Racist and anti-Semitic prejudices have decreased in France compared to last year, according to the report of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) which measures each year a "tolerance index". Since 1990, the CNCDH has been measuring the degree of French tolerance from a survey of the state of opinion carried out by the Ipsos Institute. The latest, carried out from 6 to 14 November 2018 on a representative sample of 1007 people, was published Tuesday in its annual report on the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia.
This tolerance index is up in 2018: it stood at 67 (out of 100) in 2018, against 65 last year, welcomed the CNCDH. The index has gained 13 points from 2013 to 2018. However, the organization notes differences: the index stands at 79 for blacks, 77 for Jews, 73 for North Africans, 61 for Muslims and to 35 for the Roma, according to the CNCDH which sent its report to the government.
"For blacks, Roma or Jews, the 2018 index has changed little"
"For blacks, Roma or Jews, the index of 2018 has changed little compared to 2017. The acceptance of the Maghreb, it has increased by 2 points" and "2018 is also a record year for acceptance Muslims and Islam, "she says. "The Roma remain particularly rejected and the tolerance towards them has evolved very little since 2016," she adds.
If with the blacks, "the Jews are the community considered the most considered in the public opinion", observes the CNCDH, "in parallel, the rise of the antisemitic acts" of nearly 80% raised by the government "recalls, this year still that the evolution of acts and that of racist prejudices are not always correlated and obey distinct logics ".
In addition, among the data of the Ministry of the Interior published in this report, are the anti-Christian acts, transmitted for the first time to the CNCDH. This year 997 actions and 66 threats were identified, "an overall volume of 1,063, against 1,038 facts in 2017," she notes. The CNCDH also notes, as in previous years, a "massive phenomenon of underreporting racism".
The report focuses on the phenomenon of no schooling
Finally, the report also points to a phenomenon of out-of-school education that affects a variety of audiences: Roma children or children perceived as such, children of the journey, children living in slums or squats, unaccompanied minors and children living overseas, in particular in Guyana and Mayotte. The difficulty of access to the school system particularly affects children living in slums and squats since 80% of them are not in school, he says. Several obstacles limit access to education for these children, for example the refusal of some mayors to enroll these children in the school of their municipality or physical barriers related to living conditions (clothing purchase, cost of living). the cafeteria...)
With a pluralist and independent composition, this Commission analyzes, to produce its report, various data from the Ministry of the Interior, Justice, National Education, INSEE, INED. Its researchers also conduct hearings with civil society associations on these issues.