Sample collection on women migrants at Les archives de l’État en Belgique below
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Collection title: Fonds Association pour la protection/promotion des mulâtres | Association for the Protection/Promotion of Mulattoes Fond (Belgium, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo: 1932–1988)
Description: According to the catalogue of the National Archives of Belgium: “From the 1950s-1960s, the APPM was mainly responsible for providing legal and social assistance during placements and adoptions of mixed-race children in Belgium, producing nearly a thousand individual files in this framework.”These children came from Rwanda-Burundi and the Kivu region in Congo. This fonds contains: “944 individual files concerning the adoption of mestizos by Belgian families, containing correspondence, reports of visits to the foster families, documents related to the adoption of mestizo children, their follow-up, etc.; Documents concerning the administration and compatibility of the association (1932-1988).” Among the children, many girls are present and mothers mentioned.
Archive address: Rue de Ruysbroeck 2, 1000 Bruxelles
Reference number: BE AGR2 545 755
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Contributor: Brigitte Le Normand