The French model of migrants’ integration in all Europe social care development at the 2nd half of the XXth century - beginning of the XXIst century

The article aims to study the features of French model migrants’ integration in the context of all Europe social space. The chronological framework is over 1950s - the first twenty years of the XXI century. The article is quite relevant in connection with the serious migration crisis in the European Union that began in 2014-2015. The flow of migrants, their integration and social adaptation into the European society caused a strong public outcry, exacerbated the discussion about the consequences of large and illegal migrations. The leading European countries for a long time created and improved their integration models, which served for their social adaptation and assimilation. This article focuses on French model. The main results are as follows: French model migrants’ integration has been built due to the main social, political, cultural and historical features. They are supposed to include the principles underlying the French policy of migrant integration, dating back to the period and ideas of the French Revolution; the interpretation “migrant” adopted in French law and influencing the particularities of French model; quantification of direct immigrant’ descendants; prohibition of ethnic statistics. The concept of ethnic minority is absent in French society; in accordance with the Constitution, France is a “single and indivisible” community of citizens, that singles out French model’s name - the republican one. This model assumed the assimilation of migrants by the host society.