perhaps to strengthen its ties with Madagascar. The discovery that the Malagasy diaspora in France is the largest of the sub-Saharan communities is one of the striking and most unexpected results of this work. _________________________________ (français) Partant des bases de données existantes aux niveaux international et national, cette étude vise à mieux connaître la communauté des migrants originaires de Madagascar : combien sont-ils ? De quel type de migration s’agit-il et comment les flux évoluent-ils dans le temps ? Où résident-ils ? Qui sont-ils ? Quelles sont leurs conditions de vie ? Comment s’insèrent-ils dans leur pays d’accueil ? Autant de questions auxquelles nous tentons d’apporter des éléments de réponse. Bien qu’exclusivement centré sur les migrants à leur point d’arrivée, la réponse aux questions précédentes éclaire en creux le rapport original et ambigu de Madagascar à l’étranger et au monde. Ainsi, leur profil et leur mode d’insertion dans les sociétés d’accueil donnent indirectement à voir ce qu’ils viennent chercher, mettent éventuellement en lumière des traits caractéristiques propres à « Madagascar », et enfin informent sur le potentiel de mobilisation pour le développement de Madagascar, éternel serpent de mer qui pourrait peut-être un jour se concrétiser. Plus prosaïquement, notre étude doit permettre à la diaspora malgache de se compter, de mieux se connaitre et peut-être de resserrer les liens avec Madagascar. La découverte que la diaspora malgache est la plus nombreuse des communautés sub-saharienne en France est un des résultats marquant et le plus inattendu de ce travail.

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  • Mireille Razafindrakoto & Nicolas Razafindratsima & Nirintsoa Razakamanana & François Roubaud, 2017. "La diaspora malagasy en France et dans le monde : une communauté invisible ?," Working Papers DT/2017/18, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
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    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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