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East Timor: Coming Home

The BBC has had access to a project to reunite a group of East Timor's so-called "stolen generation" with their families, taking them back to their homeland for the first time.

East Timor's so-called "stolen generation" were around 4,000 children taken from their families in the 1980s and 90s during Indonesia's brutal occupation. Some were conscripted into the Indonesian military; others taken by religious groups or state institutions. The BBC has had access to a project to reunite a group of them with their families, taking them back to their homeland for the first time.

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Last on

Sun 26 Mar 201719:10GMT

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  • Sat 25 Mar 201707:10GMT
  • Sun 26 Mar 201712:10GMT
  • Sun 26 Mar 201719:10GMT