In pictures: Paris riot suburb residents

Ahmed Belmokhtar, taxi driver

My parents came from Algeria and could not read or write, so they could only do menial jobs.

But the kids now don't want to suffer like their parents and grandparents did. The state is being tough at the moment but later it will have to listen.

In the long-term, these riots will force the government to act. Otherwise, the next round of violence will be even worse.

The police are very rude - they don't understand our problems.