Obtaining French citizenship is never easy. After a long journey through the meanders of the administration, the candidate may be refused naturalization or receive French papers by decree. Candidates describe their background or lack of understanding of their situation.
En 1991, le gouvernement Rocard souhaiterait ramener le délai à 6 mois pour obtenir la naturalisation. Pourtant cela ne semble pas si simple, une jeune Algérienne, arrivée en France bébé témoigne : Je me sens intégrée et cela fait un an que mon dossier est bloqué. C'est gênant ". Interview de Patrick Mony, animateur : "il faut arriver à dissiper la discrimination sur les nationalités."
In 2007, a family from Senegal was forced to return its papers to the prefecture of Seine Maritime, after having obtained French nationality in 1966. Commentary on illustration images, alternating with testimonies of members of the CAMARA family.
Meeting in 2007, with the Moroccan family LAFTIMI, a couple and their 5 children who have been living in France for 34 years. They’ve just been naturalized. They testify.
In 1981, Floréal AGUILAR, a construction worker, arrived from Spain during the civil war, told us of his incomprehension at the refusal of the administration to grant him French nationality. The consul would even have asked him to francize his first name.