Inquiry urges payouts for victims of postwar UK child migration scheme

Government should offer redress to people sent to countries such as Australia and Canada as children

Around 2,000 survivors of a postwar child migration scheme should be paid compensation by the government for suffering which included medical neglect, physical mistreatment and sexual exploitation, the first report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) recommends.

The 160-page study says the UK government should offer redress to victims of a “fundamentally flawed policy”. The sum paid should be “an equal award to every applicant”, although no precise figure is stipulated.

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