“Belgium apologize for the abducted children,”
“Belgium asks for the first time, sorry to have brought away thousands of children of the belgian men got together with congolese women during the belgian colonial rule in what was then the Congo.”
“the Children were born in Congo but moved to Belgium between the years of 1959 and 1962. There was placed in schools run by the catholic church.”
“– On the government’s behalf I apologize for the belgian colonial era and to the families affected by this, ” says Belgian prime minister Charles Michel in an appearance before the country’s parliament.”
“Last year, parliament demanded that the belgian government would apologize and acknowledge the role Belgium played during the colonial era in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda. Between 10 and 15 million people died as a result of slavery, torture and oppression in the countries.”