David Hill has asked me to forward the following.
Finally the British Government has responded to the recommendations of the inquiry into child migrants that I attended in London last year.
It has agreed to make a redress payment to all surviving child migrants.
They haven’t said how much but it is likely to be an equal amount to everyone.
Because of the age and declining health of former child migrants, even those who have died since the report was published in March 2017 will be eligible.
The relevant section of the Government response says:
However, DHSC has considered carefully the Inquiry’s recommendation that all surviving former child migrants should be paid redress, in addition to the support already available. In recognition of the exceptional and specific nature of Child Migration, the Government will establish a scheme to ensure that each surviving former child migrant receives a payment as soon as possible. Further details of the arrangements will be published shortly. The Government is mindful of the age and declining health of surviving former child migrants so the ex-gratia payment scheme for former child migrants will be in operation as soon as is practicable. A number of former child migrants have sadly passed away since the Inquiry published its report, so the Government will accept claims in respect of any former child migrant who was alive on 1 March 2018, when the Inquiry’s Child Migration report was published.
These ex-gratia payments will be payable as an award to all applicants regardless of their individual circumstances, building upon the national apology to former child migrants and the practical support already provided by the Government. This ex-gratia scheme provides further acknowledgement that the child migration schemes were wrong.
Follow this link for a complete account of the British Government repsonse:
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