World Tricot, a knitwear factory in France has become a haven for foreign born women seeking work to support themselves and their families in their newly adopted country. Unemployment rates for young immigrant women in France are more than four times the national average due to language barriers, lack of education and other factors. World Tricot has become a success in manufacturing knitwear for some of the finest fashion houses in Europe by hiring immigrant women and training them to make high quality goods.
See "Refugees fashion better lives with haute couture", Emilie Boyer King, The Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2004