115 Morocco-born people gain French citizenship in latest naturalization decree
People born in Morocco top the list of foreign-born beneficiaries in the latest French naturalization decree, published Friday, November 13. They account for 115 of the 681 people who acquired French citizenship, ahead of those born in Tunisia and Algeria.
The decree signed on November 10 and published in the Official Journal on November 13 covers 563 individual naturalizations and 118 acquisitions of citizenship through collective effect, involving minor children who became French along with their parents.
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According to the statistics compiled by France Accueil, Morocco is the leading foreign country of birth represented, with 115 beneficiaries, or nearly 17% of the total. Tunisia comes next with 64 people, followed by Algeria (63), Cameroon (22) and Côte d’Ivoire (18).
France also appears among the countries of birth recorded, with 84 beneficiaries. These figures refer to the place of birth of the people concerned, which may differ from their nationality before they acquired French citizenship.
Geographically, Paris has the highest number of beneficiaries, with 92 people. It is followed by Val-de-Marne (46), Hauts-de-Seine (44), Rhône (40) and Yvelines (38).
