Yet another reason not to send folk away to other countries.

Lady Smith said: “What they were, in fact, faced with on arrival at their destinations was the demolition of their pre-existing selves.

“Nothing belonged to them anymore, not even the little suitcases and clothing they’d been given to have in their new lives.

“Strangers took away their clothes, their shoes, their hair and even, in some cases, their names.”

#SCAI #ChildMigration

https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scottish-child-abuse-inquiry-child-migration-a-shameful-chapter-in-countrys-history-inquiry-finds