Photo 1.2 : Europe, France, Ile – de – France, the Chetchenian community. Bicatou, is 69 years old, she is in France since October 2003. She is originally from the area of Grozny. She asked for the services of a smuggler to go from Chetchnia to France, travelling hidden in a van. « It was difficult for me and for my familly to leave my country, as I used to live in Chetchnia all my life”. Copyright : Virginie Vican