The paradox of certain support structures for school integration : when support leads to exclusion
The Portuguese population constitutes the largest foreign community in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and Portuguese students proportionally represent those experiencing the greatest school difficulties. In this paper, we present the results of research showing that integration difficulties at the end of obligatory education are determined by familial and administrative variables. Support structures during school do not bring any compensatory effects since they are based on a paradox : intending to integrate a student through exclusion. We propose various strategies to improve the situation of students with school difficulties, focusing especially migrant students.