The Scalabrinians arrived in France before World War II to support Italian migrants settling in the country after World War I. Several decades later, they helped establish the Centre d ́Information et d ́Études sur les Migrations Internationales (CIEMI) in Paris, which influenced French immigration policy and European lawmakers. Currently, the Scalabrinians support and run a variety of intercultural ministries through 12 different chaplaincies across the country, in Grenoble, Hayange, Herserange, Marseille, Paris, Pierrelaye, St. Etienne, St. Ouen L’Aumône, and Villeurbanne.