Archbishop Paul Cremona, on behalf of the Church in Malta, has made a formal apology to around 300 Maltese child migrants for the abuses they suffered when they were transferred to Australia under a special emigration programme between 1950 and 1965.

Mgr Cremona made his apology when he spoke at the opening of the Convention for Maltese Living Abroad in Valletta.

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