Immoral British government will issue a formal apology to the tens of thousands of children who were shipped like cattle all over the world

THE British government will this week issue a formal apology to the tens of thousands of children who were sent to Australia and other Commonwealth countries with the promise of a better life but who often ended up neglected and abused.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will make the statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday before meeting a group of Australian former child migrants.

British records show that at least 150,000 children were shipped abroad, mainly to Australia and Canada, under a program that did not stop until 1967.

The children, most from poor backgrounds, were separated from their families or falsely but intentionally told they were orphans. Although their parents received assurances they were getting a new start, many of the children were abused. Some were placed in institutions or used as cheap labour.

Mr Brown's apology comes three months after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told the adults concerned that Australia deeply regretted what had happened to them, speaking of ''the absolute tragedy of childhoods lost''.

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Immoral British government will issue a formal apology to the tens of thousands of children who were shipped like cattle all over the world

Immoral British government will issue a formal apology to the tens of thousands of children who were shipped like cattle all over the world

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