UK child migrants apology planned [video 1 minute, 29 seconds]
Child migration historian Dr Stephen Constantine says that the Child Migrants Programme was" considered beneficial" at the time but was a serious"misjudgement".
Gordon Brown is to apologise for the UK's role in sending thousands of its children to former colonies in the 20th century.
The Child Migrants Programme - which ended just 40 years ago - poor children were sent to a"better life" in Australia, Canada and elsewhere.
But many were abused and ended up in institutions or as labourers on farms.
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Gordon Brown is to apologise for the UK's role in sending thousands of its children to former colonies in the 20th century.
The Child Migrants Programme - which ended just 40 years ago - poor children were sent to a"better life" in Australia, Canada and elsewhere.
But many were abused and ended up in institutions or as labourers on farms.
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