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Katie Razzall

Our World: France's Stolen Children

03/02/2018 GMT

France's Stolen Children

BBC News - Our World, France's Stolen Children

The shocking story of the children resettled from Reunion Island to France from 1963-1982.

Earlier this year, Katie Razzall travels from France to Reunion with two women searching for the families they lost more than 50 years ago.

More than two thousand children were taken to France from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion between the 1960s and early 1980s as part of a French government plan to repopulate rural areas. Promised a better life, and an education, many suffered sexual and physical abuse. Some, now middle aged, are seeking an apology and compensation from the French state. Earlier this year, Katie Razzall travels from France to R�ion with two women searching for the families they lost more than 50 years ago.

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