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then Cornwall County Council.” A Cornwall Council spokesman said the migration was a “sad and highly emotive chapter”.
He added: “Modern-day practices, which are set out in legislation and overseen by the courts, would not use this as an option for children in the care of local authorities.”
Rex’s older brother Bruce, then 14, stayed in England. In 2013, the brothers, who have a half-sister Karon Wheller, were reunited.
Rex says: “I am now regularly in touch with my younger brother in Australia and my older one was down here yesterday. It has been a great comfort to all of us having each other’s support. I still struggle but do what I can to cope. I am reluctant to go out much and I like keeping quiet. We have just moved out to a nice house in the country.
“Having my younger brother back in my life has been fantastic. He did come over a few years ago and we had such a lovely time, it was like we had never been apart.’’
Lawyer Alan Collins, representing Child Migrants Programme victims, said: “The Government needs to step up to the plate and bring into force its redress scheme.
“Compensation can never put matters right, that’s impossible and it would be insulting to suggest otherwise.
“But it is action, it is a recognition that meets the words spoken by the politicians.”
When our foster parents’ child was born they no longer wanted anything to do with us
REX WADE