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The mass exodus of Algeria's 'Pieds Noirs'

Hundreds of thousands of French people who'd been living in Algeria for generations fled for safety to France in the summer of 1962

Hundreds of thousands of French people who'd been living in Algeria for generations fled for safety to France in the summer of 1962. It was in the last days of the war of independence in the North African nation. Known as the 'Pieds Noirs', the new arrivals were not generally well-received back in France. Mike Lanchin has been speaking to Michelle Hensel, who left Algeria for France as a small child.

Photo: French repatriates leaving Algeria May 1962. (Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Mon 5 Aug 2019 12:50GMT
麻豆社 World Service News Internet

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