Of all time France was an attractive center, offering universal principles: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen adopted in 1789 emphasizes the freedom, equality and resistance to oppression. From 1791 The Revolutionary France granted equality to the Jewish community. Therefore any foreigner persecuted in his country can seek asylum in France. Our motto proclaims brotherhood. When the Paris Commune, foreigners were thus regarded as full members of society and some have had so responsibilities. That tradition explains the reception of "White Russians" after the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917, the Turkish Armenians fleeing genocide, Central Europeans victims of persecution due to their origin, the Spanish Republicans after the Civil War from 1936 -1939. Thus, the formation of the French people is the result of intermingling, successive integrations and civilization has been enriched by these external contributions.