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Thus, the repatriated Pieds-Noirs frequently felt " disaffected " from French society.
They also suffered from a sense of alienation stemming from the French government's changed position towards Algeria.
Until independence, Algeria was legally a part of France ; after independence many felt that they had been betrayed and were now portrayed as an " embarrassment " to their country or to blame for the war.
At times, the repatriates were stigmatized by assumptions that they had all been grands colons and were to blame for their misfortune.
Conversely, the Pieds-Noirs felt unable to return to their birthplace, Algeria, because of the independence movement's violence.

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