The shameful secret of Britain's lost
children: Tens of thousands of 'child migrants' were sent abroad after
the war. Now they are trying to piece together lives shattered in the
name of the empire. IT IS A STORY that defies belief. It seems inconceivable that a British
government would order the migration of tens of thousands of its
children to far- flung corners of the globe, severing, at a stroke, all
connection with family, country and past.
But after the Second World
War, ministers, aided by respected charities including Barnardos, the
Salvation Army and the Catholic Church, did exactly that, emptying the
nation's orphanages of a generation of children, some as young as four,
who were shipped to Australia, Canada and other outposts of the empire.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-shameful-secret-of-britains-lost-children-tens-of-thousands-of-child-migrants-were-sent-abroad-1484622.html