92
Response
Accepted
Apologies to former child migrants
Recommendation
The Chair and Panel have recommended that institutions involved in the child migration programmes who have not apologised for their role should give such apologies as soon as possible. Apologies should not only be made through public statements but specifically to those child migrants for whose migration they were responsible.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- Between January and July 2020, multiple institutions involved in child migration programmes provided apologies, including the Sisters of Nazareth, Action for Children, Barnardo's, Catholic Church, Cornwall Council and the Salvation Army (Government Response, Various Institutions, January-July 2020).
- In May 2023, the government confirmed that the majority of named institutions had apologised as recommended (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
- In May 2023, the government confirmed that the majority of named institutions had apologised as recommended (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Section Reference
I
Response
Accepted
Response
Accepted
Accepted
UK Government
22 May 2023
An apology by the Sisters of Nazareth was repeated during the Child migration programmes investigation (p126). Between January 2020 and July 2020, Action for Children, Barnardo's, Catholic Church in England and Wales, Church of England, Cornwall Council, Father Hudson's Care, Royal Over-Seas League, The Salvation Army UK, The Children's Society and The Prince's Trust apologised to former child migrants.
Responsible Bodies
Child Migration Institutions
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
8.1 yrs
Last formal update
1055 days ago