Bumidom, Bureau of Overseas Departments Migration, was created in 1963 by Michel Debré following an official trip to Reunion Island in 1959 with General de Gaulle. He proceeded to move thousands of people to Paris and the French province, ...See moreBumidom, Bureau of Overseas Departments Migration, was created in 1963 by Michel Debré following an official trip to Reunion Island in 1959 with General de Gaulle. He proceeded to move thousands of people to Paris and the French province, a movement without return which, according to Aimé Césaire, was akin to deportation, as the conditions of reception of migrants were not those presented to them before their departure.
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