after the end of World War I, the migratory masses started to flow from Italy to Belgium. This was caused by the fact that Belgium needed workers to begin post-war reconstruction of the country, and started a new call for recruiting workers. Italians were the first ones who responded to the call, with 23,000 being involved.

Years later, departures were organized by Italian and Belgian authorities to help the migrants. They started a recruitment process which was managed by the Belgian employers offices,