Immigrant settlement

Looking around the world, many countries belong to immigrant countries, the most typical one is the United States, and countries like Australia and New Zealand are also promoting national development by introducing immigrants. Therefore, to some extent, a country with a large number of immigrants will have better overall development, economic prosperity, cultural diversity and vibrant social level.

▲ Yamoussoukro Cathedral overlooking

However, there is such a country in the world, which has not become prosperous because of immigration, but has been dragged down by immigrants, making this once prosperous country poor now. This sad country is the Republic of C? te d 'Ivoire, formerly known as Ivory Coast, a small country on the west coast of Africa, with Yamoussoukro as its administrative capital and Abidjan as its economic capital. Many readers may be confused when they see this. Can small African countries attract immigrants? In fact, C? te d 'Ivoire was once a colony of France, and the French colonists invested huge manpower, material resources and financial resources in the construction. In addition, the local ivory is rich and the economic basic conditions are not too bad.

▲ Map of the Republic of C? te d 'Ivoire

196 1 After independence, C? te d 'Ivoire achieved rapid economic development with strong industry and agriculture, and soon became one of the richest countries in West Africa, and its per capita GDP also ranked among the top in Africa. At that time, there were only about 8 million people in the whole of C? te d 'Ivoire, which was a typical small wealth. C? te d 'Ivoire is so rich that it will naturally attract a large number of immigrants to work here to make money. Although it can't attract immigrants from outside Africa, it is still very attractive to residents of neighboring countries. Especially in Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Guinea and other countries. These countries have long been in turmoil and people have been displaced. Seeing the life of Ivory Coast residents, they were very jealous and went to Ivory Coast crazily.

▲ Abidjan, the economic capital of C? te d 'Ivoire

For these immigrants, C? te d 'Ivoire warmly welcomed them, so immigrants flocked to C? te d 'Ivoire. On the other hand, C? te d 'Ivoire even sent special personnel to neighboring countries to publicize and attract people, let everyone know how good the immigration policy in C? te d 'Ivoire is, and announced that it would subsidize immigrants. You know, even countries such as the United States and Canada dare not accept so many immigrants. Why is C? te d 'Ivoire such a small country with so much confidence? This is mainly the self-interest of the founding President Felix houphout-Boigny, who hopes to use foreign Muslim immigrants to suppress his own people, make them more obedient to his own rule and expand his supporters.

▲ Felix Houphouet-Boigny was interviewed by the West.

However, he did not expect that this move directly aggravated the ethnic and religious contradictions in China. Under Boigny's policy of "opening to the outside world", Muslims and refugees who can't eat have emigrated to C? te d 'Ivoire crazily. In a short period of 10, the population of C? te d 'Ivoire increased from 8 million to140,000, and then from140,000 to more than 20 million. On the other hand, the fertility of these immigrants is particularly strong, and the fertility rate is several times that of the locals. Therefore, it didn't take long for the ethnic structure in C? te d 'Ivoire to be completely reversed, and immigrants occupied the dominant position instead.

▲ Ivorian women who set up stalls on the streets.

After the dominant number, these Muslims became increasingly dissatisfied with the former main ethnic group, constantly launched a wave of resistance, and finally succeeded in "occupying the nest." Today, C? te d 'Ivoire is a world of immigrants. After the arrival of immigrants, the whole country fell into long-term turmoil and the economy suffered great damage. In less than 30 years, C? te d 'Ivoire has gone from prosperity to decline, and now the whole country is poor, and the people are so poor that they drink the northwest wind.

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