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The Gilets Noirs are a daring and demanding direct action movement of undocumented migrants, predominantly from France’s former African colonies, many of whom are working in France in precarious and exploitative conditions. They are fighting for their rights and an amnesty that would grant them residence status so they can legally live and work in France.
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A campaign for Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old Parisian who died from asphyxiation while in police custody in August 2016. Since then, his sister Assa has been fighting to raise awareness about police brutality and to find out what happened to her brother.
3.L’Hexagone refers to metropolitan France’s shape, with three land and three sea borders.
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An Antillean Creole term for white European settlers and their descendants.
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The period after the second world war when Martinique, Réunion, Guadeloupe and French Guiana were legally changed to hold the same legal status as the ninety-six metropolitan departments – administrative regions of France.