Mapping Foreign Migration to Belgium. The digitization of the index cards of the Belgian Aliens’ Police (1832-1889)

Sarah Heynssens

doi:10.18352/tseg.1155

Mapping Foreign Migration to Belgium. The digitization of the index cards of the Belgian Aliens’ Police (1832-1889)

Authors

Sarah Heynssens Universiteit Gent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/tseg.1155

Keywords:

Migration, Archives, Antwerp

Abstract

Migration caused a lot of turmoil in recent years. Large numbers of people have travelled to Europe in search of a better life. Governments have fallen and political parties have risen or crashed based on their policies concerning these “migration crises”. But how exceptional are these migration trends when placed in a historical perspective? As the subject of migration proves to be one that is to stay on the political agenda, professionals better have the right numbers to construe the policies that will make up the future of the continent. More so, a historic understanding of migration, how migration now differs or resembles past migration, is crucial to put current movements of people into perspective.

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Author Biography

Sarah Heynssens, Universiteit Gent

Sarah Heynssens is wetenschappelijk medewerker aan de Vakgroep Geschiedenis van de Universiteit Gent. Ze werkt er voor het Quetelet Center for Quantitative Historical Research, een dienstencentrum dat advies en expertise aanbiedt over het gebruik van historische gegevens. Voordien was zij actief als onderzoeker bij het Centrum voor Historisch Onderzoek en Documentatie over Oorlog en Hedendaagse Maatschappij (Cegesoma), Universiteit Antwerpen, het Mode Museum Antwerpen en het Rijksarchief. Haar onderzoek richtte zich voornamelijk op metissage in koloniale context, migratie, gedwongen verplaatsingen van kinderen en interlandelijke adoptie. Ze creëerde de IMMIBEL-databank in het kader van het BRAIN-Belspo project 'Outcast of Embraced? Clusters van Buitenlandse Immigranten in België, ca. 1840-1890'.

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Published

2020-10-11

How to Cite

Heynssens, S. (2020). Mapping Foreign Migration to Belgium. The digitization of the index cards of the Belgian Aliens’ Police (1832-1889). TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, 17(2), 83–94. https://doi.org/10.18352/tseg.1155

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Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2020)

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Research Article

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