some of the devastating outcome included the imprisonment of many of the leading original settlers seychelles families, while others were persecuted, forced into exile, their properties confiscated in the process of purging the seychelles of its rich colonial heritage, history and archaic heritage, as well as europeans. it also created the situation that seychelles exile/refugee in eu very often were confronted aggressively by supporters, agents of fa rene socialist party, black and arab, comecon, latin american supporters, as they went about their existence, educating their children and rebuilding their lives. hence began also the situation of black seychellois controlling and dictating a vast array of national issues; their efforts to purge seychelles of its rich history and heritage resulted in some of today's political problems and grave undercurrents.