The Pros And Cons Of Child Migration
Children have been migrating from Britain to other Commonwealth countries for four centuries. From 1945 to 1967, between 4,500 and 11,000 children that were generally between the ages of three to fourteen were sent, from the UK and Scotland to Australia, Canada, Zimbabwe and New Zealand under the child migrant scheme. The final assemblage of migrants arrived in Australia in 1970. The basis of the scheme travels back to 1618, when hundreds of children were sent from London to Richmond, Virginia (now a state of the United States of America).
The framework of legislation enacted by Parliament enabled the child migrant programmers that were run by charitable organizations with responsibility for orphaned or disadvantaged children. Many suffered …show more content…
Consequently, large numbers of children were entrusted to charitable institutions for care. Social attitudes at the time often put single others under emeses pressure to give up there children. Despite many parents only needing temporary respite and support, there was a strain on childcare services. Child migration was seen as one solution to the …show more content…
The UK government paid for the child migrant’s maintenance, while Australian government contributed towards the running costs of the institutions. Come parents agreed to their children being sent to other countries but many were not asked for their permission or even told what happened to their children. Many of the children sent to Australian were aged between seven and ten and many still had one or both of their parents.
The journey the children took, with a four to six voyaged by boat to Australia, on arrival the children were dispersed to a variety of institutions across the country. These were often in isolated locations, with only the most basic accommodation provide. The children were usually forced to work with out pay, the boys usually carried out agricultural work and the girls attended to domestic chores, Most the children didn’t not receive a proper education. Brothers and sisters were separated and never received any affection or encouragement they were regular told that they were orphans and nobody loved
The framework of legislation enacted by Parliament enabled the child migrant programmers that were run by charitable organizations with responsibility for orphaned or disadvantaged children. Many suffered …show more content…
Consequently, large numbers of children were entrusted to charitable institutions for care. Social attitudes at the time often put single others under emeses pressure to give up there children. Despite many parents only needing temporary respite and support, there was a strain on childcare services. Child migration was seen as one solution to the …show more content…
The UK government paid for the child migrant’s maintenance, while Australian government contributed towards the running costs of the institutions. Come parents agreed to their children being sent to other countries but many were not asked for their permission or even told what happened to their children. Many of the children sent to Australian were aged between seven and ten and many still had one or both of their parents.
The journey the children took, with a four to six voyaged by boat to Australia, on arrival the children were dispersed to a variety of institutions across the country. These were often in isolated locations, with only the most basic accommodation provide. The children were usually forced to work with out pay, the boys usually carried out agricultural work and the girls attended to domestic chores, Most the children didn’t not receive a proper education. Brothers and sisters were separated and never received any affection or encouragement they were regular told that they were orphans and nobody loved