Closed petition: Apologise to Irish women and their children who were repatriated to Ireland
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Reports describe how Irish women and their children faced forced repatriation to Ireland, forced institutionalisation and forced adoption, because they or their mothers became pregnant outside of wedlock. They had a legal right to stay and are yet to be properly recognised.
Thousands of Irish women and their children born in Britain were repatriated under 'Pregnant From Ireland' schemes.
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