the migration was understandable because after the war, the fln took revenge on former opponents and collaborators. the "harkis" were particularly hard hit. the peace agreements did not save them from the wrath of their countrymen, who considered them nothing but traitors. out of the quarter of a million who had worked for the french less than 15,000 succeeded to escape from algeria. estimates on the numbers of algerians killed vary between 30,000 and 150,000.