Belgium's forced adoption scandal: Victims on lifelong quest for truth

Issued on: 29/03/2024 - 14:55Modified: 29/03/2024 - 15:00

From the post-war period until the mid-1980s, thousands of children were forcibly taken from their young Belgian mothers and sold to adoptive families by Catholic institutions. Today, many victims are desperately trying to trace their origins and demanding answers from those responsible for this scandal. Our correspondent Alix Le Bourdon reports from France and Belgium.