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IICSA inquiry says UK government should pay Australia child migrants IICSA inquiry says UK government should pay Australia child migrants
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Thousands of people from England and Wales who as children were forcibly sent abroad where many suffered abuse should be compensated, an inquiry says. Thousands of people from England and Wales who as children were forcibly sent abroad, where many suffered abuse, should be compensated, an inquiry says.
Children were migrated to Australia and parts of the British Empire up to 1970 by charities and the Catholic church. They were sent to Australia and parts of the British Empire from 1945-1970 by charities and the Catholic church.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said the government should pay all 2,000 former migrants still alive within 12 months.The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said the government should pay all 2,000 former migrants still alive within 12 months.
The Australian and UK governments apologised in 2009 and 2010.The Australian and UK governments apologised in 2009 and 2010.
About 4,000 children were sent to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, between 1945 and 1970.
The inquiry heard from various former migrants who claimed they and others suffered sexual and physical abuse at the hands of those running the schools and orphanages they were sent to.
'Deeply flawed'
The inquiry's report said all former child migrants should receive compensation - whether or not they were sexually abused - because all had been put at risk of sexual abuse.The inquiry's report said all former child migrants should receive compensation - whether or not they were sexually abused - because all had been put at risk of sexual abuse.
It said the government was "primarily responsible" for the "deeply flawed" scheme managed by the Catholic church and charities, including Barnardo's and The Fairbridge Society, which is now part of the Prince's Trust. Inquiry chairwoman Professor Alexis Jay said: "Child migration was a deeply flawed government policy that was badly implemented by numerous organisations which sent children as young as five years old abroad.
"The policy was allowed to continue despite evidence over many years showing that children were suffering."
The inquiry said the government was "primarily responsible" for the scheme managed by the Catholic church and charities, including Barnardo's and The Fairbridge Society, which is now part of the Prince's Trust.
The report also said the government:
It also found:
The investigation into child migration is one of the first of dozens of planned inquiries carried out by IICSA since it was set up in 2014 to "expose" past failures and "learn the lessons".
It was conceived after the 2011 death of BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, when hundreds of people came forward to say he had abused them as children, with the spotlight often falling on the institutions which failed to protect them.
A spokesman for the Department for Health and Social Care said the inquiry's report would be "carefully considered" and would be responded to "in due course".
He said "successive governments" have accepted the "misguided and deeply flawed" policy was "wrong" and more than £9m has been made available to former child migrants to help them be reunited with their families.