Absolutely horrendous treatment of the poor children
After WW2 finished in 1945, it should have been the happiest time of everyone's lives across the globe.
But this was sadly not the case for thousands of orphaned British children.
Instead of celebrating the end of the war, they were instead packed off to the foreign land of Australia, having no idea why this was happening or what would happen once they got there.
For almost 30 years, thousands of British children were sent off to Australia "to ease the population of orphanages in the UK and to boost the population of the colonies," according to BBC reporter Tom Symonds.
But what happened when they got there was tantamount to torture.
The investigations will finally take place nearly three years after they were first set up - mainly because the subjects are elderly.
One of the children was Clifford Walsh, who was sent to a place called Bindoon in 1954 at the age of nine.
Upon his arrival, he and many other children were forced to work as labourers, building huge buildings completely barefoot.
Bindoon was ruled by a group called The Christian Brothers, and after being there for only two days, Clifford was given his first punishment. He told the BBC: "He punched us, he kicked us, smashed us in the face, back-handed us and everything, and he then sat us on his knee to tell us that he doesn't like to hurt children, but we had been bad boys.
"I was sobbing uncontrollably for hours."
But it wasn't just beatings that Clifford would horrifically be subject to - he was sexually abused over and over at the hands of those in charge. He told how he had been blackmailed into a room by one of the men - who then sexually abused him.
He was raped by another of the men, and another beat him repeatedly after falsely accusing him of having sex with another boy.
He said: "We had no parents, we had no relatives, there was nowhere we could go, these brothers - these paedophiles - must have thought they were in hog heaven.
"I was too terrified to report the abuse. I knew no other life. I've lived 60 odd years with this hate, I can't have a normal sexual relationship because I don't like to hold people. My own wife, I couldn't hug."
Another victim of the deportation was David Hill, who today broke down whilst giving evidence to the investigation. He tearfully said: "Some children were as young as four when they were sent out, never to see their parents again, and to endure an entirely loveless childhood with nobody ever putting an arm around them, giving them encouragement or warmth."
Countless other victims have come forward in the wake of the investigation, which is expected to take around five years to complete. It has been given a budget of £17.9m, and is being led by Professor Alexis Jay, well-known as the head of the inquiry into the child sexual exploitation in Rotherham in 2013.
We truly hope this can be resolved for the victims of these terrible crimes.
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