[The intercultural approach in the support process]

This study is the outcome of research carried out on a migrant group in France, of training experience with social work and psychology professionals dealing with migrant communities and of research focused on these training experiences (Cohen-Emérique, 1984, 1986; Malewaska-Peyre, 1988). It is the result of many experiences in the worlds of theory and of practice, all of which revolve around the interaction between migrant populations and the agents responsible for their integration in France, namely social workers, psychologists, paramedical personnel, teachers and training professionals. Interaction here is defined as an exchange process which, through communication, ensures reciprocity.