They are nicknamed the “zero-ones”, in reference to the birthday date that the French state gave to those post-war immigrant employees. They got here from Africa, southern Europe, Asia… to strengthen the French workforce and it’s talked about on their identification card that they have been all born on January 1st.
Pierre Bideberry, then nationwide director of the Immigration Office, estimated in 1964 that almost 3 million foreigners labored for the nation, however it’s troublesome to say precisely how many individuals have a birthday on the first.er January. No official figures exist to determine these “zero-ones”.
So, a collective of researchers, artists, activists and intellectuals want to make this date 1er January a day of nationwide recognition for post-war immigrant employees.
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