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Child sex abuse: 'We were dumped in hell'

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales has begun by looking into the cases of British children sent abroad between 1945 and 1974.

Thousands of children from poor families and the care system were sent to parts of the British Empire in the past, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and what was then known as Southern Rhodesia.

Victoria speaks to Clifford Walsh, who was sexually abused after being sent to Australia in 1954 and Margaret Humphreys from the Child Migrants Trust.

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