Child Migration, colonial thinking to the extreme

Watching an old episode of Dalziel & Pascoe I found out I didn't know a thing about the main background story of this murder mystery, so I decided to look up 'Child Migrants' on the internet.

In this mission I present you some of the sites I lingered the longest or which just struck a nerve. A part of history that may or may not be common knowledge in the UK, but as a dutchmen this was the first time I heard of it. Fascinating, if a little sad, reading material - at least for me.

update:Courtesy of terrymug, a fairly recent radio show from BBC Radio 4 dealing with the subject, to show that 'not all people in the UK are ignorant of this' :) Thank you!