Sexual Violence on French Public Transport: An Immigration Problem, By Richard Miller (Londonistan)
The Infowars.com article titled "86% Increase in Sexual Violence on French Public Transport in 10 Years, With Mass Immigration Fuelling the Rise,"
claims a dramatic surge in sexual violence on French public transportation over the past decade, attributing it largely to mass immigration.
The article reports an 86 percent increase in sexual violence victims on French public transport from 2016 to 2024, citing data from the National Observatory on Violence against Women (Miprof). It states that in 2024, there were 3,374 recorded victims, a 6 percent rise from 2023 and 9 percent from 2022, with 44 percent of incidents occurring in the Île-de-France region (Greater Paris). Women constitute 91 percent of victims, with 75 percent under 30 and 36 percent minors. The piece emphasises a connection to immigration, asserting that 63 percent of those arrested for sexual assault and 92 percent for petty theft on public transport in 2019 were foreigners, per French Interior Ministry data. It also references a German statistic—59 percent of sexual assaults on trains attributed to foreigners—to suggest a broader European trend.
It is argued that the increase as a direct consequence of unchecked migration, with quotes from Miprof's Roxana Maracineanu noting public transport as a hotspot for sexist and sexual violence. The article implies a causal link between immigration and crime, aligning with Infowars' editorial stance against globalism and mass migration.
The Infowars claim of an 86 percent increase from 2016 to 2024 aligns with Miprof's 2024 report, as echoed by outlets like Le Figaro and Euronews. The raw numbers—1,811 victims in 2016 versus 3,374 in 2024—support this percentage, with Île-de-France bearing the brunt (1,485 cases in 2024). The victim profile (91 percent female, 75 percent under 30) is consistent across sources. The article's assertion that 63 percent of sexual assault arrests in 2019 involved foreigners stems from older Interior Ministry data, though updated figures are scarce due to France's reluctance to publish detailed nationality-based crime stats post-2019, partly for political reasons. Posts on X cite similar figures, claiming 63 percent of sexual assaults in Île-de-France transport are by foreigners.
Wider French crime data shows foreigners are overrepresented in sexual violence statistics relative to their 7.6 national population share (INSEE 2023). A 2019 SSMSI report indicated foreigners accounted for 24 percent of all arrests nationwide, including sexual offenses, though specific conviction breakdowns are less accessible. Posts on X claim foreigners were 44 percent of sexual violence suspects in public transport, a figure not contradicted by official sources.
High-profile incidents amplify this narrative. The 2016 New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne, Germany (often linked to North African migrants), reverberated in France, with similar reports of group assaults in Paris and Lyon tied to migrant communities in media like Valeurs Actuelles. A 2023 case in Cherbourg—where an Algerian migrant allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl—fuelled outrage and deportation debates, though such anecdotes don't quantify trends.
France's migrant population has grown significantly—legal residents rose from 4.9 million in 2015 to 6.1 million in 2023 (INSEE), with illegal entries adding uncertainty. Île-de-France, with its dense, diverse population, hosts many recent arrivals from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East—groups often cited in crime discussions. The Infowars article ties this influx to the violence spike.
The Infowars article's core statistic—86 percent increase—is verifiable, butFrance's data opacity since then (unlike Germany's clearer reporting) muddies the picture. Per-capita analysis is absent: if foreigners are 20 percent of Île-de-France's population but 63 percent of arrestees, they're overrepresented. It is likely to be much more given state suppression of information which puts non-whites in a bad light.
Comparatively, Sweden's 2018 Brå study found foreign-born individuals 2.5 times more likely to be crime suspects, and Italy's 2019 data pegged foreigners at 42 percent of sexual violence perpetrators (8.7 percent of population). France likely follows this pattern. Cultural clashes—e.g., attitudes toward women among some migrant groups—may contribute, as suggested by French feminist groups like Némésis.
Sexual violence was rising pre-2015 migration waves (SSMSI data shows a 20 percent uptick from 2010-2015), indicating that sexual violence has been a problem of diversity for some time.
The Infowars piece accurately flags an 86 percent surge in sexual violence on French public transport from 2016-2024, with women as primary victims, and ties it to immigration via 2019 arrest stats (63 percent foreigners). Across France, migrants appear overrepresented in sexual crime, particularly in urban hubs like Île-de-France, mirroring European trends.
"Women are increasingly unsafe in French buses and trains, with law enforcement releasing figures that show there has been an 86 percent increase in victims on public transport in the last ten years, according to the National Observatory on Violence against Women (Miprof). This increase is largely due to the role of foreigners committing such cases.
In terms of sexual assault, women are the victims in 91 percent of all cases, according to the survey from the Ministerial Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI). Of those victims, 75 percent of them are under 30, and 36 percent of those them are minors.
In 2024, there were 3,374 victims of sexual violence on public transport, which is 6 percent more than 2023, 9 percent more than 2022, and 86 percent more than 2016. An incredible 44 percent of the victims were in the Paris region, which is located in Île-de-France, as reported by Le Figaro.
It should be noted that this data comes at the same time that France's migration population has exploded, with 63 percent of those arrested for sexual assault and 92 percent for petty theft in public transport being foreigners, according to data from 2019. Similar data is seen in Germany, where 59 percent of all sexual assaults on German trains are attributed to foreigners, with sexual crimes doubling since 2019.
"While most violence against women is committed by members of their close circle, the fact remains that public spaces, and particularly public transport networks, remain places where women are exposed to sexist and sexual violence as soon as they enter them," notes Miprof Secretary General Roxana Maracineanu.
The survey also shows that seven out of 10 women who live in the Île-de-France region have already been victims of sexual violence during their lifetime.
In addition, 56 percent of women said they were scared to ride public transport in the Ile-de-France (Paris) rail network, while 80 percent admitted to being on alert, according to the study.
As Remix News has reportedly numerous times in the past, women are routinely sexually harassed on European rail networks.
"The fact that a woman or girl changes her timetable or her journeys for fear of being attacked should make us question the freedom of access of all citizens to the public transport service," said Maracineanu.
However, what these statistics do not cover are the random acts of violence increasingly seen against both men and women on French public transport.
For example, just two weeks ago, a Sudanese illegal migrant was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after trying to push a young woman onto train tracks in Paris.
This attack comes amid increasing concern over the disproportionate role of foreign nationals in violent crimes on public transport. According to a 2023 report by the SSMSI, the statistical bureau of France's Interior Ministry, 69 percent of violent robberies, assaults, and sexual attacks in the Île-de-France transport network in 2022 were committed by foreign nationals.
The attack today is almost identical to an incident in July 2023 when a 40-year-old Guinean migrant pushed a 52-year-old woman onto the tracks at the RER B Cité Universitaire station, resulting in her death.
Notably, European Left-wing parties are increasingly looking to increase ridership on public transport to combat climate change, but their policies of open borders are one of the factors that are making women increasingly afraid to use public transport.
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