Rapper Eko Fresh performs during a fundraising concert in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 6, 2022.
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Born out of the pain and anger in Black American communities, rap music struck a similar chord throughout Europe, as immigrants struggle to retain their ethnic identities on the margins of society.
Liberté, egalité, fraternité: Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People – the female symbol of the French republic, and one of its three founding principles.
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As the gilets noirs seek the right to remain in France, there is an echo from history regarding the challenge they face.
Public housing in Paris (left) and Melbourne (right) has similar impacts on residents’ integration into the community.
Wissem Felah, Sandra Carrasco
Whether in Melbourne or in Paris, African immigrants face social and cultural challenges, which public housing can either add to or help overcome.
Macron visits a migrant centre in Croisilles, northern France, in January.
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France’s new immigration bill exposes the flaw in fixating on numbers rather than people’s lives.