If the phenomenon of student precariousness is not recent, it is the pandemic crisis of covid-19 which means that the number of students, in France, who face this precariousness continues to increase. In Burgundy, foreign students, including Algerians, also suffer.
Indeed, this region has identified nearly 500 students in precariousness who call on various associations to ask for help, a figure which remains high, compared to the fifty students recorded during the first confinement in France.
Algerian students in France: the University of Burgundy fights against precariousness
Faced with this ever-worsening situation, the University of Burgundy is stepping up its efforts to control this phenomenon. Indeed, in 2021, it launched a solidarity center to support students in need. And allow them to continue their studies in better conditions.
Support for food and treatment, job searches, but also housing assistance. “Our priority is that all students have a roof to sleep,” said Vanessa Vaizant, in charge of the Solidarity mission at the University of Burgundy, to France info. Despite its efforts, the number of students in need remains high, especially among foreign students.
Still in the context of the fight against this student precariousness, the University of Burgundy organized, on Thursday, January 19, a job dating in Dijon. And this, to connect companies and students who are in need.
“Job dating” to fight against student precariousness
An opportunity that Rania, a 25-year-old Algerian student, did not miss. Led by a pocket full of CVs, this Algerian took advantage of this Job dating to look for a job. In a testimony to France info, Rania, who arrived in France in August 2022, said that she needs this job to be able to continue her studies in France.
Indeed, this Algerian student had found a 9 m² room, following her move to Dijon. To stay there, Rania pays rent of 265 euros every month, and finances her studies in the first year of a master’s degree in art history. The latter explains that she urgently needs a job, because she has neither a grant nor an income. Rania says she is ready to accept whatever work is offered to her.
Rania is not the only Algerian student to suffer from this precariousness. As we have already reported in the columns of Algeria 360, many Algerians are facing the employment crisis and inflation in France. Yassine, another case of an Algerian struggling to get a job in France. “If it weren’t for the associations that help us with food parcels, we would have ended badly,” said the Mathematics student.
