North African labor migration to France after Algerian independence (1954–1975)

1. Postwar France builds a state-run immigration system

   Nov 2, 1945Labels: French state, 1945 ordinance

   • L gifrance
   • Immigration Museum

2. SONACOTRAL created to house Algerian workers

   Jan 1, 1956Labels: SONACOTRAL, worker hostels

   • Assembl e nationale
   • Adoma

3. Évian Accords end war and promise mobility

   Mar 18, 1962Labels: vian Accords, France Algeria

   • Chemins m moire
   • vian Accords

4. Algeria becomes independent, migration relationship shifts

   Jul 5, 1962Labels: Algerian independence, France

   • Chemins m moire
   • HISTORY

5. SONACOTRAL becomes SONACOTRA and broadens its mission

   Jul 27, 1963Labels: SONACOTRA, housing policy

   • Assembl e nationale

6. France and Tunisia sign a labor convention

   Aug 9, 1963Labels: France Tunisia, Tunisia

   • L gifrance

7. Mid-1960s bidonvilles reveal housing crisis for migrants

   Jan 1, 1964Labels: bidonvilles, Nanterre

   • France Culture
   • Hauts de Seine

8. Protocol limits Algerian labor migration after independence

   Apr 10, 1964Labels: Nekkache Grandval, France Algeria

   • Nekkache Grandval
   • S nat

9. France and Algeria sign the 1968 migration agreement

   Dec 27, 1968Labels: 1968 agreement, Franco Algerian

   • S nat
   • Accord 1968

10. Marcellin–Fontanet circulars tighten worker entry and stay rules

    Jan 1, 1972Labels: Marcellin Fontanet, French government

    • Immigration Museum
    • Marcellin Fontanet

11. France suspends labor immigration amid economic downturn

    Jul 5, 1974Labels: 1974 suspension, French policy

    • Immigration chronology
    • Assembl e nationale

12. Labor-recruitment era closes, leaving lasting postcolonial ties

    Jan 1, 1975Labels: postcolonial ties, labor recruitment

    • S nat
    • Immigration Museum