I had forgotten about these cases; I first came across the issue when one of my children performed in a very sad play about them. Another scandal. Poor children were split from their families and transported to the Commonwealth countries, mainly in the Southern hemisphere. As the Guardian article identifies, while compensation and apologies have been agreed, many of the victims will be dying.
A film was made about it, called “Oranges & Sunshine”.
20th century transportation
From the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, “Every child has the right to survival, protection and education”, only signed in 1989