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Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry examines Australian migration
The Belfast TelegraphNorthern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry examines Australian migration
By Rebecca Black – 13 August 2014
Witnesses, some in their 80s, will make a painful journey back to Northern Ireland from Australia to tell an inquiry of the abuse they suffered as children.
Some 66 children were removed from institutions in Northern Ireland between 1946 and 1956 as part of a UK government policy. They were sent to other institutions in Western Australia.
The child migration scheme will be the focus of the second part of the Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, set to start on September 1 at Banbridge Courthouse.
A team from the inquiry has visited Australia twice and interviewed 66 people transported there from Northern Ireland....
MORE at http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-historical-institutional-abuse-inquiry-examines-australian-migration-30503750.html