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Our project
200,000 is the number of Korean children who have been adopted since the end of the Korean War in 1953. For several years now, the voices of Korean adoptees around the world have been heard and their testimonies agree to paint a picture of a flawed international adoption system . Between demands and recognition of illegal procedures, Korean adoptees are now demanding compensation from the responsible states.
Among these states, Belgium. Despite its small size, our country has welcomed nearly 3,700 Korean adoptees , which ranks it 7th in the world in terms of the number of Korean children welcomed. This relatively high number of adoptions obviously raises questions: in what circumstances did they take place? To what extent was the Belgian government aware of what was happening on its soil, and what is its responsibility for the scale of the phenomenon?