Britain is apologizing to impoverished British children shipped to colonies overseas by child migrant programs. About 150,000 children were sent to America, Australia, Canada and other British colonies between 1618 and 1967. Britain relocated the children to prevent them from becoming inconveniences to the British state. Sandra Anker was 6 years old when Britain sent her to Australia in 1950. She said: "We've suffered all our lives. For the government of England to say 'sorry' to us, it makes it right - even if it's late, it's better than not at all."
Source: Britain's taken kids get a long-overdue 'sorry' by Jill Lawless of the Associated Press
11/16/09 Star Tribune print edition
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Good Summary, this is a really interesting story! I have never heard of this and I'm a little shocked about that. I'm glad they apologized!
ReplyDeleteBecause I didn’t know about this practice, your news brief was a novel topic. And, it really got my attention. You did a good job saying just what needed to be said. The more I learn about British history, the less I like the British, which is funny since my father is mostly British.
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